Welcome to the Resources page for William Marshal Tours
PREFERRED TRAVEL AGENT
We know that you’re too busy to scour the web for the best rates on airfare. If you’re booking one of our scheduled group tours, our sister company, McNeill Luxury Travel, can assist with your flight arrangements — even if you want to book using airline points. They’re a CCRA-certified Travel Agency with many years’ experience sourcing flights, transfers and hotels. Request a free quote!
BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH A DEDICATED TRAVEL AGENT
- Complete management of all flights segments.
- One way, round trip, or multiple-city segments.
- Individuals, BFFs & couples (1-4 passengers).
- Small or large groups (5-12+ passengers).
- Optional travel before and/or after your scheduled tour.
- All major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover).
WHY EVERYONE SHOULD USE A TRAVEL AGENT IN 2018
by Cheryl Rosen
As business for 2018 begins to build, we asked travel agents why they think travelers should never travel without an advisor behind them heading into the New Year.
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We want to make sure you get the most from WorldNomads.com. You can find out more about why travel insurance is important for your trip. If you have any questions about your travel insurance or travel safety in general, please contact WorldNomads.com directly.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
FAST COVER (AUSTRALIANS ONLY)
- Unlimited overseas emergency medical assistance.
- Unlimited overseas emergency medical and hospital expenses.
- Unlimited cancellation cover.
- Cover for 44 pre-existing medical condition including diabetes, high blood pressure and pregnancy up to and including the 23rd week.
- Automatic cover also for 35 sports and activities including trekking, scuba diving and motorcycling.
- Up to 10 children can also be covered free of additional charge when they travel with a parent or grandparent.
- Cover for rental vehicle excess can also be added.
- A Medical Only policy is also offered, which provides cover for unlimited overseas emergency medical assistance and unlimited overseas emergency medical and hospital expenses.
WHAT TO PACK?
LISTS
These travel tips will help you prepare for your trip abroad and, consequently, become an ace at traveling the world. Experienced travelers typically plan ahead and so begin their journeys as lightly as possible, leaving room to pick up things abroad. But every traveler is different. It would be impossible for us to tell you exactly what to bring on your trip; therefore I’ve included a variety of useful links below.
BEST IRISH COOKBOOK:
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Kevin Dundon takes on time-honoured, traditional dishes and ingredients and gives them a twist as only he can.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
10 MUST-TRY MENU ITEMS IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Emerald Isle has long had the raw ingredients for world-class cuisine and top-notch drinks.
WHAT TO READ?
BOOKS
Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero. A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II’s formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
William Marshal’s skill with a sword and loyalty to his word have earned him the company of kings, the lands of a magnate, and also the hand of Isabelle de Clare, one of England’s wealthiest heiresses.
Sometimes keeping your honor means breaking your word. The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper.
To Defy a King is a riveting novel of family loyalty and betrayal, featuring Mahelt, the daughter of William Marshal — one of Chadwick’s, and history’s — most beloved characters.
William Marshal takes the perilous road to Jerusalem, but the greatest danger he faces there is losing his heart.
This book presents the proceedings of a conference held in Kilkenny to mark the 800th anniversary of William Marshal’s charter to the town.
David Crouch’s William Marshal, now in its third edition, depicts this intriguing medieval figure as a ruthless opportunist, astute courtier, and manipulative politician, and a brutal but efficient soldier.
A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal, while also providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that
shaped it.
This collection represents the surviving output of the clerks of the men and women of the most powerful magnate dynasty in England, Wales and Ireland in the thirteenth century.
This is the fascinating story William Marshal who negotiated the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most important battle in medieval English history – overshadowing even Agincourt.
Georges Duby, one of this century’s great medieval historians, has brought to life with exceptional brilliance and imagination William Marshal, adviser to the Plantagenets, as well as knight extraordinaire, the flower of chivalry.
This biography of William Marshal also includes the history of his father, John fitz Gilbert, his father-in-law, Richard ‘Strongbow’ de Clare, and Marshal’s two eldest sons, William II and Richard.
