How to be a Good Tourist in the Cotswolds
How to Be a Good Tourist in the Cotswolds: 6 Top Tips for Respectful Travel Travel is a privilege. Whether you’re wandering chocolate-box Cotswold villages, exploring bustling cities, or hiking quiet trails, remember these places are living communities and fragile ecosystems – not just photo backdrops. Responsible tourism – being a good traveller – means […]
English Tourism Week 2025
Celebrate English Tourism Week 2025 with us! What is it? English Tourism Week 2025 is an annual celebration highlighting the significance and value of tourism to England’s economy, local communities, and heritage. It’s organised and driven by VisitEngland, the official tourism board for England. This year, English Tourism Week takes place from March 14th to […]
Understanding Go Cotswolds’ Cancellation Policy
Understanding Go Cotswolds’ Cancellation Policy At Go Cotswolds, we take pride in delivering unforgettable tours of the Cotswolds for all of our guests. We have visitors from all over the world! However, one question we often receive is about our cancellation policy. It’s a very important topic! We’re here to clarify why our policy works […]
Vote for Go Cotswolds in the 2024 Cotswolds Awards!
Cotswolds Awards 2024 – voting open until 30th November! The 2024 Cotswolds Awards – it’s back! We are thrilled that Go Cotswolds has been nominated in this year’s awards, but we need your help! Our recent tour guest Nina reviewed us on Google and said our Cotswolds in a Day tour was “one of the […]
Visit the Cotswolds from London? It’s easy!
Planning a visit to the Cotswolds from London for a few days? Lots of our fabulous visitors from abroad come to the UK to specifically visit our capital London. It’s a brilliant city, full of so much to do. But did you know that London doesn’t have to be the ONLY thing you see in […]
Taking a Go Cotswolds tour with children
Is a Go Cotswolds tour with children a good idea? Can I bring my baby? We’ve recently been asked a few questions about taking a Go Cotswolds tour with children. So, here’s a helpful article for anyone thinking about bringing children on one of our small-group Go Cotswolds tours. Our policy on children We love […]
Coronavirus update: Go Cotswolds closed during December 2020
The latest update Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced the next phase of ‘lockdown’ restrictions for England, which are due to commence tomorrow (2nd December 2020). Following the month-long national lockdown during November, tomorrow England will enter a three-tier system, with different levels of restrictions in different regions of the country, according to various criteria […]
Coronavirus update: Go Cotswolds closed during November 2020
Here we go again… In his latest Coronavirus announcement on 31st October 2020, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that a second ‘Coronavirus lockdown’ will be enforced in England starting at 00:01 on Thursday 5th November 2020. As a condition of this lockdown, all non-essential businesses are required to close from Thursday 5th November, […]
Coronavirus update March 2020: how to help small businesses like us
I’ll be honest with you… Tom and I have shed a lot of tears and lost a lot of sleep over the past few days. Not only are we receiving next to no bookings for the foreseeable future, much of the income we have received over the last year has suddenly left our bank account […]
Go Cotswolds is a finalist in the West Midlands Tourism Awards!
Still on a high after our recent success as being crowned “Best Tour Company” in the 2019 Cotswolds Awards, this week we were thrilled to learn that we have been shortlisted for a 2020 West Midlands Tourism Award! What are the West Midlands Tourism Awards? Facilitated by the West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), the West […]