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WALKING TOURSJack the Ripper
Street Art Harry Potter Sherlock Holmes Charles Dickens Literary London Shakespeare and Southwark The Southbank Covent Garden & Theatreland Soho Rock, Pop and the Beatles Kensington & Chelsea Hampstead and Kenwood Little Venice and the Regent’s Canal Richmond & Kew Notting Hill Greenwich Legal London & the Inns of Court Westminster Royal London James Bond and the Secret Service Film Locations Whitechapel, Spitalfields & Immigration Camden The Blitz and World War II Baker Street and Marylebone The City and Financial London Canary Wharf and the Docklands Ghosts of London London 2012 Venues (Olympic Sites) Greenwich |
QUALIFICATIONSI am a registered London Blue Badge Tourist Guide and International Tour Manager. Let me show you London and make you smile.
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Tour Ops Clients We took the tour and found it absolutely fascinating. To stand in the famous Lobby, to sit in the Strangers' Gallery (House of Lords) and to wander amongst the benches in the House of Commons is an amazing experience. Our guide (Mark) was extremely knowledgable and friendly, which added a great deal to an already thrilling experience. This is an absolute must!Take the guided tour for the opportunity to do more than just see the building. Our guide shared not only historical facts but also a local's perspective on the political process. Trip Advisor review for Guided Tour of Parliament 2017 We just returned from our wonderful trip to the UK. Please thank Mark for the fabulous tour of the Inns of Court and the Royal courts of Justice. We all enjoyed the tour immensely. Cheryl Ragsdale with Discovery Merci beaucoup pour ton aide sur ce groupe. Le client était très content du guidage et de tes services. Au plaisir de retravailler ensemble sur le prochain groupe. Quentin Gall, Project & Business Manager, Smoozy Ltd Merci beaucoup Mark, les participants ont vraiment adoré le tour et votre humour!! Merci et à bientôt. Julie MIQUEROL Head of project LONDON INCOGNITO Mark was also fabulous and we appreciated his remarks, punctuated with exaggerations and prevarications that were amusing and entertaining. We enjoyed his guidance very much and got a good overview of London. Carus Family with Yellow Moon Pauline and I are now just back in Canada after our family safari in Kenya and I just wanted to thank you so much for arranging our families tour of the Tower....and to ask you to pass on to Mark our best thanks for a wonderful, interesting, humorous tour, where he paid particular attention to our grand kids...he was perfect, brilliant and left everyone with a real sense of the place and its unique history....again thanks to you all Bob with London Walks We have not long ago finished our walk, Jack the Ripper in French. I should just like to say how much the group enjoyed the tour, particularly our guide Mark. I should be grateful if you would extend our thanks to him. Alan with London Walks I spoke to the group earlier, they had a great time and said you were excellent! Many thanks, Mia Williams, London Guided Tours Just to let you know how much I (and I'm sure the rest of the crowd) enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes walk last night - brilliant guide & content. Will you kindly advise of any other walks Mark does for your team. Colin Levy with Baker Street Quarter Annette and family had a great time with Mark also, thank you for that. Thanks a million, Glenn Royal County Travel Thanks Mark! I just spoke to Bruce and they truly enjoyed their time with you. I am delighted that you were available last minute! Both Bruce and I will be sure to recommend your services when the opportunity arises.Cheers! Jacqueline Bacchus Importers Ltd Dear Mark, the UEFA Champions League Final in London has passed and we would now like to thank you for your great work and support, which was the basis for a highly successful first year for GAZPROM as an official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League. Let me say again that it was a pleasure working with you. I truly think you provided everyone with an extra boost of energy with your charm and charisma on set on those long days. Thanks! Benedikt Bürig Akzio! gmbh I'm encouraging everyone to watch the London episode - London looks spectacular! And your context off the top is brilliant. Merci encore! Joanne, Waterfront Cities, Discovery DBM Media It was nice seeing you yesterday and thank you so much for the tour – guests loved it! Charlène Beresford, Senior Project Manager, Wedgewood Britain Hi Mark, Thank you for the job you did for our Americans on Friday morning. I know we can count on you to entertain and inform our clients. I saw them off from St. Pancras yesterday and they were all very happy (and after 3 full days of 5-star service who wouldn’t be). Anyway thank you for helping to make sure we had a successful programme. Vanessa Lewisohn, Wedgewood Britain les clients ont dit qu’ils ont beaucoup ri avec vous.... Bonne soirée. Claude, FRANCE ANGLETERRE I've just phoned the tecaher and she said the tour was fantastic. Lots of humor and everything was great. Many thanks Christel Pailloux, Verdie Just wanted to say a big thank you to you for guiding our client so well through London. You made my job a lot easier and I thoroughly enjoyed working with you. Should we have French groups coming to London in the future I will certainly be in touch. Kristin Barth, Operations Executive, K&N Travel Associates Ltd. Hi Mark, Thank you again for a lovely tour yesterday evening. The group really enjoyed it, and it was a great evening’s walk with many an interesting fact along the