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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:05 pm 
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Travel by tuk tuk — couple launch new Isle of Wight taxi and tour service

Scout Gregory and his graphic designer wife, Kayleigh, have launched the Isle of Wight Tuk Tuk Co ­— with the mini vehicles available for tours, taxis, weddings and events.

Scout, 26, said: "We came up with the idea when we went on holiday to Italy during the summer.

"We noticed they were everywhere and thought it would be a fantastic idea to offer this service on the Island.

"We found a company on the mainland who could import the vehicles over here from Italy and took on the project from there."

The Chale couple have launched several tours of the West Wight and have teamed up with The Cow Co restaurant at Tapnell Farm, offering couples a date night taxi service to and from the venue.

The couple have recently moved to the Island from the Cotswolds. Scout grew up in Newtown and said he couldn't wait to return to his roots.

"We loved coming on holiday here and jumped at the opportunity to move," said Scout.

"Now, in the long term, we hope to expand the company with a fleet of tuk tuks in various parts of the Island, giving local youngsters employment.

"We have had an overwhelming response to the business. People see it as a unique novelty factor when they see me driving around.

"Hopefully, it will bring more tourists over to try us out and visit different parts of the Island."

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this looks vaguely familiar to a story a few months ago :wink:

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edders23 wrote:
this looks vaguely familiar to a story a few months ago :wink:

Maybe, surprised they haven't gone bust yet.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 6:42 am 
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Sussex wrote:
edders23 wrote:
this looks vaguely familiar to a story a few months ago :wink:

Maybe, surprised they haven't gone bust yet.

Don't think there's been an IoW tuktuk article recently.

I thought Edders was talking about tuktuk articles generally. I suppose articles on this would have been like the tuktuks running a scheduled PSV service in Brighton to get licensed? You don't know precisely when they'll arrive, but you know one will turn up eventually :badgrin:


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