What our clients say about us:

Dear Tatyana,

We have finally returned to the US after a wonderful experience on the Regent Seven Seas Voyager cruise through the Baltic. There is no question that St Petersburg was a trip highlight! Thank you again for a wonderful experience touring your city and surroundings for two days. Our family of nine enjoyed the trip so much, incluidng the wonderful lunches at the summer palace, the pierogi bakery, and of course, the tour of the farmer’s market (yum!). I hope that you will add our names to your list of references if you ever need a statement from a past client. We have such positive impressions of your expertise, your trip management, and of course, of our experience in St Petersburg.

Thank you again.

Leslie Glaze
Jody Gross
Shelly Silverman
and the boys!

September 2008

Dear Julia and Irina,

Tony, our cousins and I want to thank you so much for making our trip to St. Petersburg in late July so very wonderful. We were looking at our pictures last night and were amazed at how much we covered and what a wonderful trip it was.

Julia, thank you so much for getting our visas organized, answering so many questions, and so graciously helping us plan our two days in St. Petersburg. I know it was a lot of work, but everything went just perfectly! I’m so happy we were able to meet you for your wonderful tour of Yusipov Palace. You’re amazing!

Irina, thank you so much for so tirelessly showing us all around your beautiful city. Your knowledge of the city, the art in the museums and the history was incredible! You are a wonderful guide.

Both of you worked to give us an extremely hassle free and wonderful trip. From the bottom of our hearts, we are eternally grateful.

Please feel free to use us or this letter as a recommendation for future guests.
We hope to come visit you again one day!

Sposiba and best regards,

Joni and Tony (New York)
Ennio and Diane (Canada)

July 2008

Thank you!

I think of you often and would definitely recommend you to others going to Russia – 2 of the best days in my life! What a wonderful tour!

Thanks,
Maryanne

July 2008

Hello Tatiana,

We had the best time ever in St. Petersburg and can’t thank you enough. It was the highlight of our trip. Hope that you are well and having a busy tourist season.

Allan and Beverly Wachtel

June 2008

Dear Julia,

I’m writing this inside the Air France plane about to take off to Paris. I’m surrounded by my family, all of us happy to have finally discovered Saint Petersburg through your inimitable charm and authoritative introduction to the city, its culture, its history and its people.

I’m at a loss trying to say what the high point of the trip was, there were so many wonderful moments… Perhaps, speaking of people, the lunch at Elena’s was the crowning touch.

Thank you for all these grand moments. We’ll be back and, in the meantime, we’ll recommend your services to our friends, we know they’ll thank us! Our St Petersburg experience couldn’t have come close to being the same without you…

Best regards,

Jean-Louis Gassee

June 2008

Thank you for your help in planning an excellent 2 day tour of St. Petersburg for our group. Everything took place exactly as you described it. The group was very happy with your services and all of the sights they took in. They especially enjoyed the Russian Folk Show. Thank you again for all your hard work. Warm regards,

Lorilee Larsen

Cruises of Excellence

In July of 2008, I escorted 25 people on a 2 week cruise with a 2 day stop in St. Petersburg. I contacted Travel to St. Petersburg to arrange for a two day tour of the area. Tatyana was our tour leader and was absolutely wonderful. Her knowledge of the area was faultless. We learned so much from her about the history of the area, but also interesting info that you probably wouldn’t find in a book. She arranged lunch for us for two days. Both were excellent. She could get tickets for the opera, the choir, ect and other entertainment for the evening. She and her company are the very best. I am a travel agent and have been escorting groups on tours and cruises and arranging shore excursions for a very ling time(20 years). Tatyana and her company are the best. I very highly recommend TJ Travel to St. Petersburg. Sincerely,

Leslie Sollee

Travel Trends

Dear Tatyana and Julia,

You and Julia made me a hero of my agency, A Vacation of a Lifetime with your knowledge and expertise with my 2 groups of 24 and 15 people. There wasn’t anything you did not know about the Hermitage, Church of the Spilled Blood, The Palace, Petergof/Gardens , etc.. Your layout of our 2 day tour was excellent and flowed, no-one was tired. Your drivers were pleasant and great, navigating us thru the busy streets flawlessly I did not have to worry about the Russian Visas as TJ Travel took care of everything. One of our clients lost her visa, we e-mailed you from the ship the night before we were docking for our 2 day tour and the next morning for our pickup you were there with her visa. This jumped your company up to a 10+.(cannot go higher than a 10 in the USA). Your Air Conditioned buses were clean and comfortable. I want to thank you and Julia for your smiles, patience and all your efforts in creating a wonderful experience for my group, You took care of EVERYTHING including lunch. I look forward to working with you again in the future. You have my permission to give out my e-mail if anyone needs further information on how wonderful and delightful and so full of knowledge you both are.

