Travel agency price is 40 per day without accomodation, 70 per day with accomodation. all exclude admission, meals, etc.
If you want private and tailor made one, it's certainly more than that.
This is the one I am going next week. All set. just give you an example:
Day 1: Richmond Hill and Park - Ham House - Hughenden Manor - Broadway, Cotswold
Day 2: Poppy Field - Croft Castle - Cardiff Castle - Clifton Suspension Bridge, Avon Gorge
Day 3: Coughton Court - Stratford with Shakespeare Houses - Wrest Park - Kenwood House (if time permits)
Stay two nights in Coswold country hotel, a 14th century Tudor hall with breakfast and afternoon tea.
http://www.thelordsgroup.co.uk/salfordhall/
That's 250 per person with two nights hotel and ALL the admissions included. If you want to stay in Holiday Inn Express or Traveolodge, it will be cheaper.
Might do another one similiar on the weekend of 16th of July and got 2 space left. The hotel this time will be a modern one, Crown Plaza Birmingham.
我们自己设计行程,估计人数在8-10人,住和吃我们自己搞定,只是想请一个中文导游和司机,想知道导游和司机的总的费用大约在多少?(含车和油费,吃饭),住宿除了前3天伦敦不包之外,后面就全部和我们住,我们多开一间房给他们,酒店都在3-4星以上。
行程:D1:晚上伦敦希斯罗接机18点左右到达,送Docklands附近酒店 D2:酒店-Greenwich-伦敦塔-soho唐人街-酒店,D3:酒店-大笨钟-白金汉宫-大英博物馆-Harrods-酒店 D4:伦敦-约克-利兹酒店,D5:利兹酒店-Windermere-曼彻斯特,D6:曼彻斯特- 巨石阵-巴斯,D7:巴斯-比斯特- 希斯罗机场酒店,D8:伦敦机场酒店-温莎-伦敦希斯罗机场(下午3点的航班)
numerous should be as long as you pay high price, e.g., 300GBP/day.
can find some via the airport web probably
but i have not tried.
Why you plan to hire them? you have to pay a quite high price to make them feel it is worthy to collect and guide yourself, rather than doing other business (e.g., serve in a group)