{"id":386,"date":"2011-12-29T20:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T20:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2012-01-02T14:43:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T14:43:20","slug":"2011-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/2010-testimonials\/2011-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Just back home for a day, and the family is already talking about our next sojourn in London. \u00a0We will contact you as matters get more serious.\u00a0Thank you for the lovely and highly informative day we spent together.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Dr M Mauer, Chicago, Illinois, USA<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0December \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just a quick message to say thank you again for all the fun on Tuesday. \u00a0My Dad and Step-mom thought you were fabulous and made the trip all the more colorful and informative. They truly enjoyed their time with you, as did I. Abrazos.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>J<\/em><em>oe S, Los Angeles, California, USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 December \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Olympic-stadium-under-construction.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-429\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Olympic stadium under construction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Olympic-stadium-under-construction-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Thank you for an excellent tour (of the Olympic Park area). \u00a0A shame it was so cold, but I have had a number of emails saying how much people enjoyed it, so despite the weather it was a great success! It certainly gave everyone a great insight into the history and future of the area as well as lots of interesting info about the games, buildings and planning, so overall a really interesting and informative tour.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Julia Ricci, Kent International Club , UK \u00a0 \u00a0 December<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe Sampsells were sooooo happy with you!\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Karen Berger,\u00a0 Agent, Preferred Travel, Naples, Florida, USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 October<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0\u201cMichelle Slingsby from Rance, Booth and Smith Architects Practice rang to say how pleased she was with the tour (of the Olympic Park area). \u00a0Many people made very positive comments about it and she was very impressed the way you tailored it to their needs.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Tour Guid<\/em><em>es Ltd, London, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 October<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Guard-change-Buckingham-Palace.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-425\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Guard change Buckingham  Palace\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Guard-change-Buckingham-Palace-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Guard-change-Buckingham-Palace-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Guard-change-Buckingham-Palace-1024x613.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThank u so much, the girls had a great time, can\u2019t thank u enough, feel free to use me as a reference!!!\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Mickey Fenig, Los Angeles, California \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0August<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Thanks for the tour it was fantastic!&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Andrew Ward, London , UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 August<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0\u201cJust to say a big thank for all doing such a brilliant job on Sunday morning. The client and guests were very happy.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Kevin Caruth, Urban Gentry, London, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0August<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThanks for a fascinating tour \u2013really enjoyed it. Much appreciated by all generations.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>F &amp; D\u00a0 Ward, Paris, France \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0August<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnne-thanks for the wonderful day on Monday, it was great to see so many areas and my mom and grandparent&#8217;s pasts, and great fish and chips.\u00a0 thank you so much for all.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Debra Haber, USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 August<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trip was a great success with the children who enjoyed and participated in all the visits and activities.\u00a0 Well Anne, I want to thank you again for the time you spent with us..we all learnt something new about the city.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Genevieve Eltvedt, Paris, France \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 July\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-406\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"bike tour Rothschilds Geneva\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bike-tour-Rothschilds-Geneva-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;J&#8217;ai re\u00e7u un grand nombre de messages de f\u00e9licitation de la part de mes coll\u00e8gues et je voulais les partager avec vous.\u00a0\u00a0 je pense que le &#8221; cycling tour&#8221; restera un moment fort de ce voyage et donnera l&#8217;envie \u00e0 certains de revenir.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Francesco Ranza, Banque Rothschild, Geneva, Switzerland \u00a0 \u00a0June\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of all of us \u00a0who took part in the Olympic walk last Friday we must thank you for all you did. Your erudition and charm coupled with the fine weather ( not sure if you can claim credit for that) made it a most enjoyable and interesting outing for all of us.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Raymond Hart, London, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0June\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you very much for your fantastic sightseeing with exceptional explanations and commentaries with very nice last stop in Parliamentary Pub.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Dr Pavel Kotoucek, Southend, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 June\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-424 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-image: initial; border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Chartwell: Lauren &amp; Anne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_1471-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"155\" \/>Our tours with you, Karin and Nick, were the highlights of the trip!\u00a0 In retrospect, I should have stayed 5 nights in London just to see a\u00a0few of the &#8220;must see attractions&#8221; for Lauren&#8217;s sake, and then spent two more days touring with you in the south of England.\u00a0 Amazing that we saw as much as we did in the few days that we had&#8230;Again, thank you for all your help and good advice.\u00a0 We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with you and do sincerely hope that we can tour with you\u00a0again!&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Beverly C. Tupelo, Mississippi,\u00a0<em>USA \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 June\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8221; Nous avons re\u00e7u des nouvelles de M. et Mme. Asselin qui \u00e9taient avec vous au mois de Mai. Ils n\u2019ont que des compliments \u00e0 vous faire! Vous \u00eates d\u2019ailleurs la meilleure guide qu\u2019ils ont eu pendant leur voyage! Ils ont vraiment appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 votre compagnie et votre fran\u00e7ais impeccable! Je garde avec bonheur votre nom en note et j\u2019esp\u00e8re vous envoyer d\u2019autres clients dans un avenir rapproch\u00e9!&#8221;&#8221;Thank you again for the wonderful tour today. We all loved it!&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Julie Herendeen, Palo Alto, California,\u00a0<em>USA \u00a0 \u00a0June<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>M<em>arie-Noel Martel,\u00a0Voyages Inter-Pays, Quebec, Canada \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had great feedback so thank you \u2013 will definitely be in touch with you again for other groups.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Kate Hutchings, RPMC London (for Sony Ericsson) UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for the wonderful tour of London we had last week. All our students really enjoyed it and you can be sure that we will get in touch again for our next trip to England&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Michel Bourrier Lycee Virlogeux, Riom, \u00a0France \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 April<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have arrived well back in Austria! Everything worked perfectly and I really have to thank you for the excellent work! Everybody was very, very well informed about all single details!!! \u00a0And tourguides had been very good. Again, I really have to thank you and the whole team for the great success!!! \u00a0And I am really looking forward to work with you in the near future again!&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Renate, Partylite, Austria \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anne, thank you so much for the time you spent with us \u2013 it was lovely. \u00a0 Again, my most sincere \u201cthank you\u201d for sharing your knowledge \u2013 making it fun and informative for us all.\u00a0 <em>Toni W, Napa Valley, Ca, USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 February<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Loved everything about today. What was the name the pub we had lunch? Everything was fabulous. Thank you thank you thank you. &#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Serra Y, New York, NY, \u00a0USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 February\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many thanks for the terrific job that you did in guiding us through London. \u00a0You provided wonderful leadership for all of us: \u00a0the little ones, the medium ones, and for Mike and me. \u00a0As I wanted, your knowledgeable guidance enabled us to be &#8220;fascinated&#8221; by the history before us, and to thoroughly enjoy each site. \u00a0It was a wonderful, engaging trip.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Sandy Wang, California, USA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0January\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Just back home for a day, and the family is already talking about our next sojourn in London. \u00a0We will contact you as matters get more serious.\u00a0Thank you for the lovely and highly informative day we spent together.&#8221; Dr M Mauer, Chicago, Illinois, USA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions\/393"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marksman.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}