Marcia Berwick

A Vacation of a Lifetime Royal

Palm Beach, Florida.

Dear Tatyana,

We had a wonderful time on our tour of St. Petersburg. Marina was very knowledgeable, intelligent, accommodating and truly a delight to be with. Victor was an excellent driver. We enjoyed every moment of the two days and wish it had been longer. Thank you!

Judy Finn

Mike & Gill

We would like to thank you, and especially Olga, for the excellent service you provided for our visit on 22nd May. Olga made it a memorable experience and showed us the very essence of the St Petersburg in what was a very short time. She managed to give us a real insight, not only of the city but also of the lives of ordinary citizens and the dramatic changes through which you have lived. And we enjoyed her company very much. Our appreciation also goes to your driver (Roman?) for his talent in spotting the car parking opportunities so cleverly amongst all those Mercedes and Volvos! We will recommend you.

Dear Tatyana and Julia,

Our two days in St. Petersburg were wonderful . . . . it was a fantastic experience. Our tour guide (Meme)took us to all the places we wanted to visit and was so knowledgeable about the history of each place. It really brought everything to life and we got a real feeling for the culture of your beautiful city. Thank you for being able to modify the tour so that Judee and her mother could attend the folk show, while 4 of us could go to the ballet. We only wish we could have had more time in St Petersburg to savor each delightful moment!!! I am so glad we found your agency. You are the best; not only in the tour arrangements, but with the personal care that you provided from the day we first inquired until the time of our trip.

Best regards to you.

Bill and Elaine Allan

Dear Tatyana and Julia:

I write to thank you very much for your services on our trip to St. Petersburg. Every one in our party was thrilled with the itenerary and you were so very well organized. Plus, Nelly was absolutely fantastic as a guide. She knew everything we needed to know, she had us in the right places at the right time, and she has a great knack of getting us away from the crowds into a secluded spot. We always felt like we were our own little group, unbothered by the crowds.

I cannot thank you enough. I was so very pleased with everything. I hope you get answers from the other travelers, but trust me when I tell you, they were very pleased and impressed.

Please feel free to have any prospective clients e-mail me and I will happily give them my total reccomendation. If they are thinking about it, have them contact me and I will make sure you have some customers.

Again, thanks very much. We had a splendid time and it was very well done.

Jon Johnson,

Laramie Wyoming

Hi Tatyanna.

We have just had an amazing tour of St. Petersburg.using TJ TRAVEL .Our tour guide’ Nelly ‘was fantastic. We missed all the crowds and our guide had an encyclopedic knowledge of EVERYTHING..Its nice to deal with a fully professional outfit……………. Thank you very much………………..

Hazel and Roger Morgan

We recently traveled on the Eurodam to The Baltic. Friends had recommended TJ Travel for a private tour of St. Petersburg and we could not have had a more positive experience. We communicated through emails and Tatiana, one of the owners, tailored our trip to exactly what we were interested in seeing and doing. She took care of the required Visas and emailed them to us well in advance. Our guide met us promptly at the cruise terminal. The five of us were thrilled with our guide, Marina, who was very knowledgeable, intelligent, accommodating and truly a delight to be with. The van was modern and comfortable with large windows and we had an excellent driver, Viktor. It was so nice not to be on a large tour bus with 50 or so other passengers. We felt the price of the tour to be very reasonable and worth every cent.

Judy Finn

Hi, Tatyana.

