Putting your BEST FOOT FORWARD

Robb has returned to Seattle after spending the winter in Arizona, but as most of you know (those who signed the get well card), Robb broke his foot. He won't be driving until May, but he will be mentoring some of the new guides so that they will be able to find hotels, keep things timely, and learn the transportation systems before they actually start running their tours. Welcome back, Robb!

Another Day in Paradise; another day of gorgeous weather in Feb.

Another Day in Paradise!

The weather in Jan. and Feb. has been outstanding. It has been fun running tours (guests are very happy, appreciative and even surprised), and I'm sure the weather has played a big part in our great numbers in these early weeks of 2010.

It is ALWAYS Sunny and Warm in the Northwest!

When people work their way to and through our web side, we want to nudge them to give us a call. Hopefully, they want to book a tour, but we are convinced that if they just call to ask a question about Seattle and the Northwest, we can lure them in with our friendly attitudes. To help in that endeavor, our phone staff posed for pictures and the result is a very colorful and alluring (and accurate) invitation to give us a call.



Those sunny dispositions and warm personalities are displayed here via the telephone staff - the first contact guests have with our company - but this accurately suggests that these attributes run throughout the company, particularly, of course, the Driver/Guides who will spend the most time with the guests.



Be sure they do!

Modeling Ambassadorship

Dan is active in many business and community organizations. One that does a marvelous job of promoting businesses in the south end is Seattle Southside. At a recent luncheon, Dan was unveiled as one of four "ambassadors" for the Tourism Matters campaign. He both spoke of the importance of tourism to our economy, but also became a literal poster boy (one of four people selected) of South King County tourism! You do us all proud, Dan.

Guest Reviews on Video

Do You GET Seattle Rain?

We had a marvelous convention in town in early January: Farm Bureau. Over the weekend, the weather was outstanding, and I put together this video.

A Sunset for this last Decade

Gift Wrappers

Busy week this week with joint activities with the Concierge Guild. On Monday some went a'caroling, and last night some wrapped gifts at Pacific Place. Here's Andree, Liz and Nicole decked out in their matching outfits! Thanks for volunteering, and showing the community that Tours Northwest cares.

Lift-off....

And by sheer coincidence, we are starting a much more public Tours Northwest blog starting...amazingly...at the very minute that the 787 took off.