I have recently returned from a trip to Europe, part of the trip that my girlfriend (Robine Prigg) and I had included a tour with your company (European Escapade EU3L tour which began in London on the 16th of September). You probably received an email from Robine as well!

I just thought that I’d flick through an email to say “THANKS, I HAD A WICKED TIME”.

Having Eddie and Peter guiding and driving our tour was fantastic. I was initially reluctant when my girlfriend had booked the tour, having never been on one before or having been in Europe I guess I just wasn’t too sure what to expect. The guys were absolutely awesome to deal with!! Their knowledge about the history of the regions and locales that we visited I always found to be interesting and the delivery hilarious!

The best part I found was that the guys had different opinions on good places to eat and visit which was really appreciated! I actually thought that a travel show starring both of the guys would make for great viewing – seeing what Edward would do in Interlaken versus what Pete would do as an example.

Eddie’s strength was definitely in making sure we were clear about any timing (one of the catch phrases for all of us on the tour was “at 7:30am…. Eddie is walking!” which was the timing he gave us to catch the train to the Top of Europe. To demonstrate how well the tour got on we built a little stick for Eddie with a sign saying “Eddie is Walking” – we saw that a lot of other tour guides had little sticks etc so they stuck out. Eddie’s hat was our beacon per se. I’m not sure how many of us got photo’s wearing Eddie’s hat when he wasn’t looking – but we were pretty sneaky!

Pete, we got on well from the start and when we combined to beat the Australians at Foosball – what more can I say…. Mates for life!! I think it was awesome that Pete has also been a tour guide as well, the information that he could provide was wicked. Always keeping a cool head, I couldn’t believe it – driving in Italy in a bus, some of them (locals) are mad!! I couldn’t believe Pete just shrugged it off and thankfully got us to each destination safely. I remember in Annecy when Eddie took us to the lake, we saw Pete across the river cleaning the bus down and getting rid of all the bugs that had been accumulated. Everyone who went with Eddie and saw Pete said “That sucks, why can’t he come and chill out with us?!”. To me that demonstrated how much we thought of Pete, but also that Pete could have flagged it and come with us – but he always took care of business first!

Getting 2 tour guides for 1 tour, excellent – making new mates…. Priceless!!

When our tour finished, my girlfriend and I were actually really sad. Not just because we missed our new friends that we met on the tour, but also because we missed Pete and Eddie. If we had enough time left in Europe we would have contacted you to be able to continue with the tour - that was the only reason we didn’t keep going!

Please pass on my thanks to the guys – always wonder where they are in Europe and who the lucky people are that are travelling with them!

Thanks again, I’ve told all my mates!!