
Daunting!!! Isn’t it?
Let me narrate to you a true story. A boy traveled to UK with a promise to be picked up from the Heathrow airport by a family friend. On arrival he was shocked not to find anyone at the airport to receive him. He waited for hours losing his hope and confidence. He had no courage to call back home in India to give his parents this shocking news, so he called his uncle in India who supported him and guided him to call the UK number he had. When he called the UK number no one responded to his phone call. Finally, he mustered all the courage he had and booked a cab for the house address he was given by the family friend. To his surprise and further dismay no one answered the door. Heart-broken he walked back to the cab, luckily the cab driver sympathized with him and asked him if he had anyone in UK where he can spend night. My husband had an Indian acquaintance now living in Liverpool. He called him, and the cab driver helped him get the train to Liverpool. This is story of my husband.
On the contrary, I travelled to UK from Mumbai with no relatives, no friends and no promises to be picked up at the airport. Those days yahoo chats were very famous, and my sister had made an online friend from London. He was a student from Sri-Lanka. Few days before my departure, he promised to come and receive me at the airport. When I landed at Heathrow, I was scared but what I find in front of me a BIG smiling face with my name on the card. I had a warm welcome and first thing he did was inserted a SIM card in my phone, so I could call my parents back home and relieve their anxiety. Secondly, he travelled with me from Heathrow to my University in Kent and settled me in my hostel accommodation. He bought me basic foodstuff to settle down and visited me first few weeks to make sure I was doing well. He also helped me find a job and showed me important things required for smooth settling in this country. When I asked him why he would help unknown people his golden words impinged on my heart forever. He said, “Sister, try and help someone who travels to this country by themselves and help them settle down and feel the happiness in doing so.”
Everyone who travels abroad for the first time be it for tourism, study or immigration have some good and some bad experience. We with first-hand experience totally understand needs of people travelling abroad. Hence, we are here to provide various service under one roof for a hurdle free and pleasant settling experience in UK.