Hello! In order for me to get a better idea of your preferences, please fill out this questionnaire. You can check any (or all!) of the following. The examples in parentheses are just that – examples to give you an idea what sort of sights could be included. This will give me some guidelines and give you an opportunity to think about what would make your trip perfect. We will discuss and refine your preferences further when we meet or talk on the phone. My desire is for you to have the very best vacation possible! Thank you for the chance to serve you.
Sheila Stone Groundwork Travel www.groundworktravel.com
[email protected] 310.945.8033 DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DATES FOR YOUR BRITAIN TRIP?
□ NO □ YES
WHEN?
____________________
□ I’M FLEXIBLE
ANY SPECIFIC TIME OF YEAR?
______________________________
Please specify any cities or areas of the country you’re particularly interested in visiting. (Be as specific as you can!)
□ Cities
_____________________________________________________________________________
□ Towns
____________________________________________________________________________
□ Rural areas _________________________________________________________________________
PREFERRED TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION
□Luxury hotels all the way □Small family-run hotels □Cozy B&Bs (NOTE – British B&Bs tend to be less luxurious than in the States) □Glamping (Luxury camping – yurt, gypsy wagon) □Unusual (Convent, Monastery, Lighthouse) □Would rather have my own place (i.e. rent an apartment) 1
PREFERRED MODE(S) OF TRANSPORTATION
□ Self-drive (rent a car) □ Public – trains, taxis, buses, Tube □ Want to hire a coach driver (usually a nice car or van) to take me around PREFERRED ACTIVITY LEVEL
□ Very active □ Moderately active □ Leisurely □ I’m on vacation – I want to relax!
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL RESTRICTIONS OR MOBILITY ISSUES?
□ NO
□ YES
IF YES, PLEASE EXPLAIN____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
PREFERRED TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
□ Hiking (Forests, hills) □ Walking (More city) □ Biking (City/Rural) □ Boating (Canal boats, etc.) □ Scenic train rides
DO YOU WANT TO VISIT GARDENS?
□ Major (Kew, Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh) □ Formal (Hampton Court, Alnwick Castle Gardens, Capability Brown designed gardens) □ Cottage gardens (Often local groups open their homes) □ Follies (Pretend ruins adored by Victorians)
2
HOW ABOUT MUSEUMS?
□ Eeeuuuuuwwww – NO MUSEUMS! □ Classical Art (Royal Gallery, Royal Portrait Gallery) □ Contemporary Art (Tate Modern, Saatchi) □ History/Warfare (Churchill War Rooms, Tower of London) □ Living History (Geffrye Museum of the Home, Castle Museum, York) □ Historical Artifacts (British Museum, Yorkshire Museum, Ashmolean in Oxford) □ Design & Craft (Victoria & Albert Museum) □ Trains (National Rail Museum, York) □ Quirky (Doll Houses, Tea, Mechanical Music, Garden Gnomes, Advertising, many more!) ANY SPECIAL AREAS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST?
□ Roman (Bath, York, Chedworth Roman Villa, Hadrian’s Wall) □ Viking (Jorvik in York) □ Medieval (York Shambles, the Tower of London) □ Tudor (Chester, Hampton Court) □ Victorian (London, York) □ War Time (Churchill War Rooms, Bletchley Park) □ Swinging Sixties (Liverpool, Carnaby Street, Abbey Road) □ Palaces (Kensington Palace, Holyrood Palace) □ Stately Homes (Highclere [Downton Abbey], Castle Howard [Brideshead Revisited], Chatsworth) □ Cathedrals (Westminster, Canterbury, York Minster) □ Ruins (Fountains Abbey, Glastonbury Tor) □ Prehistoric sites (Stonehenge, Avebury Ring) □ Castles (Edinburgh, Lewes, Bamburgh, Caernarfon, Windsor) □ UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Saltaire Village, Bath, Skara Brae Prehistoric Village) ECCENTRIC BRITAIN
□ Portmeirion, Wales (Fanciful village, used in the 60s television series, The Prisoner.) □ Cemeteries of the Royal & Famous (Princess Diana, Highgate Cemetery, Golders Green) □ Ghosts & things that go bump in the night (Ghost tours, Jack the Ripper, Tower of London) 3
LITERATURE & LEGENDS
□ King Arthur (Tintangel, Glastonbury) □ Shakespeare (New Globe Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon) □ Jane Austen (Bath, Lyme Park) □ Bronte Sisters (Haworth House, North Yorkshire) □ James Herriot [All Creatures Great & Small] (Thirsk, North Yorkshire) □ Romantic Poets (Lake District) □ Dickens (London) □ Sherlock Holmes (Baker Street, London) □ Harry Potter (London sites, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Oxford) PLEASE LIST ANY ADDITIONAL INTERESTS SUCH AS: CATHEDRALS? BATTLEFIELDS? BEER/WINE-TASTINGS? SPORTS? THEATER? FOODIE EVENTS?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
I would like Groundwork Travel to contact me for a FREE PHONE CONSULTATION. I understand there is absolutely NO OBLIGATION for the free consultation.* *If I decide to proceed with Groundwork Travel after the free consultation - there is a non-refundable $200 deposit. This amount will be deducted from my final cost if the trip goes forward.
Name ________________________________________________________________________
E/mail address _________________________________________________________________ Phone number _________________________________________________________________ Preferred method of contact? _____________________________________________________ 4
