Jonny Talks with Anthony Agostinelli of CIE Tours and Travel to Ireland

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
I really like the figure. Oh I got a tiger
tail on this one.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Got go travel show Johnny Hart Well, let the Pittsburgh
Travel showcase. And we have Anthony Augustainelli from c I
E Tours.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
What's Cie Tours?

Speaker 3 (00:14):
Cie Tours is a Gaelic name for transportation because ci
E Tours is owned by the Irish government. Oh okay,
so our main company here is in Morelly.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
That has to be Irish.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Please if you ever know the jokes I've gotten about
this over the last eighteen years, if I had a
din like they say.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
I'd be retired.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm sure, I'm sure.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
But yes, where we have Cie Tours here, which is
an American company.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
We own the Irish rail and we own bus Aaron.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Which is the bus camp Uh tours in Ireland.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know, Ireland is such a hot spot for people
in Pittsburgh.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Why is that? What do you think that is?

Speaker 3 (00:50):
Well, there's a lot of heritage, there's a lot of families,
there's a lot of uh. You know, people have been
going to Ireland over in Pittsburgh area for years because
I've been doing this thirty years and the business in
Ireland has always been fantastic.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
From the Pittsburgh area and the word of mouth is incredible.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Anybody who goes and travels to Ireland always comes back
and says, not only do you have to go, but
I'm going to go again and again and again and again.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
That's one great thing about Ireland. The repeat business is
just fantastic. One day they'll go a motorcoach tour. They'll
do the North. Next year they want to do a
fly drive, which is drive on your own and do
the South. So there's a variety of different ways you
can see Ireland and I think that's why the repeat
business is so good.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
You know, the Steelers are playing in Ireland next year.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
If you can give me a date right now, I'll
give you one thousand dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yes, everybody wants to know because we I'm blocking space.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
Come call Cie Tours. We just don't have a confirmed date.
We heard it is going to come out before the
regular NFL schedule, but not tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Come on, you're part of the you gotta know. Yeah,
gotta give us a head time. So wish, I so wish.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
So Other than what is so special about Ireland, what
is the draw?

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Well, first of honestly, out of all the places, and
I've been fortunate enough to travel.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Are the people. That's number one. I've heard that over
and over again.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
Nicest, genuine people you're gonna meet. Then of course the history,
then of course the scenery, castles, of course, the pubs
all right, big Saint Patrick's state parades all over Ireland.
They have one of the biggest, obviously in Dublin, and
I've been to the shortest one, which was only one
block lot.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
That's what you get with Ireland.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, but the party afterwards last days right, Well.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
The funny part is the first time I went, they
said you're not gonna enjoy it because it's a holy holiday.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, somebody forgot to tell the million people in Dublin
that it was holy. So how long have you been
doing this? I've been eighteen years in October with your
brand new, So your brand new thirty years in the industry.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
But CIE is the largest tour operator in the world
doing Ireland and the British Isles.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
All right, So if somebody can't come to the travel
showcase and talk to you directly, how do we get
in touch with with your tour company?

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Right online Cie Tours. You could go right onto the website.
Everything we do is on the website, from the private
driver to the shauffeur driven, to all of our motor
coach tours. We're basically a motor coach company, so all
that is on the website.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
All right. Anthony promised that he would tell me exactly
when the Steelers are plane before anybody knows, because we
got the end with the Irish government.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah. Anthony, you're a good guy. Good luck this weekend
and it's good talk to you. Thank you, thank you
so much, appreciate it.