Why not take a look at our mainland VIP excursions page where we are featuring visits to some of the most popular heritage railway attractions such as the Severn Valley Railway, Swanage Railway and Bluebell Railway with more to be added soon. Feel free to comment below if you have a favorite which we havn't yet featured!
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We've been relatively quiet over the past year but behind the scenes, we've been working on a new venture which we can now reveal what we've been up to! We have been given the opportunity to acquire a fully equipped corporate VIP coach branded 'Hummingbird' which you may have seen out and about in the Island over recent months. It boasts a 'galley' with touch screen coffee machine offering specialist coffees such as latte, Americano, cappuccino and other variations. An Ice making machine, drinks cooler, fridge and microwave plus conventional oven. It also have multiple video and TV monitors and even Wi-Fi! All our future Island Tours will be operated using the Hummingbird coach although it only has a capacity of 28 seats so early booking would be advisable. The coach will also be available to hire and we will be offering the option of having a hostess on board to provide table service. Contact us soon for a quote! ...since we last posted! Truth is that we have had rather a strange season. Thankfully we have seen an increase in business on our tours... we acquired a second, larger coach to meet the increase in demand, attracted some corporate work and attracted interest from some larger Island businesses who want to utilise out tours for their customers as well! But we are now turning out attention on plans for nest year's tours and we are inviting other tourism business (cafe's etc) to contact us who maybe interested in working with us by accommodating our customers while at the various stops we make on our tours. We are particularly looking at locations such as Shanklin Old Village, Godshill, West Wight and Cowes. If you run a business in these areas and would like more info on what it involves, drop us an message via our contact page or comment below and we will get back to you. Advanced online bookings made on Friday 24th November 2017 for the 'Round The Island Tour' on any date during the 2018 season, will benefit from a 20% discount off the normal fare as shown below. Enter ISLAND18 in the promo code box after selecting your ticket(s). Visit the Guided Tour Page to take advantage of this special offer. Terms and Conditions apply. Offer Ends Midnight Friday 24th November 2017. As our season draws to a close at the end of this months, we thought we would open bookings for next year on our most popular tour. You can now take advantage of booking seats at the current 2017 fares as they will increase slightly in the new year. So why not take advantage of our early bird offer by booking your seats now! T&C's apply. Wow! What a busy weekend we've just had! Been ferrying VIPs to and from the Isle of Wight Festival and other bits and bobs in between. Our 22 seater is pictured outside Kingston Manor where our VIPs were staying. We also provided transport for a Samba Band who were performing at the Festival on Friday. So we are always up for doing corporate work and can be very discreet if need be! We are pleased to announce that we have now acquired a second mini-coach. It's a 22 seater 'Optimo' with air-con and although it's livery is pretty much of a blank canvas at the moment, it's already proving successful with the passengers that have travelled in her so far. We havn't actually decided on whether to have her painted in the same livery as the 16 seater yet but will be making plans to get her 'vinyled' very soon. So keep a look out for her knocking around the Island! Island Explorer would like to wish everyone who reads this a very happy and prosperous new year! We have a few plans up our sleeves for 2017 which we hope to share with you over the first few weeks of the new year. Again, we would welcome enquires from tourism businesses who would like to join our list of collegues who are involved in providing the ulitimate service to our guests on our tours. So if you own or manage an attraction, cafe or pub which you think would enhance any of our tours which we offer to individulal and group visitors to the Island, then please contact us via our contact page. We will then be happy to discuss our ideas with you when we re-open next week. |