2017. május 17., szerda

Team building

What is the aim of a team building training?
Its aim is to help your employees find their unknown, inner skills which will help your team to  find the hidden possibilities. It always has to have a mission which fits your business strategy, challenges or problems. It has to simulate the business life. In the real team building programs it has to be always clear why and how things are done. It has to represent real values.

What is a team building good for?
Preparing for changes within the company.
Making community.
Improving the effectiveness of solving different problems.
Making standardized business image.
Making employees concious of the values of the company.

Why is it good to organise a team building event?
Firstly, it allows employees to get to know each other better. This way,  it can improve teamwork.
Your company will be more effective as a result.
It is also important from time to time to relax and to enjoy time together.
After having a little fun,  you will be able to return to work more effectively and relaxed.

As the supply is wide ranged, it is an important aspect to know, for what kind of company it will be arranged.
There are different interest  at  a financial or  at a commercial  company. The age of the workers and the distribution
according to their sexes also has to be taken into consideration.
Team building is an essential part of any company, but it  is also important where  will it be organised and by whom.
We can give you some ideas   with professional organising and  with 30 year experience.
With our help you can choose from many posibilites. Some examples are the following:

Typical Hungarian Team Building:  Pig Killing
Pork is  one of the most  important  meat of Hungarian cuisine. Come and watch how it will be made by professionals.
You can take part in the meat processing, so you can build your team in an unusual way.   Groups are divided. The teams
can  compete who can grind the meat faster, sausage making etc. You can combine the team building with wine tasting .
The catering is all inclusive. You can also taste the traditional Hungarian foods served on these pig killings.

Bubble Football
You can compete with each other in a funny  way with huge plastic balls wrapped around your body. You are divided into teams.
It is a kind of football you have never done before. The rules are the same like during the original game, except here violence is allowed.
You can push your opponent, as your  bubble ball will protect you from any  injury. Customers enjoy pushing each other.
The teams tackles with each other in 5 minute rounds.

James Bond action game around Budapest
Experience the life of an agent. Discover Budapest in an exciting, unusual way. Your  group   is divided into teams. The task is to find the bomb before it explodes.
The team finds it the soonest, it will be the winner. The tasks are on an iPad, you have to carry it around the city to solve the mystery. This game is avaible in other Hungarian cities as well.

Medieval Tournament
Experience the life of the knights. You can learn how to use some medieval guns,  e.g.  archery, and there are exciting tasks, like ruining the wall of the castle. You are divided into teams, with colorful T-shirts. The teams compete by earning points in the Visegrád Castle.   Drinks are  served by Pages during the whole event. Discover the Castle and be the number one knight!
For more opportunities and information contact us:  office@twinstravel.hu


2017. május 16., kedd

Advantages of arranged tours

If you want to enjoy your vacation carefreely, I suggest choosing an arranged package tour. Let me tell you why our travel agency would be a good choice.

First of all it costs you much less than if you arrange it by yourself. We are more aware of the best hotel tariffs and rates of every other thing, and we can get it for you at a lower rate.

Secondly, you would be free of all the headaches of booking tickets or rooms, we would do it for you. All you would have to do is pay the price and enjoy the holiday.

Nextly, booking a package tour not only saves money but also time. You dont have to sit for hours to find flights and hotels and call them individually to enquire and make bookings. We deal with everything and in your budget.

The fourth reason is the availability of best services. By opting for an all-inclusive holiday package you can enjoy the best of all services available at a hotel, starting from accommodation to facilities like swimming pool, spa and sauna. Booking a spa session or dining at the restaurant separately will surely cost much higher.

Some people may still be under the illusion that buying a package holiday means a restricted choice when it comes to destinations. In fact, when choosing a resort you will find that the range of places available covers all the firm favourites and many more besides. There certainly isn’t a limited choice when it comes to picking a package holiday. We also usually cater for all budgets, from the top of the range 5-star resorts through to budget-friendly self-catering apartments.

The last factor in favor of holiday packages is safe travelling. As tour operators, we are completely aware of situations in a particular place, the risks and the safe zones and hence you can enjoy a safe holiday. By planning a trip on your own, you may fall in trouble at an unknown place.

If we have convinced you, take a look at our offers and contact us!



Transportation and safety in Hungary

If you are considering visiting Budapest or Hungary, but you are not sure whether its safe or not, let me enlighten you.

Budapest is not more dangerous than most capital cities. If you pay attention to your belongings on public transportation, you can avoid pickpockets. Like in every other city, taxi drivers may want to scam you. Be sure to always travel with a well marked taxi, usually yellow. Avoid unmarked cars.

Budapest has low crime rate so you can rest assured during your holiday. Try to stay within well frequented tourist areas.

Beware of restaurants which doesnt show you the price list in advance. Mind that restaurants in tourist areas might be overpriced. (for example Váci street)

Always validate your ticket before entering the metro because there might be controllers at the exit. Budapest has a developed infrastructure, which makes travelling easy.