I’m over 60 and don’t trust travel forums. Anyone can post anything. I do, however, trust my instincts. I don’t know how I found you on the net but I’m certainly glad I did. From my initial enquiry I was impressed with both the speed of your response and the fact that you actually responded to my specific queries. Vacation time is very precious and TJ Travel seems to understand this. I told you what my wife and I wanted to see and you made sure we saw it all…and more. Our guide, Nellie, was extremely knowledgeable and pleasant and her English top-notch. She has an obvious (and justifiable) pride in your beautiful city and a passion for its history and culture. There is no doubt our appreciation of St. Petersburg was enhanced by her infectious enthusiasm. We met up with old friends in St. Petersburg, who wanted to explore the city on their own, without a guide. There’s no doubt that their experience was not nearly as rich as ours. For example, they took a canal cruise but the commentary was only in Russian. TJ Travel made certain that our canal cruise, on a similar boat from the same company, had English commentary. The itinerary may have been the same, but it was not the same trip! This is just one example of how a competent and knowledgeable guide can add value to a vacation. From your initial responses to my e-mail, to the excellent tours, to the follow-up to make sure we were happy with our guide and tours, thank you. TJ Travel provided me a level of comfort which allowed me to relax and more fully enjoy the wonders of St. Petersburg. Bolshoi spasiba.

We have finally gotten “un-packed” and returning our home too something close to normal. The wonderful weather we experienced in St. Petersburg (though you may have considered it too warm) followed us throughout the cruse and into our two day stay in Amsterdam after the ship docked. We were quite pleased with your guide service and transportation in St. Petersburg. We enjoyed Marinna (hope spelling is close) and our skillful driver. Being half-way around the world and selecting someone from the internet could be chancy. Your policy of no deposit and not asking for payment until the second day, convinced us you were the persons we wished to do business with. Your reduction of our per person charge as the other two couples joined us, further confirmed the wisdom of selecting your service. WE LIKED TJ TRAVEL!!!

Fromstein

Dear Tatyana

Our trip now seems a long time ago! Thank you so much for our two-day tour and a particular thank you from all of us to Marina, who made the visit so special – she was charming, knowledgeable and professional and a joy to be with; she is a credit to your company. I have posted a reply on the Trip Advisor site and would be more than happy to endorse your company.

Best wishes

MarieT

Dear Julia & Tatyana

Thank you so very much for arranging the 2-day tour of St. Petersburg for my husband and myself on 4/5th. June. We did enjoy visiting your lovely city and were most grateful that you were able to supply us with such an excellent guide and driver. The memories of those two days will remain with us for all time. With sincere thanks once again and our very best wishes to you and your travel business.

Christine & Herbert Blackman

Dear Tatyana and Julia,

I am back in London. Rosemarie and I enjoyed our short visit to St. Petersburg. This was due to the fact that our guide Julia and driver Alexander were both wonderful! We were able to visit all the places in our itinerary. In fact, we saw more than we expected! Thank you for the wonderful service your company provided. Rosemarie and I will definitely recommend your company to our family and friends.

Sarah Perry

Tat:

It was a pleasure meeting you in St. Petersburg during our recent visit (June 24-26 2009) aboard Oceania’s Regatta (ship) . I just wanted to let you know that our group enjoyed the days spent in St. Petersburg — it was the highlight of our entire trip! We all thought our guide and driver were great! All of us spoke very highly of our guide and will recommend your services to our friends who visit St. Petersburg.

Thank you again,

Scott & Phyllis Polo

Tatyana,

We just returned home and we want to thank you again for all the time you took to answer our questions before the trip and for making the 2 days we spent in St Petersburg the highlight of our trip.Julia is an amazing guide – we were all impressed by her knowledge and ability to get us around and into everywhere without having to wait in a line!!! Please thank her again for all of us. If you want a referral from us, just let me know. We all hope you have a great summer season and many more in the future. It was nice to meet you and thanks again,

Jan & Roy Stevenson

Hi Julia & Tatyana

We thought we should write to thank you very much for organising our special trip around St Petersburg last month. In particular we would like you to pass our thanks to Kseniya, our guide for the three days. Her English was perfect and her knowledge of the history, culture, art and antiquities of St Petersburg could not have been better. She made us feel very relaxed, dealing quickly and capably with all the administration associated with visiting the museums, churches and galleries. Also please thank our driver, Mikhail, who did a splendid job transporting us in safety and comfort from one location to the next. He may not have spoken any English (probably as much as we spoke Russian!) but he always had a smile and a good demeanour. The itinerary was just what we wanted, and it was excellent that Kseniya and yourselves could modify it as we wanted (the Metro really was worthwhile). We are so pleased that we chose to organise a private tour with a small group. Not only was it much more economic, but we saw the large groups shuffling round the main sights and their tours were so impersonal – no chance for questions! We would certainly recommend TJ Travel to anyone who’s planning a trip to St Petersburg.Thank you also for suggesting that two others join our group. We enjoyed their company on the tour and on the ship, and it helped make our visit more enjoyable and affordable.Once again, many thanks for looking after us – we’ll be in touch next time we visit!