way. Plus you managed to get us to our final destination bang-on time; well done you! Best wishes, Eliana Pulvirenti, Executive Assistant to Andreas Spechtler, Regional Vice President EMEA, Dolby Europe Limited I really enjoyed this afternoon's tour in the area of the 2012 Games. The pace was just right. The guide, Mark, was vey knowledgable and we were very lucky with the weather. I can see me doing many more guided tours. Many thanks. Cathy Hills with Tour Guides Ltd Our guide Mark Conroy was an exceptional high quality tour guide. Besides his knowledge of London and the Olympic Site, he could not only could speak French at a very high level but also had a very good insight of French culture which helped to keep our French customers well-entertained. Please pass our thanks on to him again from Mr. Andy Smith and myself. We will definitely recommend your company. Laurence Gandrot, PA to Andy Smith, MD Lactalis McLelland Ltd Just wanted to thank you for such an interesting 2012 afternoon walk..everyone said so too! You were absolutely fantastic..It's lovely to see how amazing you are at your job. Katie Snowball, Google My wife and I have just returned from one of your tours under the guidance of Mark. We must say it was an excellent experience from the professionalism of your guide, directing us from the underground to the starting point to the actual tour. Mark was of course full of knowledge as to be expected from a BBG but we were particularly appreciative of his clear diction and presentation under difficult circumstances; quite a large crowd and much background noise. We are now recommending your tour to our friends, including some from The States and Israel who are here on vacation. Well done and many thanks. Nurit & Terry Kaye, London 2012 Walk It was a terrific walk which you guided with wit, warmth and wisdom. Everyone of us enjoyed it hugely, in fact we encountered a few more of your group in the John Lewis viewing gallery and they praised you to the skies! Thanks so much for the walk. Bernard Holley, London 2012 Walk Today we had a day tour with Mark Conroy and we cannot express how happy we were with Mark. He was erudite, funny and absolutely comfortable with the tour, no question unanswered, his depth of knowledge is beyond compare. This was a great experience for us. Thank you for giving us a great experience with London. We shall recommend London Walks to all of our friends. Dan Sautner I wanted to thank you for great guiding in London ! My colleagues and I were really happy with your explanations and the children said you were very funny! Thank you ! Delphine CORNU, Graphothérapeute Approche Plurielle - rééducation de l'écriture , Vice Présidente du GEGAP Feedback from the clients was good - they loved you and really enjoyed the cruise and the Jack The Ripper tour! Many thanks for your work on that event. Charlène Feynerol, Senior Manager, WEDGEWOOD BRITAIN Hi, Mark The pictures look great. You look quite at home in front of the TV cameras! It would be great to work with you again, I really enjoyed the tours and you were a wonderful ambassador for the blue badge guides. Take care and many thanks Trisha Webbe, Photo Ops Coordinator, Press Operations London Organising Committee Olympic Games & Paralympic Games Ltd A very sincere thank you on behalf of press operations for your help during this week’s World Press Briefing. Your presence really made the visits to the venues – our visitors were blown away by the efficiency, professionalism and knowledge shown on the tours and visits. Arriving to see you there gave us all such a level of comfort and confidence. You smoothed the way, charmed the guests, entertained them on the journeys and generally helped mean that the world’s press and photographers leave today believing they are in very good hands. Not forgetting all of the work that went into facilitating our entry into the Park and other venues in the first place! Thank you very, very much. Jayne Pearce, Head of Press Operations London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games & Paralympic Games Ltd Je reviens vers vous concernant le voyage à Londres de ce week-end.Tout s’est bien passé et l’ensemble des gens ont été satisfaits de leur séjour. L’ensemble du groupe tient à remercier particulièrement Mark le guide du vendredi. Tout le monde a été ravie de faire la visite avec lui et son humour a été particulièrement apprécié. J’aimerai d’ailleurs qu’il fasse la visite de notre groupe du mois de décembre si cela est possible pour lui. Si vous pouvez transmettre, une fois encore, nos remerciements à Mark et l’ensemble du personnel de l’hotel. Cordialement, Emilie with JAC TRAVEL Hello Mark! Just wanted to say thank you for yesterday. You made the trip!!!!! Thanks! Ali/Taylor Alden London 2012 Dear Mark, I’d like to take this opportunity of thanking you most sincerely for the excellent work you did as Tour Guide escorting our guests from India around Windsor Castle and sight-seeing around London. Sunil Joshi has sent me a note of thanks saying…” All our distributors were extremely satisfied and happy”…. All the ladies have also expressed their gratitude and have gone back with wonderful memories”. You helped make their visit successful. Thank you once again and I hope sometime in the future our paths will cross again. Best regards Sarah Hartland, Sandvik Coromant UK Hello Mark, thank you for this wonderful afternoon in London. I will ask for another guided tour next time I come and I will call you. It was great. The children and the teachers loved it, thanks a lot Delphine Cornu Hello Mark ! Merci, merci, merci.Nous avons tous passé un excellent moment en ta compagnie ! Les clients ont tous appréciés