|
|
Dear
Subscriber
CONFED CUP GONE – 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP COMING
The world is talking
about the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament to be
hosted in South Africa next year. And so are many local
people as well. It is such a huge project involving
so many people, organisations and governments. What
a pleasure and privilege to be part of it – in
our own country.
The Confederations Cup
was played in South Africa in June and what a festival
and spectacle it was. Did you attend one or more of
the games? I did – and it was great fun. Are you
going to attend at least one game next year? Please
do so. You won’t have the opportunity to be able
to attend it again in your home country – ever.
Why the above two paragraphs?
We currently live in times of lots of negativity, doom
and tough financial times, though there are lots of
opportunities – some of them unique. Make use
of it and cash in.
|
 |
|
In the mean time you can travel with us on one
of our many upmarket or budget train tours to
a variety of places in South Africa at prices
very affordable and facilities very comfortable.
The reduced price on the Namibian train tours
in September 2009 should not be missed. This
is a tour not to be repeated at this discounted
price.
Enjoy the month and take the
opportunities.
Travel
Greetings
Johan Badenhorst & the JB Train Tours team
|
|
| |
| 2010
RATES & DATES RELEASED |
|
Start planning your holiday for next
year |
We
have just released our exciting
2010 JB Train Tours Rates
& Dates (programme).
We’ve added a few new
and interesting train
tours to the 2010 program: The
Garden Route
tour for people from the North
of our country, as well as for
Capetonians, promises to be
very popular. |
|
 |
|
|
A new Motorbike-on-Train tour
from Gauteng to the Southern
Cape & Garden Route,
as well as some upmarket train tours
on the Premier Classe train to Cape
Town, Oudtshoorn & Durban.
JB Train Tours will
again be hosting only 3 train tours
to Namibia next year.
You can fly from anywhere in South
Africa to Johannesburg to join the
tours.
Our Motorbike-on-Train
tours are still growing in popularity,
even from abroad, whilst the Namaqualand
Flower train tours remain
tops. By the way, we are the only
train tour operator hosting regular
sport tours. 2010 will be no exception.
It will again include ‘Bok’
train tours to the rugby tests!
Have a look at all the options and
start dreaming.....
|
|
|
|
| |
| NEW
PREMIER CLASSE ROUTE: JHB – HOEDSPRUIT
|
| From
R680pp |
For
those of you who enjoy travelling
to Mmpumalanga, here is a new
train route that would be of
great interest to you: Johannesburg
to Hoedspruit return. This route
was launched in July 2009 and
we are sure that it will become
very popular.
|
|
 |
|
A
basic programme on the train will
look as follows:
|
| The
scheduled train programme
is as follows: |
| Thursday's
Schedule from Johannesburg
to Hoedspruit |
| 16:45 |
Guests convene
at the Premier Classe lounge
at Johannesburg station
for pre-departure tea and
coffee |
| 17:45 |
Depart from
Johannesburg station with
welcoming drinks and snacks
served in the Lounge Car |
| 19:07 |
Depart from
Pretoria station
Dinner is served in the
Dining Car |
| Friday’s
Schedule |
| |
Early morning
tea or coffee is served
on request
Breakfast is served in the
Dining Car |
| 10:03 |
The train
arrives in Hoedspruit |
| Sunday’s
Schedule from Hoedspruit
to Johannesburg |
| 13:00 |
Guests convene
at the Hoedspruit station |
| 14:00 |
Depart from
Hoedspruit station with
welcoming drinks and snacks
served in the Lounge Car
High tea is served in the
Lounge Car or in the comfort
of your room
Dinner is served in the
Dining Car |
| Monday’s
Schedule |
| |
Early morning
tea or coffee is served
on request
Breakfast is served in the
Dining Car |
| 06:30
|
Train Arrive
Pretoria train station |
| 07:55 |
Train arrives
at Johannesburg station |
|
|
| |
| Click
here for more info
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SPECIAL ON NAMIBIA TRAIN TOUR IN 2009 |
|
Was R12 990...now R10 990! |
Included
in tour price:
9
Nights' accommodation on the train,
bedding & meals, bus transport
to excursions, entry fees, tour guide,
safety & security
Make life easy:
Avoid
accommodation hassles, poor meals,
traffic, long distance driving, getting
lost, missing interesting spots, toll
gates & fuel increases.
Experience and enjoy our beautiful
neighbouring country & visit:
Fish River Canyon, Quiver Tree Forest,
Swakopmund, Etosha Pans, Spitzkoppe,
Henties Bay, Dune 7, Windhoek, Root
carving factory, etc.
Optional trips available:
Sossusvlei, 'Spergebiet', Seal &
Dolphin Cruise (NOT to be missed) |
|
Dates:
30 Aug - 8 Sept & 12 - 21
Sept 2009
(both 10 days)
Click
here for more info.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPTIONS FOR YOU: TRAIN TICKETS ONLY
or FULL TRAIN TOUR PACKAGES |
|
Which way do you want to travel? |
Did
you know that you can decide whether
you want to buy a train ticket only
or a full train tour package?
We have realised that some people
want to visit their family in Cape
Town for example which means they
have their accommodation and transport
sorted. We can assist with a train
ticket only from JHB – CTN return.
