My
wife Lale and I have been leading tours since the day
we met, and long before. I was quite surprised as she
told me the first time that she actually traveled for
two months in Asia when she was 19. I thought I was the
tough traveler! A year after we got married, she came
up with the idea to organize our own tours, the way we
like to travel, off the beaten track. Seniors of the industry
kept telling us that it would be fighting the wind mills,
and there would be no chance to succeed. Time showed us
that they were wrong. We believe we have come a long way,
without advertising, only with the word of mouth.
Nowadays we can lead a limited number of tours, but we
are not ment to be behind the desk either. We still travel
thousands of miles every year in the country and abroad,
in search for the new and exciting, and to make sure all
is running fine. We are on the road to introduce Turkey
as a destination, giving lectures and slide shows on the
country. |
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prefer to keep low profile on tours, and usually go with
the flow. To us, off the beaten track does not mean to
sleep in run down places, and share the same bathroom
with ten other people. Through the years we have learned
that it is a great way to interact with the locals, and
to share their point of view. This is a very agreeable
experience, especially when you can get an answer to the
question, "What is the real story behind that?". |
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Tour Director |
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travel has been running tours in Turkey for Rick Steves'
'Europe Through the Back Door' since 1997 |
| srm
travel is a member of Tursab, Turkish Travel Agencies
Association |
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