Two family businesses waiting to serve you well

Ray - Managing Proprietor & Tour Escort
Has spent his entire life serving customers. At the age of 24 he managed a branch of a company with salesmen twice his own age! His experience includes sales, marketing, product launches, company conferences and hundreds of nights staying in hotels whilst away from home on business. His experience of hotels proved very beneficial later in life.

Margaret - Joint Proprietor
Witnessed the heart attack in January 1987 that subsequently started a chain of events in Ray’s life, commencing with fund-raising for the British Heart Foundation and which culminated in the launch of Invitation Coach Events in 1992. She claims she would like a pound for every phone call she’s answered since then!

Lynn - Managing Proprietor’s PA
First involvement with us started when she and her husband Alan replaced Lynn’s parents at very short notice after a health problem occurred. They then became regular customers, and later Ray offered Lynn a part time job dealing with customers enquiries and helping him to manage crucial administrative tasks.She is now more like one of the family!

Hazel - Senior Tour Escort
Hazel and her husband Graeme were amongst our very early clientele. When she was due to retire from the Personnel Department at her local Waitrose Store, Hazel could think about little else other than how she would love to take people on holiday to enjoy themselves. Ray was easily persuaded as her personality is ideal for a job where opportunities to ‘go the extra mile’ are abundant.

John - Tour Escort
Ray’s brother-in-law. He has taken many coach holidays with a variety of coach operators over a long period of time. This has enabled him to demonstrate how much more enjoyable a coach holiday can be when people are regarded as personal guests and not simply passengers who are helping to fill the coach. John works mainly during our busiest months, November and December.