Happy birthday!

Congratulations to our colleagues who are celebrating birthdays in November!

02.11 Skrickis Agris 
03.11 Miķelsons Miķelis 
11.11 Auns Inārs 
20.11 Balodis Jānis 
22.11 Matisons Oskars 
20.11 Rozītis Aldis 
25.11 Sūkulis Uldis 

Ski season is coming!

We are preparing  our cars and skis for the season!

Are you ready?

Worlds weirdest cars!

A lot of thing in our small world are funny, but this is surprising! Which one is the most funniest by your opinion?

The #15 is just great- enough big for passengers and very secure. May be we should upgrade our car park?!

See the full article HERE

Want to see more? Check out the video:

Locals in France speaks not just english!

Hey drivers in France!

People are laughing about French locals and their English skill. We all know that French are one of the nations, speaking just their french language. But, did you know that it might be a lie and the truth is somewhere out there :) ?

Watch the video and have fun!

Good job!

Thanks to our driver Armands Bels for a great service:

"I am writing to thank you for such wonderful customer service that I received from yourselves when being picked up from London on 15.8.2015. The driver was extremely kind and understanding when a friend of ours was late to the taxi and offered such lovely customer service. I will definitely be booking from yourself again and will also recommend you to my friends. Thank you again for being such a wonderful cab company!"

Many Thanks, 

Reese

Tube strike - 5 and 6 August

Dear Drivers,

Please note that there will be a Tube strike in London on 5th and 6th of August. 

Because of the huge amount of services we will have to make, please plan your journeys carefully to skip the possible inconvenience on the way. 

You can get more information about strike areas and timetables here. 

Funny signs!

Check out the complete list of funny sign pictures in London underground. Did you notice any somewhere on the road?

Send it to info@123drivers.co.uk and show it to all of your colleagues!

Bastille day- don't miss it!

Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête nationale and commonly Le quatorze juillet.  After the end of the official celebration, the day ended in a huge four-day popular feast and people celebrated with fireworks, as well as fine wine and running nudi-rudi through the streets in order to display their great freedom. Read the full article here. Check out the event program for 14th of Jul in France here

Present for a lady driver!

It was a beautiful Jun day, when our lady driver Liga went back to Paris after the vacation time. It was not just a simple day, it was also a special day for her- her names day!

Our colleagues decided to surprise Liga and made a present in her names day! Check out the pic! Amazing!

Thank you Gints and Romas!

Industry changes

We would like to say a big thank you to all our drivers- for patience, a good customer service and cooperation while the big strike in Paris. You did a great job during the 25th of Jun, when the Paris city was stuck and unsafe.


What actually happened?


Uber is an American company what started to build their business in year 2009 and at the moment they are taking wide actions also in European countries. Their business idea raises critical changes in taxi service market, thus preventing the development of taxi and mini cab companies and smashes the local corporate business. Just about a year ago there was a protest action in United Kingdom. See the video for more information. Of course this was a pretty calm action against industry changes compering to events in Paris. See the video for more information.
This is also one of the reasons for the changes in our activity strategy in London. Because of the fact that Amitours group companies are located in different countries, our business is more balanced in these kind of situations. Either our strategy works good - focusing mostly on airport transfers, what is a stable niche in the transportation business sector. Feel free check out our new brand name for London: Transfers2heathrow (http://www.transfers2heathrow.co.uk/), what already works well. We are planing to achieve even better results in future.

Thanks again for strength and shown loyalty to the company!

Great work

Thanks to all our team in Paris for such efficient service:

"Dear SirsJust a quick e mail to say a very big "Merci Beaucoup" for the excellent service your company provided both on collection from and return to CDG airport.
I will certainly recommend your company to friends who visit France."
Kind Regards,

Peter

Loyalty program

You all have promo cards with your unique code. You should give your unique promo code to all of your customers.

Every time, when customer does a booking with your promo code, you will receive 10 % commission of transfer value. Commissions will be paid every month.

Thank you all for the great job you have done.

All commisions that drivers have earned are calculated every month. Here are results in May:

1st place: Maris Aboltins

2nd place: Gatis Jakubanecs

3rd place: Normunds Vilcmeijers

Happy Birthday!

Congratulations to our colleagues who are celebrating birthdays in July!

