Escorted Tours of Newfoundland and Labrador
On August 23, 2017 McCarthy’s Party was privileged to host Gloria Davies as one of their guests on our 12 Day Comprehensive Cross Island Tour of the province. Whether it was a coincidence or an occurrence of faith this was Gloria’s second visit to the town of Gander. Exactly 63 years ago to the day,READ MORE
Newfoundland is a big island and when you add an extra day to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Red Bay and experience the magnificent coastline of south eastern Labrador, McCarthy’s Party’s ’12 Day Comprehensive Newfoundland and Labrador Tour’ has a lot of ground to cover with many amazing people, vistas, history, language, music,READ MORE
My Father tells a great story to emphasize Newfoundland’s unique concept of “time”, whenever he welcomes a group of guests on our 12 Day Comprehensive Newfoundland and Labrador adventure with McCarthy’s Party Tours. It is terribly important for guests to understand and appreciate Newfoundland’s temporal perspective at the onset of their trip. ThisREAD MORE
Tomorrow our nation celebrates its 153rd birthday, albeit in a terribly different fashion than most Canadians have ever experienced. Without fireworks, concerts nor music, limited patio space, and only small, family size gatherings – many will find themselves in a state of quandary, weighing options and trying to decide on the best course of actionREAD MORE
Its Canada’s 150th birthday and on this day of celebration its difficult to remember July 1st as a day of memorial for Newfoundland. But on this date in 1916 – 778 of our boys were instructed, “Over the top” and reminded to “Fall on the barbwire”, if they were shot at Beaumont Hamel during theREAD MORE
A few years ago I had the great fortune to find myself guiding a private tour for a really interesting character and his family of three – him, a son of about 17, and his wife. This gentleman had recently sold a huge, advertising agency he’d created in Chicago. Now retired he had taken upREAD MORE
My brother Mark has suggested that our guides provide a personal reading list of Newfoundland books we can add to their profile page on the McCarthy’s Party Tours website. This is part of our plan to familiarize our guests with their potential hosts and perhaps afford them with an opportunity to better prepare for theirREAD MORE
Guests often ask about the oddly shaped boxes located at the head of nearly every driveway that intersect the highways and byways here in Newfoundland. As is often the case with guest’s queries, I could provide an answer with just two simple words, but as everyone knows, we Newfoundlanders rarely forego an opportunity to “spinREAD MORE
My brother Mark and I were looking for a new venue for the ‘Taste of Newfoundland’ experience we offer to convention planners here in the capitol city of St. John’s. We currently visit the ‘Quidi Vidi Brewery’ to sample their many varieties of craft beer – most especially the ‘Iceberg Beer’ that is actually brewedREAD MORE
A post from Linda: Hi to everyone, Hope all is well. Wish I could be home for the guides’ trip. Intercession started this week, so I’m in the home stretch now and will be flying home in late June. I went to Cyprus for Easter break and boy there’s something about islanders. WhatREAD MORE