Smartmann Tours

21/10/2024

Akio from Japan, a very knowledgable motorcycle fan from Japan, doing a TT lap tour with me today 🇯🇵

29/08/2024

Today’s tour with mother and daughter Joanne & Sheree from the States 🇺🇸
Packed a lot into our 4 hour tour in the sun - so much that Sheree wants to live here

29/07/2024

As a guide, some tours are a privilege to be a part of and today was one.
Lesley & John are from Ohio and Lesley has a connection to the island but hadn’t visited since 1964.
We found the retirement home of her grandparents in Colby and a neighbouring resident remembers her grandfather from 60 years ago. Her aunt actually worked for him !
We retraced all of her old stomping grounds which she remembers vividly from her childhood and then privately scattered her mother’s ashes.
A day I’ll never forget.

08/07/2024

Guided Bill from Mississippi around the island on an all day tour today with another guide - Phil Craine - on the hottest day of the year.
Walked to the top of Snaefell for the first time in 20 years

04/07/2024

Today’s tour with 4 crazy gals from Colorado who were up for absolutely anything !
We had a blast and packed a lot into our five short hours together.

04/07/2024

Latest review from Ray & Wendy from Hertfordshire who toured in the sunshine with me yesterday :-

“Many thanks from us both for a great tour today. We learned so much about the island and it really made our holiday special. Thank you😊

With many thanks once again. We enjoyed every minute “

14/06/2024

Great fun guiding a group of entrepreneurs attaining the Innovation Challenge on behalf of Locate Isle of Man.
The weather finally played ball and I even managed to scribe my details on the signature wall of The Victory Cafe 🖊️😎

27/05/2024

Tony & Jenny from Australia 🇦🇺 on a TT and Vikings Tour in cloud and sunshine

15/05/2024

Today’s tour with Les & Bernadette visiting us for the first time in 50 years.
The sun even deigned to come out for the final two hours

16/04/2024

Today’s whistle stop tour with Lee and Joe from Australia who were only here for a day but saw enough for them to want to make a return journey 😜

11/02/2024

Today’s tour with Shereen who made a special visit off season to see us all the way from Qatar 🇶🇦
We couldn’t have cherry picked a better day for it

20/11/2023

20/11/2023

Howling wind and rain but it didn’t spoil Matt and Gael’s enjoyment of touring the island’s Megalithic sites over the weekend. Maybe see you next summer lads ?

22/09/2023

Laughter in the rain with Ann & Rosa from England whose first visit to the island it was.
We had a lovely time and - as you may or may not know - I love my horse racing. Rosa casually slipped into the conversation that her brother was Gerry Scott. He rode the winner of the Grand National in 1960 😃 🐎

11/09/2023

Today’s genealogy tour with Tim & Maisie from Chicago who loved the island and were delighted in finding their 200 year old ancestry Caine grave at Jurby Church

14/08/2023

Really fun day out on tour today with Richard, Ann, Heather and Dennis from New Zealand 🇳🇿 who were visiting the island for a day from the cruise ship HS Nieuw Statendam.
They were all a guide’s delight - up for anything, very mobile and full of banter.
Hopefully sent them on their merry way with stories to remember 😊

27/04/2023

A hilarious couple from Yorkshire visiting the island via cruise ship on today’s tour of the west and north.
I certainly had a good time, I hope they did 😊

01/03/2023

First tour of the year - Rayleen and Bruce from Australia 🇦🇺 who were here on business. They gave me just over an hour’s notice and two hours to cram as many sights, information and entertainment as was physically possible 😋