Kind regards

Steve & Jane Bishop

Hi Tatyanna.

The main advantage our group gained from booking a private tour with TJ TRAVEL was ‘NO QUEUES. a personal very professional service,a small intimate group , and a guide with an encyclopedic knowledge of everything we saw.Talking to other cruisers ,we saw more, at a cheaper price and more importantly at a more relaxed pace than the cruise tours.Thank you for making our Snt Petes tour so satisfyingly memorable

Roger and Hazel Morgan

Dear Tatiana

It was lovely to meet you at last on our tour of ST.PETERSBURGH.What a jewel you have no wonder you are so proud of the city, I have never been any where to match the splendour and history of your country. The tour guide NELLIE was outstanding in every way, her knowledge was very impressive to say the least and she was able to explain points of history with ease. The two day trip was fantastic and certainly contained a variety of different aspects of the city to see including the underground which I thought was very interesting to the splendour of the churches and palaces. In all a very well thought out programme with something to see and of interest to everyone. Please pass on my personal thanks to NELLIE for being such a wonderful guide the success of the trip was largely down to her personality, and of course the driver without him none of it would have been possible.

Dear Tatyana,

You may certainly give My email address to those interested in a recommendation. My wife, who’s Grandfather came from Russia was extremely interested to visit St. Petersburg. She never imagined that it would be so gratifying to visit the Country of Her Grandfather even though it was just St. Petersburg and probably no where near where He was from. Your tour made it especially memorable.

All The Best,

Ronnie and Frances Fulton

Hi Tatyana

Yes we very much enjoyed the two days of touring in St. Petersburgh. We appreciated the variety and volume of sites that we saw. Our favorite was Catherine The Great Palace. We found our guide Catherine to be very informative, entertaining, and personable. The driver was safe and courteous. Without hesitating we will recommend your tour company to other people traveling to Russia. If we ever have the opportunity to return to St. Petersburgh we would use your tour company, and specifically ask for Catherine and the driver to show us around again.

Thanks

Jim Holland

Dear Tatyana

Your tour was the best of our whole trip. It was so flexible, and my parents were thrilled with what they got to see, and the bus driver was so good with them. My boys and their wives had a great time also, so it was meaningful to all involved. Please give my email to anyone who wants info about your tours, I will give glowing reports. When I get time, I will also respond to the travel sites. Thanks again for being so patient!

Evelyn

Dear Tatyana:

All six of us had an absolutely wonderful time…..It certainly was a highlight of the entire cruise. Olga was our guide and she she was simply fantastic. Tatyana called her “Knowledgeable Olga”. We didn’t spend one minute waiting in line or waiting for anything at all, for that matter. Our cruise ship was 45 minutes late getting into the port…….and then they made the Independent travelers wait until all the Princess Cruise Excursion Passengers had disembarked. Even with those situations, we still saw twice as much as the rest of the Cruise Passengers.

Your friend,

Annette

Hi Tatyana,

We had a wonderful time in St. Petersburg! Our guide, Julian (not sure of the spelling) was excellent, very knowledgeable, friendly, & answered all of our questions. We were amazed by how much we saw & how much we learned. I will always be left with the impression of wide open spaces & gold!The beautiful doll you gave me is now on display in my china cabinet in my dining room, a wonderful reminder of a fantastic city.Many thanks for your excellent care before, during, & now after our trip. I would highly recommend you to anyone & hope your business continues to grow & prosper. You deserve it!

Best always,

Catherine & family

Tatyana and Julia,

We thoroughly enjoyed the experience in St.Petersburg and thought our tour guide Nellie (I think that’s how you spell her name) was exceptional. She made the tour very interesting and it was very well planned – her knowledge of the city and communication was very good. There were ten people on the tour, and we all thought your tour and guide was very good – definitely a Worthwhile trip.I will definitely be recommending your company to other travellers going to your Russian city. Speaking to people on the cruise we definitely did the right thing. Thanks again for a great two days…. without your tour and guide it would not have been the same – thoroughly enjoyed it.