la visite qui était très très chouette ! N'hésites pas le jour où tu viens à Paris ( ou a Lyon) à m'appeler, je serai très heureuse ! A très bientôt, Marion LECLERC, Chef de projet tourisme d'affaires, FFTP Paris Thank you for your help . You did a brilliant job for me and the client was very happy. Hope to work with you again. Lynn Harrell, LH-Events Limited "Truly outstanding. Mark made each excursion fun! He really knew how to entertain and captivate this group. His funny & interesting stories made for memorable moments with our students transfixed". Sue Wilson/RidgelySchool, Maryland, USA. "Thank you for all of your hard work. You were an integral part of a success trip and already the feedback has been excellent!" Phil Maynard/Hallmark Incentives "Ta for a fantastic tour of London - you were superb". SarahVarey/Kings School/Ely "Les clients m’ont fait beaucoup de compliments sur vous. Ils ont beaucoup apprecier votre travail". Aurore Derouault/Interopa Holidays Ltd “All the guests loved your wicked English sense of humour - I think it was the 'Camilla' gags that did it!” Katharine Gout/The Competitive Edge “It was a pleasure & a treat when you took us around.” Adhar Budhraja/Jetways India “We decided you’re the ultimate guide in the U.K.” Elizabeth Sexton Rivers/Viktor USA “We’d like to say how much we enjoyed the Ripper walk. Mark was great & made it fun & informative. Great work, keep it up.” Elizabeth Thacker/Tourist “The group were very happy with you. Their exact words were interesting, knowledgeable and perfect .” Johanna Granlund/Impact International Travel “Mark Conroy is an excellent guide and gave his explanations with a lot of humour. Our guests very much enjoyed the sightseeing in London and excursion to Oxford and Blenheim Palace.” Antje Trost/PHR “I took the Jack the Ripper walk with Mark. It was very interesting to learn so much about the character. My journalists were impressed by the quality of the information and the French spoken by the guide. It was perfect.” Claire-Anne Baron/Chargee des Relations Presse/Visit Britain “Mark Conroy notre guide du jour, à l’élégance toute britannique, nous attend à la sortie du métro. En artiste complet qu’il est, il nous fait reviver la légende, les petites et grandes histoires et les détails de chaque crime. Il n’oublie ni la culture, ni l’humour.” Laurence Amette “Just to say the European tour is now over and the group elected you the best guide!” Pamela/EF Tour Director “Thank you for looking after our delegation in London. The group was very impressed with the tour.” David Elliott/CEO CCF, NSW Australia I cannot say enough about the wonderful trip we had with you. All the parents were so complimentary about your guiding services & about you, in general. THANK YOU!! Yes, I am screaming it! You are definitely the absolute BEST guide in the whole of the U.K. Sue Wilson/Tour Designs Many thanks for last week – everyone had a great time. It was fascinating to hear all your different stories. Charlotte Scott/”Zeke & Luther”/Disney Channel The lodges were excellent & game viewing superb. The time with the elephants was really special...I actually rode the elephants on several occasions. We saw wildlife with the backdrop of the African topography and the big blue sky. The whole package makes the experience special. Mark, a perfect holiday! Thanks! Carl Buskirk/Former CEO, Levis, Europe Thanks for enhancing our experience in London. I think you did a superior job. Jeannine Schaal/Ultimate Travel Meetings, Englewood, CO Thank you for providing us with such a wonderful insight to London. Candice Burroughs /KIC, Inc. Laguna Beach, CA What a great trip - especially with you in the lead - thank you! The kids still talk about the Jack The Ripper Tour and how you scared the beejeebers out of them ALL! Donna King/LTMA (parent chaperone) We had a WONDERFUL time on our trip. The adventure was definitely enhanced by your guidance! You are full of history, stories, and charm! You certainly know how to captivate an audience of teenagers and parents. Thank you for the effort you put into our trip! Debbie Bittner/LTMA (parent chaperone) A great sightseeing day - the guide had a big knowledge and was exciting and funny. They were very pleased with him. Kajsa Berggren/Group Executive/Axis & Globe Thank you for the excellent and very entertaining tour at the Tower of London. Everyone raved about your guiding skills, I think it may have been the Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac jokes! Max Lamour/Euro Group Thank you for such an informative and enjoyable walk. Lesley and I learnt new things about the City and really enjoyed listening to the history around Lloyds, where we work. It was great to get out from behind our desks. Thanks to Mark. Francesca/www.lloyds.com Thank you so much for making our day in London so interesting and enjoyable and allowing me to sit back a little and enjoy myself. Everyone thought your commentary was excellent and our driver was so grateful you were on board. We need to explore more of London, so we’ll definitely be in touch. Carol Harthill/U3A Mark, it was a great tour of Westminster Abbey & we all very much enjoyed it. Looking forward to quaking in my boots on the Ripper Walk! Eva Bellm Thanks for a great tour! We all LOVED it! Steve Kemble, Visit London Fam Nous avons tous passé un excellent moment en ta compagnie! Les clients ont tous appréciés la visite qui était très très chouette! Marion LeClerc/FFT Paris Sincere thanks for your efforts during the Sherlock Holmes film shoot. You were well prepared, lucid, entertaining & above all, most professional. Michael Mercer/Arts Magic |
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