The McCarthy’s Party Blog

A post by Bill Trophy: On July 15 to 26, McCarthy’s Party had the pleasure of hosting a large and vibrant group of guests from the Bernard Betel Centre of Toronto. Centre coordinators Irina Shulgin and volunteer Irina Garlovitsly handed the reigns to me, Bill Brophy, as their in-province tour guide. What an honour and…

A Post from Jim McCarthy: Our tour guides have an arsenal of expressions to diffuse the unseasonal weather conditions we’ve experienced in Newfoundland and Labrador this summer but this story exemplifies my son Andrew’s ability to make every Newfoundland experience an enjoyable one. Last weekend I met him at the airport in Deer Lake where…

A post from Mike Edmunds: Despite the recent cold temperatures and the many mauzy days in the month of July, the spirit found within the recent McCarthy’s Party Tour remained strong and enthusiastic. Several days before the start of our ‘Eastern Tour’ flights got cancelled, rescheduled, and rebooked. Our guests arrived by bus, by shuttle,…

Mike sent this note following his last McCarthy’s Party Tour through the province. Andrew…here is a sample of a personal email that I received from one of my tourists about the special treatment he received on his tour and the kind words he had about McCarthys. Not sure if it is of any value for your blogs.…

We hosted a media familiarization tour for 8 newspaper, magazine and travel writers this past week. To say our schedule was “Jam packed” would be an understatement. We had four days on the island and were on slam from early each morning till late every evening. Despite the many wonderful sites, and we were fortunate…