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TPaxe Aug 23rd, 2009 04:02 AM

Great private tour guide in London
 
I went to London with the Eurostar for 4 days and organized a fantastic tour guide for two half day tours. I had done quite a few tours in Paris and decided to try London as well.

Here is her website - www.essentiallylondon.com

ALL the restaurants she recommended where great value and exceptional cuisine. The two tours we did with her was the Hampstead Heath historical walk and the Tea Tasting Tour.

Worth every penny!

BigRuss Aug 23rd, 2009 11:27 AM

Uh, Tpax -- what's your cut of her revenue from this ad?

Nikki Aug 23rd, 2009 12:51 PM

Why so suspicious? A quick click on TPaxe's name shows a long list of posts both asking for recommendations and giving them for guides and restaurants. Hard to imagine all these recommendations come with a commission.

CAPH52 Aug 23rd, 2009 12:53 PM

My thought at first too, Russ. But if you check, you'll see that TPaxe has been around for quite a while and this is far from his/her only post. I think he/she is just sharing a good experience with us.

CAPH52 Aug 23rd, 2009 12:54 PM

GMTA, Nikki! :)

ron Aug 23rd, 2009 01:12 PM

I don't know. A recommendation of a tour guide in response to a question does not raise suspicion. A positive comment on a tour guide as part of a trip report does not raise suspicion. An unsolicited, out-of-the-blue testimonial (or, equally, a slam) should raise suspicion.

Nikki Aug 23rd, 2009 05:11 PM

Doesn't raise my suspicions when there are several such posts by the same person, both asking for guides and restaurants and recommending them. You don't seriously think the same poster is getting commissions from all the people he or she posts to recommend, do you?

TPaxe Aug 24th, 2009 04:29 AM

Hi again,

Sorry to have caused suspicion BigRuss, but thank you for all the support from the other posts. I'm going to Istanbul next month and I think I have a terrific guide lined up. Too scared to post about her when I get back!

CAPH52 Aug 24th, 2009 06:43 AM

Please do, TPaxe. After all, that's what this board is all about!


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