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We thought you might like to meet the people who will work really hard on your behalf, making sure you have the best Baltic Holiday possible. Some you may never meet face to face, although you are bound to exchange many e-mails, others, such as our guides you will meet when your well deserved holiday has finally arrived.
You can relax knowing you are in great hands, and your holiday is being looked after every step of the way.
Phil Teubler
Managing Director and Brochure Boy
How many years have you worked in Travel? I have worked in travel since 1999 when I started the company.
Favourite Baltic destination?Vilnius has always been my favourite city. Nida is wonderful on the Curonian spit for a relaxing time and Planga if you want a more lively nightlife and good for children during the day.
Favourite Baltic memory?The first time I was in Vilnius. I was expecting a cold drab city but was confronted with a cobbled street old town with bars and coffee shops and 30c temperature.
Chips or Chocolate?Chocolate.
Favourite song or film?Cinema Paradiso.
Josie Teubler
Director and Head of Business Development
How many years have you worked in Travel? I worked in Television before I had our children, and then 2 years ago I started working with Phil at Baltic Holidays, it felt natural after having visited these beautiful countries for the last 7 years.
Favourite Baltic destination?umm there are so many - I do love Jurmala in Latvia on a gorgeous hot day - relaxing on the beach and playing with the children - bliss!
Baltic memories Jumping off the Pedalo in Madazbaki Lake, Latvia, being serenaded by an Omm-pa band in Vilnius, cycling in Aukstaitija National Park, canoeing by moonlight in Sooma National Park, Estonia, children listening to a classical concert in their pyjamas at the Ammende Villa, heavenly massages at the Baltic Beach Hotel, late nights in the Whiskey bar Vilnius, jaw dropping at the size of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg……I could go on and on!
Chips or Chocolate?Depends on my mood, probably chocolate!
Favourite song or film?It’s really embarrassing but I’m such a hopeless romantic I could watch Notting Hill until the cows come home.
Ideal dinner party guest?I’d love to have met Frank Sinatra - now he could have told a story or two!
Heidi Walker
Office Manager & Senior Travel Consultant
How many years have you worked in Travel? Nearly 12 years.
Favourite / most satisfying part of the job? I love it when people tell me that they are so excited about the plans that I have put together for them and what a wonderful experience they had planning the trip with me. Putting the finishing touches to bookings by reserving tables at restaurants, booking opera tickets and that all important spa treatment, also chatting on the phone to clients discussing everything that they can experience in the Baltics is great. This makes me feel like I have done a great job even before my clients have visited the Baltics and having visited the Baltics many times I know that they will have a wonderful time.
Favourite Baltic destination? It’s so hard to choose but it has got to be Parnu in Estonia, staying at the Ammende Villa as it is just out of this world. The first time I stepped into the Ammende Villa it was in early April and it was still cold, the sea in that year was still frozen and the mist was really eerie, I was amazed. I fell in love with the Ammende Villa and Parnu there and then.
Any Baltic Stories?My first night ever in Vilnius was memorable, Vivienne and I had left Phil and Josie for the evening after dinner and visiting the fantastic bar Fallen Angels (a must), we were supposed to head back to the Narutis hotel where we were staying before heading off on a tour of Lithuania very early the next morning. We got lost; it took us two hours to find our way a few hundred metres up the road. The best thing was how safe we felt!
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