Press & Awards

Vagabond: As Seen on TV

Vagabond tours was recently featured on RTE 1's highly acclaimed entrepreneurial show Higher Ground which follows the progress of, and gives mentoring to, a series of start up companies around Ireland. Each episode also features a case study of an established business with similarities to the featured start-up enterprise. Vagabond was used as the case study of an established tour operator as the film-makers mentor and follow the progress of Paul Harmon who is setting up an electric bike touring company in Westport. Hopefully Vagabond has been able to pass on a few helpful hints to Paul to assist in getting his business off the ground.

 

Vagabond the Supermodel

Recently Vagabond was contacted by Vodafone (Ireland's largest mobile phone network) because we had been chosen from their 100,000+ Irish business users to be featured in their new 'business dreams' campaign. Since then we have been photographed standing in a river for four hours (Rob even had make-up on), been plastered all over the national press, radio, and bus-shelters – and we have also been filmed for online advertising and been included in their direct mailing campaign. The message is, that with Vodafone, anyone's business dream can come true and our business dream is that our passengers go home loving Ireland as much as we do – and we think you will.
Click here to see the Vodafone poster &
Vodafone advert as featured in the Irish Independent


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Awards

Three Time Winner 'Merit Award' Failte Ireland Irish Welcome Awards
2006, Rob Rankin
2006, Dave O'Connor
2005, Mark Connolly

Winner 'Best Customer Focused Company' Shell LiveWIRE Young Business Awards, 2003

Venturepoint Enterprise Awards Finalist, 2003

Dublin Tourism, the Official Dublin Tourism Authority Member