DNJ66 Posted October 23, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Does anybody know this company from St. Petersburg? My friends who recently visited St. Petersburg haf an excellent guide Elena Gumenaya, who works for Best tours. I tried to google. I couldn't find her or even that company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bull Posted October 23, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 23, 2019 "Best Tours"? .....or "Best Guides"? JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs4fun Posted October 23, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I've never heard of Best Tours. In checking Saint Petersburg tours on TripAdvisor I can't find any tour company with that name. Like JB, my guess would be Best Guides but I cannot find a guide named Elena Gumenaya listed on their website. Why not email them and inquire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trosebery Posted October 23, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Yes, best guess is that they toured with Best Guides . . . but also, how recently is recently? Elena Gumenaya may no longer be working with them. Sometimes, for example, guides strike out on their own -- I was chatting with Elena, who now runs Red Sun Tours, on our last trip, and she'd been working for SPB Tours, the company we'd toured with on our previous trip, at the same time we were there before! If you're having difficulty tracking down Elena Gumenaya, it may be because her name (particularly the "Elena" part) may be a simplification of her actual name in Cyrillic characters? I wish you luck in tracking her down . . . but if you can't, be reassured that the guides in St. P. are generally excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNJ66 Posted October 25, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for your advice. I found "Best Guides" and asked them about Elena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted November 13, 2019 #6 Share Posted November 13, 2019 We went on the two-day tour with SPB Tours. They were excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyJess Posted November 26, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Hi! Just noticed this thread. Elena Gumennaya was one of our guides. I still keep her business card. I don’t think I’m allowed to give her mail here but it’s very easy to find her. Just go to Tripadvisor and find St. Petersburg Forum (Travel forum, Europe Forums, Russia, St. Petersburg). She posts as Elena Best Guides. She is a freelancer as a great majority of the local guides, but she mostly works for Best Guides. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazey Posted December 13, 2019 #8 Share Posted December 13, 2019 We used SPB tours for a 2 day tour(small group) a couple of years ago. Our guide was named "Eugina" we think - young woman. She was wonderful. We also used SPB for one day tours in other countries and they were also good. Informative and on time. I would certainly use SPB again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angie7911922 Posted December 13, 2019 #9 Share Posted December 13, 2019 For us, we booked our private tours with Anastasia Travel. Our guide Elizabeth was a resident and she made the city come to life with her knowledge and stories about living in Russia. We fell in love with St Petersburg and are in the process of booking our third Baltic cruise. Enjoy your time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom-skier Posted January 9, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 10/23/2019 at 6:40 AM, DNJ66 said: Does anybody know this company from St. Petersburg? My friends who recently visited St. Petersburg haf an excellent guide Elena Gumenaya, who works for Best tours. I tried to google. I couldn't find her or even that company. We used SPB tours on almost all our Baltic stops. Only one was big bus, Berlin Germany. We were very happy with all our guides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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