Mark Terry

Dear Julia,

We want to let you know what a wonderful time we had in your most beautiful city. Ira was an outstanding tour guide and an absolute delight. She was extremely knowledgeable and has an uncanny way of getting to the front of the long lines. She handled our parents needs with the absolute utmost care and tended to them the whole time. We were more then thrilled with her. I will be posting your information on Cruisecritic.com as soon as I have a free moment to let others know about your company. We were very pleased with everything. Please send Ira our regards and we hope to return and see more one day. We loved St. Petersburg. It was the highlight of our trip.

Thank you again,

Ellen & Steve Sax

We have just come back home after our cruise et three days in London I want to announce you our big contentment for our two days in ST Petersburg Program took place perfectly without loss of time Our guide spoke marvellous French and had big knowledge Ceremonies in the customhouse took place without any problem Toue my family joins me to thank you very warmly

Jean-Philippe Bainier

Hi Tatyana,

Just wanted you to know how much we enjoyed our tour with Anna. She was truly outstanding and absolutely the best guide we had during our entire visit. We were so sorry not to have booked the whole three days with you! I was nervous about the late time and not being able to get off the ship without proper documentation. As it turned out, we had absolutely no problems as you expected. Any way, we learned much but never felt lectured. The interaction between her and Hannah was wonderful. She is truly a gem. Again, thanks for making our visit special.

Paul Bullwinkel

Just thanks from Helsinki. We had a good time in SP due to a well organized tour. Maria and Viktor were great and you really made me feel like Peter the Great. Many thanks again

Peter Klein

Tatyana,

Just got back from the very same cruise that sailed August 5th. We used TJ Travel, and was thrilled with the responsiveness and thoroughness of them prior to meeting them. We were equally impressed after meeting them. Our guide, Olga, was very accommodating and got our “off beat” sense of humor. We slipped through lines and around big groups for three days, to get the most out of St. Petersburg experience. The ship tried to scare the passengers with security and visa issues. Julia and Tatyana handled everything. Would highly recommend them.

Dear Tatyana,

we had a wonderful time with Nina. Not only was she a wealth of information about your history,art,etc, but had such a nice personality that we all enjoyed her company and very much appreciated how much we were able to see and experience and how accomodating she was. I do have her card in case we know of anyone else who will be coming to St. Petersburg.

Thank you again.

Jan

Dear Tatyana,

We had a wonderful time in St. Petersberg, everyone of us enjoyed the tours your company provided for us and as there was a sixty years age difference between the oldest and the youngest of our group, that says a great deal for your city and especially for your guide Olga and Victor the driver. Olga was an excellent guide, her knowledge of St. Petersberg, its history and all the sights we were shown was amazing. Olga went out of her way to personalise the tour, for example, when she found out that most of our group were Muslims, the second day she included not only a visit to the Mosque in the city where we took photos of the amazing blue and turquoise mosiacs on the outside of the building, but also alot of information about its history etc. Unfortunately there was a funeral taking place so we could not go inside. When we went to the Hermitage, which I had visited the previous year, on hearing that I hadn’t seen the Impressionists then, she especially made time for me to view them. Olga had a very special way of talking to the children about how they should behave in the Hermitage for example and sticking close to avoid getting lost that was so pleasant and effective. She also taught us all quite a few Russian words.Victor our driver was excellent also. He drove very safely and was very pleasant to be with.It was so nice to meet you and Julia also, it felt like meeting friends and made us feel very much at ease in your city. When we left Olga and Victor on the last day, we all felt quite sad after enjoying two full days of their company.I am more than happy to alllow you to use this email as a reference and sincerely wish you and your company all the very best in the future. I will definitely recommend you whenever I get the opportunity. Please give our best wishes to Olga and Victor.

SpiceyBa and Kind Regards,

Christine Thabet.

