Niamh Quinlan
I'm based in
Mallow
It's Nice To Meet You
My name is Niamh Quinlan and I am your local personal Travel Counsellor. I have 30 years’ experience in the travel business, and I am delighted to be part of Travel Counsellors where I continue to look after and tailor make holidays for my many loyal customers.
I have travelled extensively throughout the world, and I am in the very fortunate position of having been on all 7 Continents!
Cruising, Long haul, Caribbean, Group Travel, Walking and Adventure Travel and tailor-made Sun Holidays would be my specialist fields. I have cruised worldwide and have travelled to Australia, South America, North America, Dubai, Far East, Mauritius, South Africa and Antarctica.
I have crossed the Arctic Circle on visits to Iceland, Lapland, Norway and Svalbard Islands with Hurtigruten. These Islands are 600km North of Norway. I have also enjoyed skiing and snow shoeing in Austria and the Pyrenees, hill walking in Europe including Camino Santiago in Northern Spain, Zell am See in Austria, Font Romeu in the Pyrenees, the Amalfi Coast in Italy, the GR31 Camino de Natural in Lanzarote and very recently post covid I have hiked in Iceland which is definitely one of my favourite places. I have also hiked on the island of South Georgia in the Southern Hemisphere and in Southern Argentina.
I regularly organise golf groups travelling to Portugal and Spain. In February 2022, I have brought a few groups to Iceland where we experienced snowmobiles, ice caves, Blue Lagoon, Northern Lights Cruise, Sky Lagoon, Husky Sledging and much more. I am an Iceland expert and Travel Counsellors have an excellent DMC' that I use for these escorted tours. I also book Individual Holidays to Iceland.
The advantage of being a Travel Counsellor and working from home, means that I can work my hours to suit you, the client. I can visit you at home at a time that suits you (including weekends). I can provide you with a personal service that you will not get from a high street Travel Agent. I have access to the latest technology and the best rates with all of the leading tour operators, airlines, hotel suppliers, cruise companies and much more. We have Destination Management Companies in many countries which enables me to book your chosen Itinerary directly at source in that country.
I am also fully licensed and bonded with the Commission for Aviation Regulation in Ireland.
I will be happy to tailor make, source and quote you for your group or individual holiday. Please give me a call or drop me an email.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Cruising with Silversea
I was extremely lucky to be invited on behalf of Travel Counsellors to experience the cruise ship Silver Spirit for a 6-night itinerary, which is one of Silversea Cruises luxury 5 star ships. Silver Spirit is the largest of the fleet at the moment and can carry approximately 630 passengers. The great advantage with the smaller cruise ships is being able to do more in depth itineraries and getting
17 Aug 2022 5 min read
Life on the CELEBRITY EDGE
I had the pleasure of being on one of the newest cruise ships, the Celebrity Edge on a fabulous 10-night itinerary around the Mediterranean from Rome back to Rome. I am a big fan of Celebrity cruises having done the Caribbean a few years ago on Millennium and then 2 years ago on Eclipse from Dublin to Iceland and the Shetlands back to Dublin, so I was really delighted to be able to experience EDG
11 Jan 2020 5 min read
Historical Malta
I had last visited Malta 20 years ago when there was a direct flight from Cork, which was subsequently discontinued. The good news is that the flight has now been reinstated from Cork starting on 4 April 2019, twice a week for the summer season. I decided to pay a visit to see if it still had as much to offer, and I was not disappointed. I stayed in Sliema for 2 nights and our hotel Sliema Ma
02 Dec 2018 5 min read
Doha Educational Trip November 26 - 29 November 2017
I was delighted to be offered a place on the recent Qatar Airways & Qatar Tourism Authority Ireland Familiarisation Trip to Doha. Qatar Airways had started flying from Dublin in May 2017 and I had used the airline for booking a number of long haul destinations. I was excited to fly with the airline myself and also to visit Doha to see what it had to offer. I was not disappointed with either
20 Feb 2018 5 min read
Los Angeles
I was recently invited by Aer Lingus and the Los Angeles Tourist Board on an Educational 4 day visit to LA. Aer Lingus were launching their new 4 times a week Dublin - Los Angeles Services. Having only stopped over for 1 night at an airport hotel in the past, I jumped at the chance to see what LA really has to offer, and I was pleasantly surprised. We flew Aer Lingus direct with customs and im
30 May 2016 5 min read
In Search of the Northern Lights in Norway
I escorted a group on the Hurtigruten MS Finnmarken Ship from Tromso on the Norwegian Fjords as far North as Kirkenes at the top of Norway in search of the Northern Lights. I had always wanted to travel here and when I had a group enquiry I thought what an opportunity to do this. 15 of us departed Dublin to Tromso Gateway to the Arctic and transferred to the ship and set sail North with our fi
28 Oct 2015 5 min read
Dubai 5* Visit
I was very lucky to be invited on a fabulous trip to Dubai in Business Class with Emirates Airlines. The only way I can explain this is:- When you are on a long haul flight in economy you cannot wait for the flight to be over but when you are Business Class with Emirates you don’t want the flight to end! We stayed the first 2 nights at the newly opened 5* Sofitel the Palm on Palm Island, a
09 Oct 2013 5 min read
Dubai & Phuket
We started our journey at Dublin airport and flew to Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways. When we came out of the airport we walked straight into welcome heat and onto the free Ethiad bus to Dubai. This drops you at the Dubai Marina Mall and journey takes about an hour. Our home for the next 48 hours was the 4*Marina View Apartments which as it turned out was only 3 minutes walk from the Mall. A
19 Oct 2012 5 min read
Brussels & Leuven Fam Visit
I was recently invited by Aer Lingus and the Brussels Tourist Board on an Educational 2 day visit to Belgium. Aer Lingus were launching their new 3 times a week Cork Brussels departure with flights on Monday's Wednesday's and Friday's. Having never been tempted to go to Brussels because I always associated it with politics and not really as tourist destination I jumped at the chance to se
20 Sept 2012 5 min read
Iceland
I have been to Iceland a few times and know it quite well and have always loved the wildness and beauty of the place, so when a few friends asked me to organise a long weekend to Reykjavik and plan activities for them it was no hardship. Of course this all happened and was booked just before the infamous Volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted causing chaos all over Europe which really added to the exc
15 Jul 2011 5 min read
Malaga City Break
I was recently invited by the Spanish Tourist Board on an educational weekend city break to Malaga. Most of us get to Malaga airport turn right and head straight to either the Costa or Marbella and completely neglect this wonderful city. Major sights such as the Roman theatre and the Gibralfaro Castle hark back to the times of the Romans and the Moors, respectively. Malaga is also replete with
12 Oct 2010 5 min read
Sydney Christmas/New Year
I decided to go to Australia for Christmas to visit my son, who like thousands of other Irish, had gone to Sydney to find work and explore the country for a year. On previous visits I had been to Queensland and stayed in Cairns, Port Douglas and the Rainforest, had visited Hamilton Island and stayed in the Coral Reef Hotel and then onto Brisbane and the islands offshore, The Gold Coast and fina
23 Nov 2009 5 min read
Argentina/Antarctica/SouthGeorgia
This was to be my journey of a lifetime, my 50th birthday present to myself! I had always wanted to go to Antarctica and had finally taken the plunge to go with a group of like minded Irish people. We departed Dublin for Buenos Aires on 5th November via Milan and arrived the following morning and straight out on a sight seeing tour. What a marvellous city, very European, wide boulevards and ho
22 Nov 2009 5 min read
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