Each year the city of St. Augustine strings up over 2 million white lights in their downtown area for their annual Nights of Lights festival. If you ever find yourself near St. Augustine between Thanksgiving and the end of January, make sure you stop in and see the city. It looks amazing. Old Town Trolley Tours offers the Holly Jolly Holiday Trolley that shows guests the lights while singing Christmas Carols. Its great fun for all ages!
We have so many great folks working for us. Be sure to check out one of DC’s best, Mr. King as he shows Melissa Grimsley of TV 2 news Washington, DC.
Comischell Bradley Rodriguez from UCSD Moores Cancer Center with David Thornton, Director San Diego Operations for Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego and San Diego Seals
Well, the tallies are in and congratulations goes out to Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego who really went all out in collecting money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Their local charity, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center received a check in the amount of $3236.53, with $2236.53 raised by Old Town Trolley Tours and the San Diego Seals through collections bake sales and auctions, and $1000 from the trolley’s parent company, Historic Tours of America, for the city that raised the most money during October!
In honor of Veteran’s Day, November 11, Old Town Trolley Tours in Boston, Key West, Washington, Savannah, St. Augustine and San Diego are teaming up with Patriot Service Dogs in sponsoring a puppy that will be raised and trained to be a service dog to a returning war veteran with a mobility disability. Patriot Service Dogs is a Jacksonville, FL based 501 (c)3 organization that strives to make a difference to those who have given so much for our freedoms. Service dogs are individually trained to perform tasks for those with disabilities and can include, alerting and protecting those having a seizure, guiding the blind, alerting for those who are deaf, pulling wheelchairs. Service dogs are working dogs, not pets. It takes $5000 and two years of training for a dog to be ready for service.
We are very fortunate that on Veteran’s Day, November 11, from 9 am to 4 pm, we will have handlers and trainee dogs at our operations in St. Augustine and Savannah, where the public can interact with the dogs and learn more about this wonderful organization. The dogs and their handlers will be riding tours and interacting with guests. Please come out and meet Justice, Gunner and Scout in St. Augustine and Legion, Chief and Cooper in Savannah.
For those of us lucky enough to live and work in San Diego, one of the reasons we are here is the amazing weather. Well the good folks at Travel and Leisure and the Today Show are sharing the good news as San Diego was named a top destination. Don’t forget we also have lots to see and do, friendly people and for the next couple of months, a cute red headed British prince.
Prince Harry arrives in California for helicopter training
Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and each of the Old Town Trolley Tours in Boston, Key West, San Diego, Savannah, St. Augustine and Washington are raising money for breast cancer charities in their communities. CASTmembers will be wearing hats to remind guests of their cause. In addition, the city that raises the most money in the month of October will receive and additional $1000 from their parent company, Historic Tours of America, to give to their charity.
The ladies in Key West with their pink ribbon hats.
Check out our new commercial that will be running on HomeTown TV. The campaign is part of an San Diego-wide effort to promote the city to the residents and starts airing on Monday, Oct 3rd on channel 8.
The October issue of Southern Living is out and they have named Ghosts & Gravestones of St. Augustine as one of The South’s Best Ghosts Tours. This is quite and honor since only five tours were selected! In other exciting news, our Ghosts & Gravestones tour was also selected for the second year in a row as Best Ghost Tour in St. Augustine by the St. Augustine Record and www.staugustine.com!
Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego has resurrected from the dead its popular Ghosts and Gravestones tour. The tour runs through October on Friday and Saturday nights. Trust us, you will have a ghoulishly good time. To get all the details, if you dare, visit us HERE.
Each month we like to recognize the fine folks in our operation who go above and beyond in their performance and sales. In July, as we do each month, we had another outstanding group people who fit this bill. Our meeting was held at one of our favorite places, Belfords, located in the heart of City Market.
Savannah CASTmembers of the Month, Kevin Ault, Maintenance Detailer; Cindy Cantrell, Conductor and Earl DeShazer, Sales Representative.