2012 Nile Cruises

Good morning and a happy new year to one and all, though on day like to day there really is nothing much good about it !!!

January is never really a good month for most people what with the post christmas blues, the bad weather and the bills to pay for all the presents bought. So I thought a few photos of our Luxury Nile Cruise boats showing warm and sunny Egypt seemed like a good idea.

January is a great time to visit Egypt, the weather is not too hot and in general the tourist sites are quieter than most other months and at the moment there are some great deals on flights from both Gatwick and Manchester. So if you fancy escaping the cold English winter why not enjoy a luxury Nile Cruise.

Again a very happy new year to you all.

January Nile Cruise deals

We have some great deals available for January 2012 on some of our best selling Nile Cruise boats.

RA II 7 Night Nile Cruise with sightseeing and full board from only £ 649.00 pp on selected January dates. This is over £120.00 cheaper than the same holiday with Longwood travel !

Ms Farah and Ms Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruises with sightseeing and full board from £899.00 on selected January dates. You cannot get a Nile Cruise of the same standard for anywhere close to under £900.00!

Its a great time to travel with the weather in the 70s and no chance of rain. Plus the tourists sites are quieter so more time to enjoy the wonders of Egypt.

Thanks

Andrew

Atp Travel

A client recently asked me about Atp Travel and who we were and after I had finished giving all of the information it seemed a good idea to include in a post.

Atp travel are a small family run tour operator, travel agent and wholesaler who started life selling mainly bespoke Nile Cruises, Nile Cruise holidays, Classic Tours and Nile Cruise and Stay holidays to Egypt. Our goal is to offer a very personal service using all of the experience we have of Egypt so that our clients holiday is the best it can possibly be. This includes offering as much information and options required before the clients travel as well as ensuring that the service level, hospitality and overall arrangements exceed their expectations.

All of 0ur Nile Cruises have personally been inspected and each is the best in its class, be it value for money, or standard. We have boats like the very popular RA II which is also sold by companies like Longwood Holidays and Thomas Cook Signature but our prices are nearly always much lower than these guys.

We also have two of the newest most luxurious Nile Cruise boats, the Ms Farah and the Ms Mayfair, both launched in October 2010. Each offers superior levels of accommodation and facilities and will ensure a true luxury Nile Cruise experience but at a price lower than most of the competition selling these boat such as Mosaic Holidays and Nile Cruises Direct.

Our classic tours are all bespoke and private for clients and tailored to individual requirements but again at very competitive prices.

We have also now branched out into the Turkey and Jordan classical market working with 2 very experienced local operators and this shows great promise for 2012.

Enjoy the rest of your week everyone.

Andrew

Is Egypt safe?

Egypt again finds itself in the worlds eyes with the return of demonstrators to Tahrir Square and the very unfortunate death of some of these people during clashes with the authority's.  Of course this only has a negative impact on tourism in what should be a very busy time and we have certainly seen a reduction in enquiries along with negative comments from some people who had been looking to travel there.

But is it safe? We actually had clients in the Egyptian museum on the first sunday of the unrest and they certainly said that they were not worried by the demonstrations and enjoyed their time there. Further of all the recent posts on sites such as trip advisor from tourists who are in Egypt or who have spoken to people who are there, none have said it is not safe or not to go. The FCO travel advice has of course been updated but there are no travel restrictions in place.

So the reality is that whilst things look bad from what we see on the TV in Tahrir square, Egypt's tourist areas carry on working as normal. Its unfortunately a shame that the same cameras that are stationed in Tahrir Square could not travel around Egypt for a couple of days to Luxor and some of the Nile Cruises as well as some of the Red Sea resorts just to show that life there carries on as normal.

World Travel Market

Next week is the main trade show for the travel industry - WTM - and it promises to be an interesting if tiring week. As well as our Egypt FIT business we will be talking to agents about our new partnership with Joyetour for inbound FIT and group business to Turkey.

Turkey has experienced phenomenal growth over the last few years and especially this year partly due to troubles elsewhere in the Middle East. In the first 7 months of this year over 11 million tourists visited, an increase of over 10% on the same period last year.

Supported by one of the biggest tour operators there we believe our new partnership will develop strong business relationships which will add to Turkeys tourism growth.

Copthorne Hotel Wedding Fayre

We exhibited at a wedding fayre for the first time yesterday mainly to promote our luxury Nile Cruise boats, Ms Farah, Ms Mayfair and our Dahabeyas as honeymoon holidays but also to see how they were viewed by the public in terms of value for money and as a luxury holiday idea.

The results were very good in that virtually all the people we talked to felt that the boats represented very good value for money - lead in summer 12 prices are from £899.00 including flights, full board, transfers and sightseeing - and were also very impressed with the decor and finish of all boats.

As expected we also received a number of enquiries from the mums and dads accompanying their daughters at the event so all in all a good day.

Copthorne Hotel Wedding Fayre

We exhibited at a wedding fayre for the first time yesterday mainly to promote our luxury Nile Cruise boats, Ms Farah, Ms Mayfair and our Dahabeyas as honeymoon holidays but also to see how they were viewed by the public in terms of value for money and as a luxury holiday idea.

The results were very good in that virtually all the people we talked to felt that the boats represented very good value for money - lead in summer 12 prices are from £899.00 including flights, full board, transfers and sightseeing - and were also very impressed with the decor and finish of all boats.

As expected we also received a number of enquiries from the mums and dads accompanying their daughters at the event so all in all a good day.