Anyone used Michael Osman as a tour guide lately?
Feb 20th, 2013, 11:37 AM
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A little mor about his tours. he and Scott have done "first day n paris" tours for several of uor frinds and they have loved it...everything from how to use METRO, city orientation and high lights etc. He also does tours that are focused on topics of interest, foodie, militatia, art (he's an artist), portions of history etc. He's got a big repitoire and if you give him advance notice he'll customize for you. He will also takes toours to Giverny and Versailles. Last tour he did for us I asked hime to help us "find Paris" the way it was on Marie Antionette's last day (so in other words find Pre-Hausmann renovation Paris).... he did a GREAT job!
Feb 28th, 2013, 04:55 PM
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Thank you Toucan. I just messaged him on FB and it said <i>"You aren't connected to Michael on Facebook, so your message will get filtered to his Other folder." </i>
I feel bad sending a message to his personal Facebook page, but I really don't know what else to do.
I feel bad sending a message to his personal Facebook page, but I really don't know what else to do.
Mar 3rd, 2013, 01:08 PM
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I returned from Paris a couple of weeks ago, and thought I've been there a bunch of times, I asked Michael to arrange a tour of some particular areas and sites that interested me. It was a delightful day.
Mar 4th, 2013, 05:37 PM
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Jinky - I'm confused about your statement of "two months". Based on your 2/19/2013, it's been two weeks. Still too long I'll admit, but I am wondering if you had reached out prior??? Also, are you certain you used the correct e-mail address? The original one provided in this thread was wrong and corrected in a later post.
Mar 5th, 2013, 08:14 AM
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seafox - I posted here 2 weeks ago, after not being able to reach him. I thought I'd do a search here to see if there was any other info on him. So yes, I've been trying to reach him for over 2 months. I contacted him at the correct email address that he has posted on his website, and was confirmed here. [email protected]
And no, I still have not heard from him. Even a quick note that says, "I'm busy with clients now, but I will get back to you by the end of the week to discuss planning a tour for you" would have been great. But to blatantly ignore people? That's something I simply can't abide.
And no, I still have not heard from him. Even a quick note that says, "I'm busy with clients now, but I will get back to you by the end of the week to discuss planning a tour for you" would have been great. But to blatantly ignore people? That's something I simply can't abide.
Mar 5th, 2013, 04:14 PM
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Jinky, I know you are frustrated, and I can understand that. Just keep in mind a couple of things. First, Michael isn't a big company doing canned tours that last say four hours a day. He is one guy, who does highly personalized tours, and he will stay with the people he is taking about as long as they want, so often is out late with them. He also guides when clients want him, and that can be seven days a week.
Add to that that aol is often overly zealous with relegating emails to junk folders. Also, I think we often think that because we are on our computers or smartphones a lot, that everyone else is too. I think I also remember from when I was trying to get in touch with him that his spam filter is overly zealous.
I could be wrong, but I think that when Michael accesses his email he does it from a PC at home, and with his schedule he just doesn't get on his PC often. That's one of the reasons I suggested Facebook to you.
I'm sorry you have a bad taste in your mouth about this, I wish it had worked out. Michael does add a very special touch to a guided day.
Add to that that aol is often overly zealous with relegating emails to junk folders. Also, I think we often think that because we are on our computers or smartphones a lot, that everyone else is too. I think I also remember from when I was trying to get in touch with him that his spam filter is overly zealous.
I could be wrong, but I think that when Michael accesses his email he does it from a PC at home, and with his schedule he just doesn't get on his PC often. That's one of the reasons I suggested Facebook to you.
I'm sorry you have a bad taste in your mouth about this, I wish it had worked out. Michael does add a very special touch to a guided day.
Mar 6th, 2013, 03:01 AM
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That is a good catch. I have always found Michael quick to say "yay or nay".
You might ask the editors to take your email link out to anonomize it with "at" or you're gonna get a lot of spam, I fear.
You might ask the editors to take your email link out to anonomize it with "at" or you're gonna get a lot of spam, I fear.
