Yes! Tourism
- Category
- Local Organisers (Concierge, DMC)
- Location
- Little Rockley Bay & Lowlands
At a glance
A small and friendly destination management company based in Tobago that offers a range of tours and tailor-made services, including a concierge service for individual travellers staying in villas and on yachts, meet and greet services, excursions on and off island and private and corporate events for groups. The company’s services also cover Trinidad.
- Best for:
- Sailing trips, nature, birdwatching
- Where:
- Tobago, Trinidad and trips from Tobago into the beautiful Grenadines
Key features
Concierge Service, Destination Management, Tours
Journalist’s Review
In Depth
Yes Tourism is a small and friendly destination management company based in Tobago in the southern Caribbean. The company offers a flexible range of services including a tailor-made concierge service for individual travellers and small groups as well as tours and excursions around the island. It also arranges group events such as conferences and incentive trips. Finally Yes Tourism offers ground handling services for travel agents and operators sending clients to the island.
Located at Bamboo Walk Hotel in Lowlands, close to Petit Trou Beach and Lowlands Mall, Yes Tourism is a relatively young company. It is headed up by Patrick Dankou, who is of African and German origin and has lived in Tobago for many years. He has a huge knowledge about Tobago and an obvious love for the island, and of course he is able to put himself into the mind of the visitor, immediately understanding their needs. His contacts around the island are extensive and he is able to tailor the right service for your requirements. Yes Tourism has staff that are able to speak English, German and French.
The company offers a number of different services. Their concierge service is a relatively new phenomenon in Tobago. For this they are happy to be on call 24 hours and to share their exhaustive knowledge of the island to help you get the very best for your needs, whether it be a dinner reservation, a private excursion or surprise birthday party in a spectacular location. They can source anything you need that is available on island or nearby. And of course they are also able to provide ground transportation and meet and greet services on arrival in Tobago.
Yes Tourism is also happy to organise special events. They will help you in the planning – they know what is possible to arrange on the island – and then in the organisation and execution itself. Using their contacts on island they are able to set it up for you in the most appropriate way. Events can include corporate and incentive events and the spouse programmes that often accompany them, but it can also include organised trips to get the best of Tobago’s extraordinary nature and bird-watching. Yes Tourism is also happy to liaise with a wedding organiser or other specialist on your behalf if you have a particular project in mind.
Finally Yes Tourism also offers several Tobago tours. These include an Offroad Adventure Safari that takes you right off the beaten track, onto roads that have existed but hardly been used for a hundred years, a Rainforest Tour in the island’s excellent forest (the oldest forest reserve in the Western Hemisphere) and a tour to the offshore island of Little Tobago. They also offer tours to explore Tobago’s extraordinary sister island Trinidad and a day trip sailing in the Grenadines, the scattering of delightful islands between Grenada and St Vincent to the North-west of Tobago.
Concierge Services
A concierge service can make a considerable difference to the quality of a private holiday for the discerning traveller, or to the execution of arrangements for an executive group. The support in the background will take the weight of organisation off your shoulders and leave you to get the best out of your trip. It can also smooth out the wrinkles of travel, even before you realise that they have arisen.
Yes Tourism are happy to use their contacts in Tobago to arrange anything that will make a difference during your holiday. This might include a restaurant booking, a bird-watching or island tour, a fishing trip, tickets to a music festival, a day out in Trinidad for sightseeing or the carnival, or perhaps private entertainment. They offer meet and greet at the airport and transfer to your accommodation. They can deliver a fruit basket, a bottle of rum, wine or Champagne and flowers. They can even arrange a surprise birthday party in a spectacular location or a special event for you and your partner.
Please contact Yes Tourism for details and prices for your specific requirements.
Destination Management
Destination Management is a service generally provided to travel organisers, but independent travellers may be interested to see the sort of services that are included in a ‘package’ or flight-inclusive holiday booked through a tour operator/travel organiser. In the UK and Europe it is a legal requirement for companies selling flight-inclusive vacation packages to provide a local representative/ground handler for their clients, together with 24-hour emergency cover to all travellers. Yes-Tourism look after several tour operators/wholesalers and their clients. They provide a comprehensive service, which is tailored specifically to portray the company’s image to their clients, while saving the tour companies the expense of supporting their own representative on Tobago. If there is a problem or perhaps a medical emergency, they will be there to help.
Incoming clients are met by an airport representative as they exit the customs hall. The client is then given a pack that includes a welcome letter, Yes Tourism’s office telephone numbers, a twenty-four hour emergency telephone number and general information on Tobago. Clients are then escorted to their pre-arranged air conditioned vehicle for transfer to their accommodation.
The services offered by Yes Tourism to travel companies, tour operators, wholesalers, corporate and incentive groups include:
• Airport Meet and Greet
• Welcome package
• Representative Service (English, German and French)
• Ground Transportation
• Hotel reservations and recommendation
• Villa rental
• Bus charter and car rentals
• Restaurant recommendation
• Excursions and tours
• Special interest groups
• Flight reconfirmation
• 24 hour emergency coverage
• Event planning and co-ordination
• Cruise ship services
The services offered by Yes Tourism in Tobago are now offered in other islands in the Caribbean through Yes Tourism's network of partners in the region. Islands include - Anguilla, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Martin, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas including Grand Bahama, Bermuda and the US Virgin Islands. These are available to travel companies, tour operators, wholesalers, corporate and incentive groups.
