Gilly Pickup: Journalist, Travel Writer, Author
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  • Your work has been a great boost to the magazine. I really appreciate your dedication and quality of work (GP, editor, CTN)
  • Thank you so much for this feature, it is absolutely lovely, I felt good just reading it! I think you are so clever to get everything in to suit – you are a genius!  [MS, My Weekly Specials]
  • Thank you so much for such an eloquent feature on Grenada. Hope to see you soon and perhaps we can plan a return visit for you. [RB, Grenada Tourism]
  • Your features are eye catching and this latest one is one of my best reads in the past few years.  Really admire your work!    (JK, PR Macao Tourism)
  • I wanted to say a big thank you for the wonderful piece!  [KM, Princess Cruises PR]
  • I received a copy of your feature today.  Very many thanks – it is packed with  information for our visitors and beautifully illustrated.  [Economic Dev Dept, Isle of Man]. 
  • Thanks a million Gilly - you're the most prolific freelancer I've met! [JH, Consultant, WMC Dubai]
  • Thank you so much for the great mention. It is a lovely article with beautiful photography.  [KD, TTM world]
  • This is  wonderful! It captures the heart of an amazing destination and brings the colour, animals and and terrain  vividly to life. Amazing stuff and I so enjoyed reading it. Reading this makes you want to hop on the first available plane and head out to Africa. [GS, Travel Editor, My Weekly]
  • I have just seen the fantastic cruise coverage in the Chat Special – thank you so much for this, the feature looks fantastic! [AR, Rooster PR]
  • A fantastic feature!!!   I absolutely love it and want to thank you for all your support and for writing such great things about our hotel and the destination. I hope to welcome you to Miami again soon! [VM, Director of International Sales, Loews Miami Beach Hotel.] 
  • Gilly, you're an angel. Thank you so much for a really lovely piece and for getting it to us early.  [AC, editor Real Holidays]
  • Many thanks! You have captured the true beauty of the islands and the hotel in your​article. [AK, General Manager, Hilton Seychelles]
  • Thanks so much for this Gilly - great stuff and well ahead of deadline as usual! [SC, Yours magazine]
  • Gilly - you are such a star to us!! Thanks so much for all your work in producing lovely features. [BA, Hills Balfour PR]
  • Congratulations on the excellent article [JM, Guernsey Tourist Board]
  • Couldn't wait to see the feature so dashed out and bought a copy. It's terrific! Thanks so much for including us and getting the photos and the case study in. This should get the phones ringing - we really appreciate the coverage. [JN, Earthwatch.org]
  • Thanks for your copy. I really enjoyed reading it - your enthusiastic style makes me want to go there! [JG, Editor, Sunday Post magazine]
  • Thank you so much for submitting your article so efficiently and for the beautiful photos. [SE, Escape magazine]
  • Thank you very much for your wonderful article about Vienna and our hotel.  We appreciate it very much. [RH, Managing Director, Hotel Sacher.]
  • Gilly - this is brilliant - you always produce so well and so quickly! [CP, PR Carnival Cruise Lines]
  • Thank you so much for your feature ‘Venice- The Bewitching City’.  This is bewitching indeed, beautifully written, atmospheric and utterly magical  [VK, Travel Editor, People’s Friend)
  • It is a great piece and I am delighted to say has already generated interest. Do let me know when you can come and stay again.  [AL, owner, Four Seasons Hotel, Perthshire]
  • Congratulations on a great article - the content is informative and the images superb.  I am sure it will have made  a fair few readers think about booking a cruise! [FK, Marketing Manager, Ideal Cruising.]
  • Gilly, your article is great. So nice to read something that I don't need to edit!! [DC, editor, Skylife magazine]
  •  Thank you for mentioning us in your lovely feature.  We have already got some bookings from the article.  [AW, Regent Holidays.]
  • The feature is wonderful! Thank you very much! [RN, ART Redaktionsteam, Austria]
  • Thank you so much. It's fantastic how much coverage you have achieved. [PW, Resort Marketing International].
  • Gilly what can I say, you truly are a legend! Thank you so much for another unexpected piece and again a fab one. [JP, PR, Kuoni]
  • The hotel coverage has been amazing - we are delighted and so  is the hotel - so we are very keen to work with you again.  [ET, Brazen PR]
  • A great review, very many thanks.  [PE, MacDonald Hotels PR]​  
  • I absolutely love your Kenya piece. It really transported me there and I felt like I was out on  safari with you  [AW, Platinum magazine]
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