Dear Tatyana/Julia

We all did meet up on the Ship and everybody was full of praise for the 2 days of our visit to St. Petersburg. The commentary by Nellie was very friendly and informative and she left nothing to chance making sure we were all together. The Folk evening on the first night at the Palace was excellent, although we were weary after a long day, – the entertainment,costumes and humour lifted our sprits and we enjoyed the dinner back at the ship even more because we had lots to chat about. Our thanks to the Driver (who’s name escapes me) for a safe comfortable drive. Well, we are back into our normal routine. Any prospective clients of yours are welcome to telephone me for a reference on your services. Best wishes to all your team and many thanks for a memorable St. Petersburg Yours sincerely

Bruce Gotting

Dear Tatyana,

A small thank you for organising our two day tour in St. Petersburg. We could not fault it, exactly what we wanted, good mix of culture and a little of Russian life in a very short time. Irena, our guide, was excellent, very personable, enthusiastic, flexible and interesting. She worked hard and we appreciated it. We are happy to give you a reference if you want to use us. What we liked was the fact you and Irena did what we wanted and did not follow a well worn path as some guides do and then they become automatic with no personality, Irena was natural and enthusiastic and interesting. Thanks,

Gerry Lidgett

Hello Julia & Tatyana,

We so enjoyed our 2 day (standard program) tour of St. Petersburg with 6 other passengers. The grouping was an ideal size and the others in the group were so congenial. We only wish that the weather had been more cooperative! Nina was very informative, knowledgeable and professional. Her mastery of English is exceptional! She was sensitive to our needs and arranged our tour to best suit us and the weather. We only wish that we could have seen more and had additional time in St. Petersburg….another time! Thank you for the rewarding experience.

Hello Tatiana

I would like you to know how pleased and delighted we were with the service we received from your company whilst visiting St Petersburg. Unfortunately the weather was not very kind for us but our visit was not spoiled because of the way our tour was altered to avoid the torrential rain which we encountered in Peterhof.Nina was a joy to be with and her information at every venue was superb, I think she enjoyed being with us as much as we enjoyed her company and Sergy’s. The group had not met our party before we joined the Bus but we all became friends very quickly.I will be posting a report on Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor as I feel more people would benefit from an independent tour instead of the big groups from the cruise companies.

Best Regards.

David Smith

We loved the tour and Peter was wonderful. Please feel free to use us as a reference. I will also write something on travel forum. thanks and I hope we return soon.

Patti

Good Morning Tatyana! And Julia And Irena !!!!

Ladies, thank you so much for a wonderful two days in St. Petersburg! I’m sorry it’s taken me a bit to write you, but it’s been a whirlwind since returning home last Monday.All your arrangements, aforehand informations, and assistance in customizing these two days of touring for my group could not have been better!!!!!! And my group was totally bowled over when we had the private boat for the canal tour portion and with the champagne—again thank you for that surprise! We loved the two restaurants for our lunches….the pies place on the first day, and the charming log building place for borscht and stroganoff on the second! Fabulous! While the crowds at the sites were horrific, Irena zipped us right in to see things and back out, so we really maximized our little time in your incredible city. What a perfect overview of your city’s highlights and treasures and introduction to your country and culture. Had my people booked ship’s tours, they would only have seen a fraction of what Irena showed us in the two days there and they would have paid more! Irena was the perfect choice as guide for our group, since so many of us had had exchange student experience. She was such a delight ! Her knowledge of everything from the countryside, to history, to art, anything and everything Russian was phenomenal…..my brain was bursting from all her information, all the sites, and experiences those two days.When I have people cruising the Baltic again, be sure I will calling on you again! …

Eva Wallert, MCC

Dear Tatyana and Julia

We are back in Canada and we would like to thank you again for making our stay in St. Petersburg so enjoyable. Your professionalism at time of booking, the perfect organization during our stay, the charm, good humor and knowledge of Maria made our visit an unforgettable event. Victor even though we could not communicate with him was a nice addition to our stay. I would not hesitate to recommend you to our friends visiting your beautiful city. I hope one day I will be able to return your hospitality.

Thanks again and kind regards,

Peter Klein

Hi Tatyana,

I I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful tours thaat you provided for the Bennedettos and me I was so impressed with the knowledge of our guides Alexandra and Peter. Thanks to you and them it made my trip one of the most memorable I have ever taken. I am recommending you to every one I know if they should make a trip to St. Petersburg. I remain

Sincerely.

