Peebles

Pee, peek, peel, peep, peer
Peeved Pekinese
Peebles

First Customer Comment 2009

Haystack at Giverny by Monet (in the Hermitage)

Alan, Just a note to tell you how much we enjoyed our trip, how well organised it was, how excellent were the guides, drivers and hotels and how impressed we were by the speed and efficiency with which you handled us. Particularly excellent were our hotel and guide in St Petersburg.We have already recommended you to friends, but if you would like us to act as a reference point we would be delighted to help.We may even be back ourselves! Thank you,

Timothy N

Russian Embassy Visa Scandal

Important Update :26  JAN 2009 It is with sadness we have to increase our visa fees by £22 + VAT due to the Russian Embassy's decision to no longer accept applications from any member of the public, tour operators or travel agencies directly. As of 30th January 2009, all applications will be routed through one 'selected' company in London and another in Edinburgh. We received 3 days warning of the increase / change of procedure. For the past ten years, we have enjoyed a happy and fruitful relationship with the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh, processing visas directly with them at cost price. As of 30th January 2009, the situation changes. Full details of this unexpected change can be found at http://www.rusemblon.org. We can still process visas exactly as before, it has just become more expensive.
 

Service Provided	Processing Time	What We Need From You	Cost
30 Day Single Entry Tourist Visa	12 days	Passport, form, photo, return envelope	£126 GBP + VAT
30 Day Double Entry Tourist Visa	12 days	Passport, form, photo, return envelope	£136 GBP + VAT
Tourist Visa Invitation Only (by e-mail)	1 day	Passport details by e-mail	£20 inc VAT
12 month Multi Entry Business Visa	approx 5 weeks	See below	£226 + VAT + FEDEX fee
12 month Multi  Entry Business Visa Invitation	21 days	Scan of passport photo page + work details	£104 + VAT + FEDEX fee

Lenin's Mausoleum Closing For 2 Months

The Russian Govenment today confirmed that Lenin's Mausoleum will be closing for a period of two months from 16th February 2009. If you can speak Russian all the info is at http://travel.newsru.com/article/20Jan2009/mausoleumclean.  Profilactic work will be done on his body 're-balsaming' and his clothes will be renewed. Also the air conditioning systems etc inside will be fully checked and updated. This happens roughly every 1.5 years. He will re-open on 16th April.

С Новым Годом ! Happy New Year

We would like to wish all our customers and suppliers a very happy New Year for 2009. May it bring happiness. health and good fortune to you all ! 

Website Problems

We have had some problems with our www.russiangateway.co.uk address which has not been working over the last few days due to malware / virus type thing hacking in to our web pages via the recent Internet Explorer security vulerability. The problem is now 100% resolved and the site is working perfectly. Google have not yet removed their 'this site may harm your computer' message from their engine as of 04JAN but this will be resolved shortly. We can assure you all of our sites are virus and malware free. 

Customer Comment 05JAN 2009

Alan

Just a quick report back.  The trip went flawlessly.  I was picked up
at the airport straight away, taken to the ballet on time (wonderful
seat thanks) and taken back on time.  You were right about the Metro
it was fun and the Kremlin was interesting . Thanks for you help and have a good new year

Paula B