02.07   Aleksandrs Silovs
02.07   Gints Dinsbergs
03.07   Andzejs Petrunko
11.07   Dmitrijs Kokorins
14.07   Maris Aboltins
16.07   Arturs Lagzdins
26.07   Ervīns Zorgenfreijs
29.07   Alberts Vilumsons

123 Drivers & Amitours team!

Greetings in midsummer for Latvians and other nations around the world!

Celebrate midsummer in Latvian spirit!

Latvia is one of the countries who has the brightest traditions in midsummer day, called the Jānis day celebration.

A great feast, song and dance, the shortest night of the year spent in front of a bonfire, mystical rituals and even a bit of romance – this is what makes the Līgo celebration or Jāņi. Jāņi is celebrated on the summer solstice on 23 and 24 June. This pagan-like holiday is almost more popular in Latvia than New Year's Eve and Christmas.

Read more and watch the video here!

Do you know the meaning of midsummer in different countries?

Midsummer, also known as St John's Day, or Litha, is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the Northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 21 and June 25 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different cultures. The Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr St John the Baptist, and the observance of St John's Day begins the evening before, known as St John's Eve.

Read full article in WikipediA

We are so different.

MyPrint247 has come up with an interesting infographic that uses handwriting analysis (graphology) to provide a glimpse into the personalities of 25 famous tech entrepreneurs. The list includes Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and more.

 

Check out here!

London - the most expensive city?

Is London really the most expensive city to live in?

Read this article and you will find out is this really true!

Loyalty program

You all have a promo cards with your unique code. You should give your unique promo code to all your customers.

Every time, when customer makes a booking with your promo code, you will receive 10 % commision of transfer value. Commisions will be paid every month.

Thank you all for the great job you have done.

All commisions that drivers have earned are calculated every month. Here are results in April:

London:

 

1st place: Maris Aboltins

2nd place: Ilmars Samsonovs

3rd place: Jurijs Purins

 

Alps:

 

1st place: Kaspars Suna

2nd place: Cracium Horia Lazarel

3rd place: Edgars Usvils

Congratulations!

A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller and a home happier!

Best wishes to Andis Locmelis and his family with the happy moment of life!

Trully yours, 123 Drivers & Amitours team!

Happy Birthday!

Congratulations to our colleagues who are celebrating birthdays in May!

05.05 Kaspars Kulvinskis

06.05 Guntars Grigulis

07.05 Pavel-Hristov Apostolov

12.05 Arvils Pusaudzis

13.05 Aleksandrs Sandors

20.05 Janis Jurevics

23.05 Gatis Jakubanecs

25.05 Georgi-Stoyanov Taparov

26.05 Uldis Taubenbergs

29.05 Artjoms Kononovics

29.05 Laine Miglane

 

123 Drivers & Amitours team!

Great work!

Thank you all for the excellent work in the "hot" ski season in the Alps.We have received a lot of positive customer feedbacks about our service. Happy to have such a great drivers!  

 The most positive feedbacks we have received about these drivers:

Vlad-Livui Birau, Ivars Indriksons, Vitalijs Galilejevs, Janis Kurmis, Roms Petrausks, Andrei-Sergui Bodea.

 

 Thank you all for the great work! 

 

Buildings, located in unusual places!

It seems that on our planet are left just few „corners” where people hasn`t taken their foot. But seeing these pictures thoughts completely changes. These are 5 buildings in the world which are most difficulty to reach. 

1. Lodge in the middle of a river

This lodge is located in Serbia, on a miniature island in the river Drina. It was built in the end of 1960 by initiative of group of young people to have their own summer club. 

2.Under the grass roof 

Nordic roofs, covered with a layer of soil and grass is not a rarity. If such a roof is designed properly, it protects from large storms and heavy showers. In Faeroe Islands such buildings have survived until the present day - and not a single one!

3.House in a cliff 

At the end of the 1960 in Caribbean island, Becky, was built house named “Moon Cave”. Its owners wanted to live in an ecologically clean place in a natural environment. Unfortunately, rock falls very soon made it dangerous to live in the house.

4.Church on a inaccessible cliff

In the west Georgia, on a high, inaccessible cliff called Kachi pillar in Imerety, is a church, where their bravest can climb up by metal stairs. By the way, the entrance is allowed only for men! 

5.Mountain house in 4000 meter height

In Switzerland, Matterhorn mountains, in 4000 meter height, on a steep slope edge lies so –called “hata”- mountain house, where those who are on why to the peak can spend the night. Wake up and you are above the clouds!