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bEST SMALL GROUPS TOUR OPERATOR mELBOURNE AWARD

11/11/2020

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Find below full article about Hit the Road Tours award for the second consecutive year.
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Let's Celebrate the reencounter!

29/9/2020

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It would be the understatement of the year to say that 2020 has been tough, and you’re probably reading/hearing this more than enough, so let’s skip this part.
 
But it’s true, our lives have turned upside down to say the least: Lockdowns, restrictions, Stage 1,2,3,4, Step 4,3,2,1, curfew, quarantine, face masks, community transmission, vaccine, virus, new cases, rolling average, and so on and so on… my God! Can’t we talk about something else? Can’t we, at least for a day (or few hours), experience something different and come out of this nightmare?
 
Undoubtedly, the lack of human interaction, and of the usual camaraderie in the work environment has impacted our humour, our mental health, our souls.
 
BUT HERE COME THE GOOD NEWS,
 
Although it’s not over, we are beating this! Yes Victorians, we are beating this! It’s time to celebrate, and before Christmas we will be living a sort of normal. A new normal, a COVID-normal.
 
So,
 
Let me introduce Hit the Road Tours and what we are offering.
 
The company was founded in June/2018 and in the last couple of years has experienced a massive growth. Thanks to an aggressive approach, we’ve disrupted the industry offering well planned small groups tours on a friendly and safe atmosphere. As result, the company has been awarded the Best Small Groups Tour Operator in Melbourne by the Business Excellence Award Magazine for two consecutive years (full article here), passing the 1,000 five-star reviews at TripAdvisor and receiving the TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice 2020.
 
In 2019 the company has run more than 1,100 tours and approximate 12,000 pax have travelled with us – an indication of our bandwidth.
 
We are a Quality Tourism Accredited Business and a Covid-Clean Practicing Business, both certifications received from Quality Tourism Framework Australia.
 
The business has been badly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis for obvious reasons, and as we are planning to reopen in November, it came to my mind good memories of the company’s last year Christmas Barbecue and I was wondering what to do to re-engage with the team (we are a group of 15 certified tour guides not allowed to work since March), and what would be the best options for a safe, funny, informal and relaxing get together to celebrate the restart of the business. As I’ve opened the conversation in our WhatsApp group, so many great ideas came to mind, a diversity of options of things we could do together to celebrate the reencounter, that we were blown away with the list. And we still didn’t take the final decision as the options are too good 😊.
 
So, looking at this list I thought: how many business in Victoria are now feeling exactly the same thing we are? How many managers, leaders, business owners, are not thinking exactly the same thing?
 
To help them, we’ve just created a fresh from the cooker portfolio of experiences: Let’s Celebrate the Reencounter!
 
It’s an endless list of options to combine the Christmas/End of Year Celebrations with the return to the work on an “almost” normal environment.
 
But also, we are conscious that money is short, the country is in recession, ok, we get that. The itineraries and experiences were priced in a way to make it affordable to any business size.
 
Few examples of the Let’s Celebrate the Reencounter possible experiences:
 
  • Wine Tasting at Mornington Peninsula, followed by two hours of Bathing Experience at Peninsula Hot Springs and a gourmet lunch and a beer on a British Style Tavern 
  • Home Made Charcuterie and Wine Tasting at an Yarra Valley family owned winery, followed by another wine tasting and gourmet lunch on a local winery and a visit to the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie – Why not to include a Karting Ride Experience to start the day? 
  • A hike in Wilsons Promontory, a visit to Squeaky Beach and lunch at a local restaurant 
  • A Coastal Walk at the Surf Coast in Torquay, a visit to Bell’s Beach and lunch at a wood fire pizza local restaurant 
  • Bushwalk in Lorne, a visit to a local waterfall and lunch at a Beachfront pub 
  • A Tree-Top walking experience at the Great Otway National Park in the Great Ocean Road, followed by a sea food lunch in Apollo Bay – Should we also include some Surfing Lessons? 
  • Organic Farm Tour experience at Mornington Peninsula, followed by wine tasting and gourmet lunch 
  • And the list goes on: bushwalk in the countryside, bubble soccer, cruise at the Yarra River, etc. etc. etc.
 
And the best part: Hit the Road Tours deliver the service and expertise across this diverse range of experience options. Just let us know what your team/group is more inclined to do and we will take care of the rest.
 
Our team of certified tour guides are very keen to hit the road again, provide great services and create unforgettable experiences to our customers. This is what we’ve been doing in the last years and have been highly awarded for.
 
Well, the options are open and the sky is the limit (literally). We are taking full refundable bookings and in terms of timeframe, expecting to be allowed to operate these experiences in the second half of November.
 
The window for bookings will be very short and these venues are most likely to sold out soon as they will be running at reduced capacity. The sooner we plan and make the reservations, the better.
 
In case you are interested just drop an email to: [email protected] to request a quote. 
 
