Auld Reekie Tours

2010

: auldreekietours; January 8th, 10:36

Current Location:: Underground

Current Mood:: accomplished

Happy New Year everyone!

Hopefully this year is going to be even better for us! There are plenty of great ventures on the horizon for Auld Reekie Tours ;)

As regards to our pub; Nicol Edwards now has a new tenant. The whole place has just undergone a huge refurbishment! The bars inside the vaults are open once again. One of the bars now has a newly discovered 18^th century fireplace on display. The cinema is up and running, the dance room is now is working order (with an added smoke machine! >__<) The pub is also changing its name, so it will no longer be called “Nicol Edwards” but “The Banshee Labyrinth”.

The Banshee Labyrinth opens this evening from 8pm!

As things are quite quiet we are taking this opportunity to get a bit of refurbishment done here at Auld Reekie. We are really focusing on ghost hunts at the moment. We have had an overwhelming response from privet investigation teams booking with us for this year and next.

We are looking to run our own ghost hunts again, but only once a month. To make things easier for the attendees, we have just had new toilets built on site. Many people said that they found it a hassle having to leave the underground and head down to the office to gain access to running water or the toilet. So problem sorted! ;)

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com
www.auldreekietours.com

Halloween!

: auldreekietours; September 3rd, 2009

Current Location:: Underground

Current Mood:: bouncy

Book your places now, for this years Underground Ghost Hunt!

T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
terri@auldreekietour.com

2009

: auldreekietours; September 3rd, 2009

Current Location:: Edinburgh

Current Mood:: busy

Hello all!

I can’t begin to explain how busy we have been over the Fringe festival! Our poor guides are exhausted lol!

The good news is that we were up on last year! I must admit that this has defiantly shocked a few of us, as I do think that the Fringe this year was much smaller than previous years.

We went into the half price hut again this year, but found we got very little business from it. They moved the location of the half price hut this year too, most of the time it was pretty dead when you walked past. I guess that’s a good thing for us though, it just meant that more customers were paying full price :-)

We are currently experiencing a turnover in staff. Many of our guides were only here on a temporary working visa. Each of the new guides seems to be doing very well. Today two of them have their tests, so if all goes well then they will be on the rota for next week.

The Historical tours are doing much better than imagined. They are running at a profit even out with the Fringe, so we are happy with the way that is going.

Any questions:

T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

2009

: auldreekietours; May 11th, 2009

Current Location:: Edinburgh

Current Mood:: cheerful

Hi again!

Things are going well here at Auld Reekie Tours. This recession seems to be doing great for Edinburgh’s tourism industry! With the pound being quite low in value, a lot of people are spending more money here in our fair city.

One trend we have noticed is that our tours during the week seem to be quite quiet however at the weekend things are manic! It looks like people are spending less money during the week but going all-out at the weekend.

Today we are getting an A4 stand in the tourist information office. It will be situated along the queuing barrier. Half of this will display Auld Reekie Tours and the other side will display Edinburgh Free Walking Tours. Hopefully this will work well for us, especially during the Fringe festival this year.

This week we should also be getting a spiral staircase put into the underground leading to the newly opened “Séance room”. Unfortunately we cannot use the stairs as planned due to legal height restrictions.

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

Free!

: auldreekietours; April 21st, 2009

Current Location:: Edinburgh

Current Mood:: excited

Ah! How long has it been since I updated this blog!? :-s
I am so sorry guys, things have been manic here at Auld Reekie! We have started up a new company called Edinburgh Free Walking Tours.
So far these tours have taken off quite well. We were expecting things to be quiet since we do not yet have any advertising out, but we have been pleasantly surprised!
These tours will take you down the Royal Mile and into some of its wynds and closes. Our guides will give you facts, history and stories that have shaped Edinburgh to this day!
This time Auld Reekie has decided to focus on the positive side of Edinburghs old town, unlike our ghost tours which only focus on the dark side.

Once again we are opening up new Vaults (yes more!) There will be a new room opened for use in our Underground, Overnight Ghost Hunts, this room will be used soley to hold Seances in.

We were hoping to be running our own ghost hunts from the 10th of April but due to staffing issues that hasn't been possible.

I will update this again tomorrow now I have a bit more spare time!

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

Our office is located at:
45 Niddry Street,
Edinburgh.
EH1 1LG

2009

: auldreekietours; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: Edinburgh

Current Mood:: cheerful

What can I say? Happy New Year first of all! (I know we’re a little late). This month has just been so busy! As you all know we are going through a recession right now, so things are quiet and money is scarce but not here at Auld Reekie! We are actually up 20% on last year which is fantastic for January! We have so much going on at the moment; brand new costumes are being made as I type, we’re recruiting new staff and we are refurbishing our Torture museum! Hopefully this is going to be a busy year for Auld Reekie Tours!

The vaults: Many woman (including female guides) have been complaining that when standing in the “Haunted vault” they have seen a short man holding a baby, standing on the men’s side of the room. The one good thing is (for the public, I guess) that the number of poltergeist attacks have dropped.

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
terri@auldreekietours.com

2008

: auldreekietours; December 16th, 2008

Current Location:: Scotland

Current Mood:: artistic

Customer feedback is essential to the running of Auld Reekie Tours, we need to know what you think of our guides and the atmosphere created in the underground? If we need to change something let us know! We want to provide the public with the best entertainment possible. We want to know if the mixture of paranormal and historical stories are right? What would you like to hear more of? What type of stories do you want to hear? Would you rather have the whole tour underground or keep it half above ground and half below?