Click
here for more available
routes. |
| 
|
|
Then
we also are aware of the people
who want everything organised
for them: train travel, bus
transport, accommodation, excursions,
tour guides and many more. We
also cater for them! Look at
all our package train tours
here.
Let us
know how you want to travel
– we will gladly assist
and advice.
|
Kobus
Barnard
JB Train Tours Tour Guide |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| RUGBY
TRAIN: BOKS VS WALLABIES |
Fully
booked! |
The
popular Bok train which departs
on the 6th of August and returns
on the 9th of August 2009 is
fully booked! This Tri Nations
test will be played at the historical
Newlands in Cape Town when the
Boks will be playing against
the Wallabies.
Look out, we will be organising
more Bok train tours in the
near future. |
|
|
 |
View
from the top |
|
Springbok
supporters |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| MOVING?
SEND YOUR CAR WITH THE TRAIN |
|
Safe
and hassle-free |
| A
lot of people have realised
that it is much more cost effective
and hassle-free to send your
car by train. This means you
don’t have to travel all
that hours, you save on petrol
and it is safe.
Just let us
know what date you are interested
in and the make of your car
and we will check availability.
Prices:
(based on a small car and one
way)
Johannesburg to Cape Town: from
R1 800
Johannesburg to DBN: from R870
Contact
us today to check availability
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
WHAT IS HAPPENNING IN TOWN? |
|
Make an outing of it and go by train |
Where
are the days of family outings...Dad,
mom & kids taking the train
to attend a day of fun? Good
news: these days are back!
We will be listing
upcoming events in JHB, CTN,
DBN, PE, Hoedspruit and surroundings/en
route destinations in our e-newsletter
so that can you can plan your
family train trip.
We invite you
to book a ticket on the train
and attend the events the old
style. |
|
 |
|
| August
2009 |
| Event: |
Joy
of Jazz |
| Where: |
Johannesburg,
Gauteng |
| Date: |
27 –
29 August 2009 |
| Website: |
www.joyofjazz.co.za |
| More
info: |
Johannesburg's
biggest annual
jazz festival
is an ideal
family outing,
featuring a
range of musical
styles but with
a strong emphasis
on jazz. Over
200 local and
international
artists perform
at different
venues across
the city, particularly
in Newtown. |
| Train
ticket from
CTN
to JHB: |
R1
520pp |
| Train
ticket from
DBN
to JHB: |
R720pp |
(Price
based on Premier
Classe train,
one way)
|
| September
2009 |
|
|
| Event: |
Aardklop
Arts Festival |
| Where: |
Potchefstroom,
North West (en
route from CTN
– JHB) |
| Date: |
29 September
– 3 October
2009 |
| Website: |
www.aardklop.co.za |
| More
info: |
Aardklop Arts
Festival offers
a feast of arts
and an all-round
good jol for
five days in
late September
and early October.
First held in
1998, Aardklop
- Afrikaans
roughly translated
as "earth
beat" -
has over 90
productions,
with classical
music, jazz,
hard rock, cabaret,
visual arts,
theatre, circus
performances,
opera, African
and World music,
poetry and more,
ending with
the OppiAarde
rock festival
on the final
day. |
| Train
ticket from
CTN
to JHB: |
R1 920pp |
| Train
ticket from
DBN
to JHB: |
R870pp |
(Price
based on Premier
Classe train,
one way)
Note:
these prices
are for the
train ticket
only, please
arrange your
transfers and
accommodation
yourself. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| PERSONALISED
SERVICE FROM JB TRAIN TOURS |
| Skype
and e-mail branding |
JB Train Tours always strive to offer
personalised service to our customers.
That is why we have implemented two
more services to make your communication
with us even more enjoyable.
|
| Live
assistance
We now have LIVE
ASSISTANCE on our website.
If you have a quick question
you want to ask by typing it
in a conversation style to one
of our consultants, why don’t
you
try out this service?
|
|
|
| |
|
Live
assistance with Skype |
|
E-mail
branding
Have
you noticed lately that you
can ‘’see’’
who sends you an e-mail from
the JB Train Tours office?
Yes,
we know how important it is
to put a face to an e-mail...therefore
we have decided to personalise
our e-mails by placing the photos
of our staff in our e-mails.
You will know exactly who you
are ‘’speaking’’
to and you can speak to a real
person.
|
|
 |
| |
|
Lizelle’s
e-mail branding |
| (Interested
in e-mail branding for your business?
Contact Jolene today at jolene@jbtours.co.za) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| WE
HEAR YOU! |
| Send
us your comments for our new website |
Both
our websites have served our clients
very well for the last 5 years...but
it is time for a NEW website that
can serve you even better!
We are planning to
design one website that has many features
which will enable you start your holiday
experience even when you visit our
website.
We invite you to let
us know what type of information or
functionality you would like to see
on the website ...anything that you
are missing on the website that can
assist you in deciding what tour to
book on, the way of making a booking
or maybe just photos of the train
and destinations.
We welcome your
comments! Please send them to Jolene
at
jolene@jbtours.co.za. |
| 
|
|
 |
Current
upmarket website |
|
Current
budget website |
|
|
|
|
|
|