If you encountered any problem,the Hungarian National Tourist Office has a special, 24-hour telephone number for tourists who become the victim of personal crime while in Hungary. Personnel with foreign language capability, including English, are on duty seven days a week to give advice on how to file a police report and to help to find the nearest police station. This telephone number is 00361-438-8080.

We hope you will have a nice and crime-free holiday in Hungary.





Hungarian wine culture

Hungary is well-known for its wines. There are 22 wine growing areas here. For such a small counrty with 10 million inhabitants, it’s a huge number.

The world famous wine is the Tokaj wine.  We produce  the so called „Tokaji Aszú”.  Its a sweet, dessert wine,  just one small glass from it is enough. It has a very special taste, it’s like a sherry. The French King Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, gave the name „King of wines and wine of kings” for the Tokaj wine. The grapes are collected very late in  autumn, after the first frozen days.
Aszú wine: This is the world-famous topaz-colored sweet wine known throughout the English-speaking world as Tokay.
The original meaning: aszú came to be associated with the type of wine made with botrytised nobly rotten grapes.
Aszú berries are individually picked, then collected in huge vats and trampled into the consistency of paste.

There is also a very famous wine growing area in the north  of Hungary, around the town of Eger. Very fine wines are produced on the slopes of Mátra Mountains such as the Eger Girl, Eger Riesling and Eger Muscat, but the most famous  wine of Eger is  the „Eger Bull’s Blood”. This is a red  dry wine. It is connected with  a legend. When the Turks attacked the castle of Eger, the soldiers drank this wine to get some energy, but the Turks thought they drank „bull’s blood” and they fled from there. The name of the wine is from that legend. Eger is also famous for its wine cellars in  the so called Szépasszony valley; „Valley of the beautiful women”.  Visiting of one of the vine cellar owned by a famous Hungarian  wine-grower taking part at a wine tasting with 5 or 6 sorts of wine,  and having a delicious  dinner in a typical Csárda-wine cellar–restaurant  with Gipsy music is really fun for your whole life. Many programs are held here throughout the year.

Another wine growing area is in Transdanubia called Sopron with the Sopron Mountains, Pécs and the Villányi Mountains to the south of Hungary. This area produces various types of red wine, such as burgundy and cabernet savignon.
If you want to learn more and taste the  world famous Hungarian wines, we can arrange a special tour  for you  and friends.  Take part at wine tours  and  see how  professionals make them!







Seasonal programs in Hungary

Are you tired of hot and damp weather? Do you want to enjoy the winter and see the snow  or enjoy the  sun without  humidity?
In Hungary we have 4 seasons, each one has its own charm. You can decide which one is your favorite. 

In summer you can enjoy the sun  during open air programs and cultural festivals. One of our favorite festivals is  the „Castle Days” in city of Gyula. It tells the story of the castle of the city during the Turkish occupation in Hungary from the 15-17th century. People are dressed in traditional Hungarian or Turkish clothes. In the evenings  two teams fight against each other so that you have and idea how these attacks were made at that time. You can listen to Hungarian concerts also every evening.  By day you can try the tents of the groups and can even try the Hungarian traditional foods. 

In autumn you can take part of a harvest on harvest festivals. Hungary is famous for  wine, so wine harvesting plays a big role here. You can learn how grapes are picked and how wine is made from experts. The oppurtunity to taste them is granted if you would like to do so.Hungary in winter is very special  to see. 

If you don’t feel like exploring the city in  cold wheather, we suggest  numerous  relaxing thermal baths in Budapest. Most of them are from the Roman and Turkish occupation (1-4th  and 15-17th century). The most famous  baths are:  the Széchényi, Rudas and Gellért in Budapest; and in the country: Eger, Hévíz, Castle Spa in Gyula, Cave-bath in Miskolctapolca, Zalakaros, Bükk, Egerszalók, like the world famous bath in  Pamukale in Turkey.  Hungary also was looking for oil during the last century, but we found hot springs every time and we are very well known for our spas in Central Europe. Many Austrian, German, Polish and Japanese tourists come and enjoy our  healing and relaxing thermal baths. https://youtube.com/watch?v=9PQelTlj4fc

In spring you can join the  Easter Festivals or Pig slaughter festivals. It may sound strange for you, but  as Hungarians, we consume a lot of pork, and we pay attention to that. Coming to see these festivals, you can see how the pork is proccessed. But if you don’t want to see that, there are many programs to choose from. For example you can see and try the Hungarian national  traditional dance Csárdás,  or you can choose from concerts. When the pork is ready, you can go and taste it. Our favourite festival is in Abádszalók. The view is excellent also with the second most important river of Hungary, called: Tisza. There are many other popular cultural festivals also, contact us for more information.