Island Tours
Yes Tourism will arrange or book island tours and excursions (including snorkelling, fishing and sailing trips) to suit you or your company’s requirements. Below are the excursions that they currently offer, the majority of which are the company’s own using their air-conditioned Mercedes mini coach. Many of the tours are tailored to suit the exact requirements and size of the party concerned. Group rates are available. In 2007 Yes Tourism took delivery of a new luxury SUV. The Audi Q7 has full air-conditioning, an excellent sound system and plenty of leg room for up to 5 passengers and is being used for Champagne-style island tours. Please contact Yes Tourism to discuss your exact requirements:.
Around the Island - Enjoy panoramic views of Tobago’s Caribbean and Atlantic coastlines. Visit the picturesque fishing village of Charlotteville in the north-east of the island, the historic capital of Scarborough and Fort King George, enjoy a typical local lunch at Jemma’s Sea View Kitchen in Speyside and have a refreshing swim in a waterfall. Cost from US$85 per person including lunch, refreshments and entrance fees. Duration approx. 7-8 hours
Rain Forest - Visit the oldest protected Rain Forest in the Western Hemisphere with a professional tour guide who will point out its tropical plants, birds and wildlife of Tobago. Cost from US$60 per person including a snack breakfast and refreshments. Duration 5 hours
Offroad Safari Adventure - Drive on dirt roads, through rivers and old plantation estates from the Caribbean coast into the heart of the island. Swim in the natural pool of a waterfall. During the tour you will see a variety birds. After a snack lunch, the tour continues alongside a river (where you should spot Caymans) and ends with a visit to an old sugar mill. Cost from US$70 per person including lunch and refreshments. Duration - approx 6 hours
Little Tobago - Drive along the Windward Road, overlooking the Atlantic coastline to Batteaux Bay (home of Blue Waters Inn) to join the glass bottom boat for the trip over to the bird sanctuary of Little Tobago. This is a breeding ground for migratory and other marine birds. Back on board, the boat will cruise over to Angel Reef where you can snorkel. Lunch is served at the Birdwatcher’s Restaurant in Speyside, followed by a visit to the Grafton Bird Sanctuary. Cost from US$90 per person including the boat fee, lunch and refreshments. (Snorkelling gear will be provided). Duration approx. 7-8 hours
Trinidad Excursion - Spend a full day in Trinidad with an early flight to Port of Spain where you will be met by a guide for the first stop which is Asa Wright Nature Centre. A walk along its nature trails reveals an abundance of birds and butterflies. Lunch is served on the Centre’s terrace overlooking the forest and the Arima valley. After lunch there is shopping and sightseeing in the capital, Port of Spain, followed by a boat ride in the Caroni Swamp to see Trinidad’s national bird, the Scarlet Ibis. The return flight is scheduled for about 8 pm and you will be met on your arrival in Tobago and transferred back to your hotel. Cost from US$225 per person including air and ground transfers, transport, a guide, entrance fees, lunch and refreshments. Duration approx. 13-14 hours. A passport or photo ID is required for this excursion. This day trip is subject to the availability of flights
Sail the Grenadines - Fly to the Grenadines for a day of sailing aboard the old island, schooner, Scaramouch dropping anchor at Mayreau, the Tobago Cays and Palm Island. Cost from US$370 per person including Tobago airport transfers, return flights from Tobago to Union Island, airport departure taxes, airport transfers to Anchorage Yacht Club, cruise aboard Scaramouche with breakfast, lunch and open bar. Snorkelling gear provided. Duration approx. 13 hours. A passport is required for this trip.
Trinidad Carnival - Experience the Caribbean’s biggest Street Party with its riot of colours and pulsing rhythms. Travel into Port of Spain where Yes Tourism has arranged seating facilities in a park area close to all the masked bands. Guides are provided for those who wish to venture out on to the streets to dance or take photos. Package normally includes air and ground transfers, transport, guide, entrance fees, breakfast snack and a hat. Duration approx 14 hours. Trip is subject to the availability of flights. A passport or photo ID is required for this trip.
Tobago Cocoa Estate & Argyle Waterfall - The cocoa estate and heritage park on Tobago’s north east coast is owned by sommelier Duane Dove, who also runs the seasonal the Rum and Chocolate tasting sessions both in the Caribbean and abroad (see Culinary Experience below). The estate’s first harvest of Trinitario cocoa was in 2009, which saw the first ever creation of a single Tobago estate chocolate, made in Paris by chocolatier, Francois Pralus. The next stop is for a cooling swim at nearby Argyle Waterfall, followed by lunch at King’s Bay Café. Cost US$90 per person including lunch, refreshments and entrance fees.
Culinary Experience - The Tobago Cocoa Estate’s ‘Rum and Chocolate’ tasting experience is run by estate owner and sommelier Duane Dove, who has been holding Rum and Chocolate tasting sessions in Tobago and abroad for a number of years. The evening event is held at Dillon’s in Store Bay and includes a meal of traditional Tobago cuisine, followed by tastings of the Caribbean’s finest rums and chocolate – including the estate’s own chocolate by Pralus in Paris. Cost US$90 per person. This is a seasonal tour and is available December to May only.
Note: All prices are in US$ per person for regular excursions (exclusive on request) on offer in Tobago, and are subject to change without notice. Please check with Yes Tourism for confirmation of cost and excursion content.