Please let us know what you think.

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

2008

: auldreekietours; December 5th, 2008

Current Location:: Underground Edinburgh

Current Mood:: curious

So this week we have really been concentrating on customer feedback.

Today we have finally opened up a new section of our underground street. We are the only tour company in Edinburgh that has bought our vaults. We own the largest section of the underground city and it’s now open to the public! :-D

The wall we took down to gain access to the rest of the street, tours often said they heard scratching coming from the other side. Some people said they could hear a baby crying and children playing.

The vaults: Yesterday I got a phone call from a very distressed man. He told of how 8 months ago he and his girlfriend had been on one of our tours. He explained that as a sceptic, he stepped inside the store circle (located in the “old Pagan temple vault”) and felt nothing at all. He left the tour happy, however as soon as the couple left they have had non-stop bad luck! He said “It’s just been one thing after another!” The man described it was as if something was following them “sometimes you get the feeling that someone is standing behind you, only to turn around and find you’re there alone!“ The only advice we could give this poor man was; he should come back and meet with the witches that still practise in the underground. Maybe they can perform an exorcism? So I gave him their number and we should hear back from him soon.

There have been a few delays in the opening of Nicol Edwards. There are a few small technical problems that need fixed. So fingers crossed we will be open next week!

Tour times will be changing during winter so updates of those times will be on our website soon: www.auldreekietours.com

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

2008

: auldreekietours; December 3rd, 2008

Current Location:: Hell

Current Mood:: mischievous

Over the past few days we have been re-painting the office. It was black & red (but mainly black) which was making most of the staff think they were going blind! The walls are now cream so the rooms look alot brighter which means we don't need to use as many lights, helping us to get that Green Award! :-D

The pub Nicol Edwards (where we end our tours) is about to be refurbished. Nicol Edwards should re-open this Friday, so our evening tours will be back to full price including a free drink at the end.

So back to the underground Vaults: One of our guides was convinced that she could see a man standing behind her group. Not long after her noticing this, a girl in the group said "okay, im not joking but it totally feels like someone is standing behind me. I can feel, like breathing down my neck!"....The tour swiftly moved on.

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.
www.auldreekietours.com

2008

: auldreekietours; November 28th, 2008

Current Location:: Edinburghs underground Vaults

Current Mood:: scared

Hello alll!
Well that’s me back from my hols, so we will be trying to update this blog every few weeks.

So what have we been up to here at Auld Reekie’s? Well at the moment we are trying to get our "Green Award". We have switched all of our lighting to low energy bulbs; we now recycle our paper, plastic and cans. So we are trying to be much greener! :-D

In December we will be looking to get 5 stars from "Visit Scotland". Currently we have 2 stars but we are already making massive changes. So far we have had a huge turnover in staff. Our guides are being given a longer training period with 2 tests. All guides will have a member of staff on their tour once a month to check they still know their stories and that their conduct is professional. Each guide has been given first aid training and knows what to do in an emergency.

So what’s been happening in the vaults? We have quite a few new guides and last week each said they heard heavy footsteps in the underground. The guides and tourists both believe it sounded like this person was carrying a bunch of keys. Some of our guides believe this could be the spirit of a man we call “The watcher”...? This man was believed to be a night watchman when the vaults were used for storage.

Once again we love to hear from you! If anyone has any ghost stories of their own they would like to share please do comment! :-D

Terri

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com
Our office is located at:
45 Niddry Street,
Edinburgh.
EH1 1LG

Ghost Hunt 2008

: auldreekietours; November 13th, 2008

Current Location:: Edinburgh

Current Mood:: awake

Hi there,

I would like to thank everyone for joining us on Halloween!

As some of you may know the 31st was our very first underground, overnight ghost hunt. It went very well and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. We had many different events that included ouija boards, seances, a tour, tarot reading and walk with a Psychic.

Each group believe they recieved contact from a spirit on the ouija board or through a pendulum. Some of the messages were quite threatening while others were friendly, some messages even came from passed family members.

A lot of information the psychic came up with was very interesting and can be verified. Some information he came up with, names etc cannot be verified as so many people lived in the underground no one has any records.

We will be running more ghost hunts in the coming year, and the cost will be lowered. Although we sold out for the Saturday and tickets cost £60 per person we still ran at a loss. Most of the work and printing has now been done so we can afford to lower the cost yet still keep groups small.

Once again thank you all for joining us and We hope to see you again!

Terri

For Bookings:
T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

Welcome!

: auldreekietours; November 13th, 2008

Current Mood:: chipper

Hi there!

This blog has been created for those interested in the paranormal or for anyone who have been on one of our ghost tours and want to share their ghostly experiences! I will be regularly updating this blog with our up and coming events. I will also be making a note of what people experience in the underground.

Please, please leave us comments, if you have something to say don't be shy!

On our tours a costumed guide will tell you ghostly historical & supernatural tales of Old Edinburgh in eerie surroundings dating back to the 1700s!

Please mail me or leave a comment if you have any questions.
For bookings please call our office below:

T: +44 (0)131 557 4700
Terri@auldreekietours.com

Our office is located at:
45 Niddry Street,
Edinburgh.
EH1 1LG

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