From: Becky Vann
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:04 PM
To: [Indian Tour Operators]
Subject: Re: India Trip

I’d like to thank you on behalf of me and Jo. Let me tell you that you guys do your job the best.

Saurabh: I will send you the Jaipur picture soon. Also, Jo conveys her Namastey to you.

Thanks again guys.

Becky

To : Indian Tour Operators

Sorry for not responding to you earlier.  I have been busy with work and traveling the world.  Just complete trip to Japan.  Truly amazing country.  Opposite of India, but both have very nice parts to see.The vacation to Leh was very nice.  I enjoyed the city and country very well.  The hotel stayed in was very nice. All the people at the hotel were very nice.  The guide was also very good.  He kept me organized for the several days I was there.  English was good.  He taught me alot about the area.  On my side trips, I really liked the trip to Pangong.  Pangong Lake was a much more peaceful sight and very cool because the lake was frozen over. Over all my experience was unforgettable with Indian Tour Operators.

Take care
Jonathan (USA)

To : Indian Tour Operators

I've gotten so many excellent references, so far and I'm convinced that yours is the company I will travel to south India with.
Now let me work on finding a traveling companion. I will book the tour with you.
Thanks.

Sharon Arkin
Tucson, AZ

Hello,

Indian Tour Operators and my contact there, Dhruv Gehlot, were absolutely delightful! Dhruv and all of his contacts were very accommodating. My party of 7 last summer were coming in on different flights and had some very tight schedules in order to get to a wedding...and Indian Tour Operators Tour company tailored our tour for each of us very comfortably. Our wedding was in Chennai and we really only had 3 full days to tour the Golden Triangle...but Dhruv made the whole experience trouble-free and relaxing. I recall that he was managing a 30 day tour for a group of Australians in eastern India at the same time.

They know the country intimately, they will work with you if you have any questions or special needs, they took extra effort to make sure we felt safe and secure throughout the trip--without being stifling in any way, their drivers were very experienced, and the tour guides in each location spoke
excellent English and were very hospitable. And they are very competitive
re: cost compared to tour companies based in the UK or US.

My recommendation would be that you explain fully your objectives and preferences, your schedule constraints, and any special requests so that they understand the whole context of your trip plan. I would look up the hotels they recommend just to make sure that you are aligned on your expectation of what a 3-5 star hotel is, and again, the more they understand about your expectations and context, the more they will be able to make it work for you and your traveling companions.

Dhruv was available by cell phone throughout our tour and if we had any problem, they worked it and resolved it within hours. I was the "organizer"
for my group of friends and I found Dhruv to be so easy to work with during the planning of the trip--and very trustworthy with transparent bank relationships when it was time to wire transfer funds, etc. I highly recommend them. And they are much less expensive than UK or US based companies. (By the way, booking in-country flights--ie, Delhi to Goa, for example--will be much more expensive if you are a foreigner booking on line.
Let Indian Tour Operators book and secure your in-country flights as they have better knowledge of the airports and schedules. There are a handful of "SW Airlines" type commuter carriers in India and Indian residents get better
fares.)

And I will keep your January Kerala plans in mind in case I hear of a possible travel companion.

Regards,
Julia (USA)

To : Indian Tour Operators
Now that we have had a chance to settle back into our lives, I thought it was time to write and thank you. Andrea & I had the most wonderful holiday imaginable.From the very start when we were picked up at Mumbai Airport, we could see that we were in very good & professional hands.

Our every need was met with your organisation of accommodation, guides and most capable drivers with comfortable cars in the cities we visited.We always felt looked after with the introduction of your agents on entering a new city.We can see that a lot of organisation must have gone into planning for our trip as everything  worked so efficiently. It certainly involved a lot of people. Even the internal flights were absolutely fine and even though our plane was delayed by an hour and a half from Cochin to Mumbai, our  faithful driver was waiting for us.It is hard to pick only one thing as a Highlight as every place had it’s own beauty. It was especially nice for me to visit the area I had lived in many years ago. There were people who still remembered my family. Amazing!!The Taj Mahal, and Rajastan has it’s own beauty and Kerela is something else again. Everything was incredibly special. So thank you very much for living up to our expectations and we would be happy to recommend you to our friends in Australia!!If you need a reference for anyone we would be happy to give you one!

Please thank Mr Singh in Mumbai in being so attentive to our well being
Thank you again, dear Dhruv for a very memorable adventure.

Warm regards,
Andrea
Melbourne, Australia’

To : Indian Tour Operators

I would like to thank You for the tour organization and assistance ; Everything was o.k.…….except the whether temperature…but is not Your fault .

Was a pity We had no occasion to meet again in Delhi on May the 4 .You could provide My name and Your customer could contact Me for any feedback .

Best regards
Egidio Apolloni