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My Background
Private Tour Guide & Professional Driver in Moscow Russia
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Arthur Lookyanov |
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36 years old |
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Married |
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University |
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English and Russian |
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Punctual, sociable, honest |
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Digital Photography, Post Card Collecting |
My name is Arthur Lookyanov. I was born in Ukraine in 1971 in the city of Nikolayev, not far from Odessa on the beautiful Black Sea coast, but have lived in Moscow since I was 2 years old and consider myself a real Muscovite. I am 36 and married.
In 1995, I graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute as an engineer. Because of the crisis in science (actually everywhere in Russia in the mid 90s) I was unable to secure a position relating to my chosen field of study. Instead, I found a very good job with a private travel company as a personal driver. I gained excellent driving experience and excellent knowledge of Moscow and its traffic while employed with this company.
My experience with travellers includes business people, tourists, families (expats and adoptions), and students. I took courses in English at school plus colloquial English with an American teacher. Most of my clients like my English and have given me compliments for my pronunciation. Personally, I love to work with international visitors because I like to interact with people from other countries. This helps me improve my English while at the same time offering help and advice to people visiting Moscow. I enjoy using all my skills and knowledge to make their trip to Russia more comfortable, successful, and informative.
Working with so many different people from all over the world, I receive diverse requests. I try to accommodate the interests of all my customers while planning the details of their trips. My motto is to provide truly personal services. Recently one US reporter, who used my services just one day in order to interview me about my business, told me that I could write a book about my interesting stories and experience in the travel business.
To learn more about me, please, have a look at Responses / Recommedations from my clients, which already used my services and sent their comments on-line special for you. From time to time I also try to post important Hot Moscow News, mostly dedicated to my business.
As Personal Guide & Driver in Moscow, I am able to offer for my clients:
- Booking, organizing / planning trips for my clients in advance, for example: consulting with client about his future trip; any advising and help with interested information; phone calls to make appointments for business people; buying tickets, creating itinerary for client and more;
- Transfers, transportation services in/out of Moscow city - Safe and comfortable ride in a late model, Ford compact car (perfect for squeezing into those tight Moscow parking spaces or navigating medieval streets. In addition to the car, I can purchase train, plane, or boat tickets for onward travel in Russia and the CIS;
- Tours of local Moscow attractions or tours tailored to clients' specific interests - history, art, architecture, souvenir shopping - All kind of guide services with planning days with tours in/out of Moscow city according interests of my clients;
- As an enthusiastic photographer and owner of a high-end digital camera, I can capture all the highlights of your sightseeing tours and transfer them to a CD/DVD so you can share your memories with your friends and family back home.
In 2006, I created a special page dedicated to My Dear Clients, who have already used my services, but there you can see just few pictures if to compare with whole amount of my clients for the last 3-4 years after I have bought my first digital camera. When I have some free time, I try to add new clients and interesting pictures to my already pretty big Moscow Photo Gallery with historical notes to each picture.
I really enjoy digital photography and I take my camera (Olympus E-500) everywhere I go to make some special, interesting pictures for my clients. The best photos I used to upload on my website and share with the World too. You can find my best works with comments of photographers from many countries on TrekEarth, TrekLens, Webshots and on some other websites too.
With my flexible services and professional attitude, I will endeavor to provide any and all help in organizing a safe and comfortable stay for my clients.
PS: From the begging of 2004 I started to collect post cards from my clients. I have already gotten post cards from many cities and countries... And if you think to bring a post card from your area, I would really appreciate it. I would love to add your hometown to my collection as a way of remembering my clients.
If you have some questions about my biography or you are looking to buy some of my photos, or you would like to make some special order, I will be happy to reply on your message as soon as possible. Contact me right now!
With BEST Regards,
Arthur Lookyanov
Private Guide & Personal Driver in Moscow
My Background
Last Edited: July 2nd, 2007
Details at page Responses or/and you can visit My Dear Clients page.
By Request
Moscow
2006-09-21 13:06:42
Recently, I invited my mother and my mother-in-law (both 80 years old) to visit me in Moscow. I was wondering how I could show them the city as they both would not be able to walk more than 100 m. But then I met Arthur and suddenly solutions for everything were in place - a car, wheel chairs, nice tours and - most importantly - a guy with a big heart! My mothers were so happy and I have no words to express my gratitude to Arthur for all his patience and kindness with these old ladies. Thank you, Arthur! The world is nicer with people like you!
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