Clinton Creasy

Hi Tatyana:

I just wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed our St. Petersburg tour with Ireana. She was an amazing guide, who knew the answer to every question we asked (and we asked a bunch!). Her guided tour of the Hermitage was fantastic, and her knowledge of art was superior. Your choice for the itinerary was perfect! I will strongly recommend your guide service to anyone traveling to St. Petersburg. Thanks, again, for making our visit so wonderful

Lil and Tim Vayhinger

Dear Tatyana

We are just back from our cruise and would like to thank you for a most memorable trip to your beautiful city. Special thanks to ‘Catherine the Great’ who was so informed, interesting and delightful company. All our friends will soon know about your company and the fantastic service you give and we hope to visit again.Warmest wishes to all the team

Ruth and James Habibi

Tatiana,

Just a quick note to let you know how much we enjoyed our tour of St. Petersburg. Marina was an exceptional guide. She was Interesting, knowledgeable, personable – and made us feel very welcome. The tour and Marina exceeded our expectations and were definitely the highlights of our trip.

Thank you.

Nita and Jane

Julia:

Eileen & I wanted to thank you once more for your terrific service and two wonderful, memorable days in St. Petersburg. Our guide Julia could not have been better – gracious, courteous, humorous, knowledgeable (make that extremely knowledgeable!), completely fluent in English. She took in all of our questions and requests with aplomb. She was great! And thanks to Ramon as well for his efficient service – he may not talk much, but he took good care of us! And both of you owners were terrific as well, from start to finish. We are so glad to have met you both. And we must also thank you once more for the beautiful (and completely unexpected) teacup and saucer! We love it; it has already taken up residence in the china cabinet in our dining room. We don’t want to speak for Brian & Carol, but we know they felt the same way. We got home late Saturday, and today has been very busy at work. However, I will get reviews into both Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor in the coming weeks. And, if anyone needs a direct reference, please feel free to have them email me. And keep bringing people to the ‘pancake place’ and ‘pie place’ for lunches – both were great fun, and we loved the food.

Cheers,

John & Eileen O’Keefe

Dear Tatyana and Irena,

Just a line to thank you so much for your services whilst we were in St. Petersburg. The itinery and Irena were both excellent – infact we all feel we have been very spoilt. We went on a Thomson tour bus excursion and all said it was awful being herded round in such a large group and that we wish we could have done it with you. Quite a few of my friends have shown great interest in visiting St. Petersburg after we have given it – and you – such a glowing report and have put it on their list of “places we must to visit” and we have strongly advised them to do the tour with you. I have kept your e-mail contact and I will pass this on to them should they visit St. Perersburg. Thanks again – you made out trip to St.Petersburg very memorable and it has been a pleasure to both meet and do business with you.

Our Best Wishes,

Marilyn & Terry Uff

Irena, Tatyana and Victor

Thank you so much for such a memorable tour of St Petersburg earlier this month. Irena was the perfect tour guide, her knowledge of art and its history was incredible and added so much to the tour. The fact that we could change the itinery, spend more time when we wanted and go to other places – ie the metro, made us feel special. Other passengers from the ship loved St Petersburg but hated the way they were rushed around and had no time to do what they wanted. 1.5 hours in the Hermitage!! As there were 9 (actually 8 of us) on the tour, it was also cheaper than the two full day tours from the ship and put us in touch with each other which made our holiday.

Jean Barnes

We were recently in St Petersburg Russia as one of the calling places on a cruise. My wife cannot walk far and most of the tourist places are vast to say the least. Our visit lasted two whole days and we decided to look for a private tour as my wife could not contemplate a great deal of walking. After some research we decided to engage TJ Tours [traveltospb@gmail.com.] They answered our preliminary enquires promptly and covered all our questions comprehensively and we booked them for the two days car, driver, guide and us. This meant we could tour at our own pace, see things at our own pace, hear what the guide was saying and have the ability to ask one to one questions; our very well informed guide (Irina) even shared the wheel chair pushing chore. We had lunch in small places used by the locals rather than enormous restaurants which charged much for little but paid a commission to the coach guides. All in all we had a very worthwhile two days. Not cheap but you certainly “get what you pay for” and we would heartily recommend these people. As to the city itself – well it is stunning and well worth a visit, the two days usually allowed by tour companies is probably not enough but a second visit could be well worth while

Roger Sprosen

If you’re arriving on a cruise ship, please have a look at our list of St Petersburg Shore Excursions.
Otherwise you can choose from our packaged St Petersburg Tours.

This entry was posted on April 27, 2010 at 10:10 am.

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