Wendy Wu Tours
Our next featured coach operator is Wendy Wu Tours who are the UK’s leading China specialist tour operator as well as a leading specialist tour operator to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and India. Who is Wendy Wu? After completing her degree, Wendy Wu decided to go to Australia where she began working for American Express. During this time, she set up a programme to China for American Express and realised that her expertise and business acumen combined with a relatively untapped market were the perfect match for success in this field. She set up her own company in Australia in 1996 and expanded to the UK in 2005. Wendy Wu Tours is going from strength-to-strength and its success is being marked by an expansion to the United States, where the company will be opening offices in New York this autumn. What can Wendy Wu Tours offer people visiting China? Wendy Wu Tours is the UK’s leading specialist tour operator to China and has more than ten years experience in the country. China is best experienced in the hands of local people and our team of experts knows every corner of this spectacular country. Not only will you have the opportunity to visit incredible tourist attractions ...
Unveiling the Coachholidays.com 2009 Awards!
We at Coachholidays.com have felt that we should say "Thank You" to those operators on our website who have really excelled during the past year. We have spent a long time deliberating over who should get what and those decisions have taken much time and thought. With so many great companies on our website its been an almost impossible task to choose a winner for each category. The Coach Holiday sector of the travel industry continues to offer higher than average levels of satisfaction compared to other types of holidays and remains the most carbon friendly way of taking a holiday, being twice as green as rail travel and up to six times greener than flying. We invite Coach Holiday companies to come onto our website, so all those companies featured on Coachholidays.com already meet the very high standards we want to offer our loyal customers. In choosing these winners we looked at each part of their product including value for money, customer satisfaction, and for the Coach Fleet Award, customer comfort and safety. So without further ado here are our three awards for 2009. For the 2010 awards we intend to have more categories so that we can broaden the scope of ...
UPDATE: 5000 mile cycle ride around Britain
Coachholidays.com are proud to be sponsoring Phil Swanston on his epic journey around the coastline of Britain in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. Phil Swanston lives and works in Old Oxted, Surrey, where he is employed as a bar manager in the popular Crown Inn. Leaving on the 5th of June 2010, Phil will be taking on the mammoth challenge of cycling 5,000 miles: The entire coastland of mainland Britain. UPDATE View Phil's updates here http://www.coachholidaynews.com/phil-swanston-updates/ ---------------- [caption id="attachment_1244" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Phil's Journey"][/caption] Phil says “I have had personal experience of the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s as my mother was diagnosed with this cruel disease over six years ago.” "I will be covering an average of 65 miles per day for three months to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society, solo and unsupported." "The Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading care and research charity for people with dementia. I am hoping that by raising money for them, more support can be provided as well aiding the Society in its search for a cure." [caption id="attachment_1247" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Phil in Old Oxted"][/caption] He hopes to raise over £20,000 over the course of his journey and he is consequently looking for sponsorship from individuals and from companies. Phil is also trying to find accommodation ...
Coach Holidays – Fact or Fiction?
Fiction: Coach holidays are only for old people… In fact, coach holidays cater for all ages. While many may be for older people there are lots of tours for all ages – concerts, theatre trips, sporting events, spa treatments and special interest tours Fiction: Coaches are cramped… In fact, modern coaches have more legroom than most planes and trains. Many coach companies also operate coaches with fewer seats to increase legroom. Fiction: Coaches are slow… In fact, most coach holidays are door-to-door or start near to your home. So unlike for an air holiday, there is no need to drive, park, take a bus, queue for check-in and security, wait for flights (which might be delayed)... and do it all over again at your destination and on your return! Fiction: Coaches clog the roads… In fact a coach carries 40 or more people in the same road space as three cars – it moves people more effectively. Fiction: Coaches use a lot of fuel… In fact, a coach passenger will be travelling at least 200 miles for every gallon. Fiction: Coach holidays involve hours stuck in your seat and can be boring… In fact coach holidays have 'comfort stops' every two or three hours while from a coach, you get the ...
Travel by Coach
Setting the wheels in motion Coach travel has changed in recent years. Hi-tech, comfortable vehicles serve an unparalleled range of destinations, carrying people from every sector of society - from corporate travellers, Premiership footballers and overseas tourists, to school parties and OAP groups. They travel to a huge range of destinations from traditional tourist centres, seaside resorts and stately homes to industrial heritage sites and shopping centres all of which benefit the local economy. Coaches also promote social inclusion by transporting people who would otherwise find it difficult to access other forms of public transport. Coach travel is the greenest travel option in the UK today: it is twice as efficient as rail, nearly four times more efficient than the car, and six times more efficient than air travel1. Coach travel has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger per km of any mode of transport - in terms of emissions, the average coach equates to 20 cars on the road. A valuable tourist attraction Last year there were more than 20,000 coaches on the road in the UK, travelling 1.3 billion km. Nearly seven million people went on holiday by coach last year, generating £1.15 billion revenue across the regions2. In addition, ...
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Wendy Wu Tours
Our next featured coach operator is Wendy Wu Tours who are the UK’s leading China specialist tour operator as well as a leading specialist tour operator to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and India. Who is Wendy Wu? After completing her degree, Wendy Wu decided to go to Australia where she began working for American Express. During this time, she set up a... [Read more]
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10 Good reasons to choose Alfa Travel – Award Winning Coach Holiday Operator
Chorley based Coach Tour Operator Alfa Travel picked up an award for UK Product 2009. The award celebrates customer service within the competitive coach tourism industry with the criteria reflecting both the number of passengers carried throughout the year coupled with the highest guest satisfaction rates. A fast growing coach holiday operator, Alfa... [Read more]
Leger Holidays to the rescue!
They say every cloud has a silver lining but here is the actual proof !! Following the devastating effects of the volcanic ash cloud, Leger Holidays are sending 74 coaches including some of their luxurious Silver Service vehicles down to Falmouth today and tomorrow to pick up 3600 stranded Thomson passengers that are coming back into the UK via a crusie... [Read more]
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