Cheers!
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September 29th, 2020

29/9/2020

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Great ocean road tour

4/9/2018

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To arrive at the Twelve Apostles before the large crowds is not only an advantage... it's priceless.
OK, we don't travel along the coastline in the morning in our Great Ocean Road tour, but we do travel from London Bridge to Torquay on the Great Ocean Road in the afternoon, and the emerald color of the sea is amazing with the arvo light.
And talking about twilight, Daylight Saving Time is coming and will start at the State of Victoria on 07/October. That's great news, I love this time of the year, when we're able to run the 13 hours of the Great Ocean Road Tour at daylight. 
There's so much to see, so many beaches, cliffs, creeks, limestone formations, and not to mention the Australian animals like Koalas, kangaroos, kookaburra, parrots and cockatoos. It's great to cover all these, with the sun shining.
Book now to have this amazing experience in our Great Ocean Road Tour.

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Melbourne day tour

29/8/2018

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Melbourne lost the position of the most livable city in the world after being at the top for seven years. That hurts. Well done Vienna. However, we're still the second and doing our best to be back on top. 
But what really impresses in Melbourne is that despite being livable, vibrant, charming, it also offers a lot of possibilities of day tours giving the tourists the opportunity to get to know a variety of attractions on its surroundings.
The top one being the Great Ocean Road and Twelve Apostles, but also much more like the famous cute penguins at Phillip Island, the koalas and kangaroos and so many other Australian wildlife at the Moonlit Sanctuary, riding on the Puffing Billy to see the spectacular views of the Dandenong Ranges, the Yarra Valley with its internationally famous wineries.
And we at Hit The Road Tours are very happy to offer you all these options and much more. Just click at the button below to get full description of our tours!
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Twelve apostles day tour

15/8/2018

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It's amazing how popular and internationally known the 12 Apostles attraction is.
Sometimes we get calls from customers inquiring about the Great Ocean Road tour, the most common question is whether we have a tour to the Twelve Apostles :)
In fact the Apostles are magnificent.
As we arrive there earlier than the large crowds, I usually rush down before my group and stand at the top of the stairs as I like to see the expressions on their faces, their body language when they have the first sight of the formations. The reaction is unanimous: WOW! This is what all of them say: WOW!
One thing is seeing pictures at Google but actually being there, it's a completely different story. That's a common sense among the visitors too. 
The 12 Apostles in reality were never 12, they were 9 and the ninth partially collapsed in 2005 and fell down totally in 2009, so what we see there are 8 beautiful limestone stacks. Apparently the name was a marketing strategy to make the place famous using a Christian term.
Regardless the name or the quantity of stacks, it's a place to go. If you haven't been join us on the tour, we'll take you there before the arrival of the large crowds. If you have, then no problem, the place is worth visiting as many times as you can, as it gives us always a feeling of great energy!
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the day we reversed the reverse itinerary

9/8/2018

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Tourism combined with passion for travelling = Flexibility!
Another fully booked Great Ocean Road Tour Reverse Itinerary for a small group was planned for the next day. I've checked the weather forecast for Port Campbell before going to sleep on the day before and it didn't look good at all. Maybe it will change, let's see tomorrow - I told myself.
Alarm rings at 6am: Twelve Apostles, here we go. Another double check at the weather forecast: torrential rain at the Twelve Apostles between 10 am and 12 pm. OMG! This is exactly the time we have to visit the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, The Razorback and London Bridge when we travel the reverse itinerary on a Great Ocean Road Tour. That's not fair! Time to take a decision, and it was the best one, saved the day.
Customers on board and I tell them: - My dears, I love doing the reverse itinerary on this Great Ocean Road Tour, but my first target is to create some remarkable moments for you, therefore I'll do all I can to take you to the Twelve Apostles when it's not raining. And so we did!
First stop at Torquay: sunny, windy and two braves Aussie surfers were paddling their stand up boards. After that we went to Bells Beach, spotted some kangaroos on the way and there we had a great highlight on the day as the sun was shining against the golden cliff while the waves were spraying back hit by the winds. What a view. We love you Bells!
It was still dry at Anglasea and Kenneth River when we then crossed Great Otway National Park under torrential rain! Thanks gods of the weather, this is a two hours drive and my tourists are all well protected inside the van!
After visiting Port Campbell, London Bridge, the Loch ard Gorge and the Razorback we finally arrived at the Twelve Apostles. Guess what? Blue ski and amazing views! 
Thanks Great Ocean Road for another lovely tour, when we reversed the reverse itinerary for this small group!
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winter is coming! and the snow :)

14/5/2018

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Cold days arrived.
The autumn colors are all around and the leafs are falling in every charming Melbournian street! 
At the Victorian mountains the first snowfalls and with them the expectation for a complete landscape view transformation.
From snowshoeing to toboggan, ski, snowboarding, the range of options to have fun is immense.
At Hit the Road we'll have action trips for the energetic skiers but no only, we'll offer trips for the families who want to take the kids for a toboggan ride, or even for the ones who want to enjoy the beauty of a snowy valley for the first time! We're sure it's going to be unforgettable!
To keep on top of the winter news follow our Facebook page and also spend some time navigating through this amazing website from Snow Victoria:

www.snowvictoria.com/

Stay warm!
Cheers,
​Orlando 

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and more best moments:

4/5/2018

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Some best moments:

4/5/2018

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