16 May 2023
Couple differences with the itinerary:
-Bottle of water: Not included
-Four hour tour: Was more like two hours. We ended around 8:15 because the tour guide seemed to want to get home. Or maybe the time was reserved to go to the high pressure textile sales facility. After being asked multiple times and saying no multiple times, they finally agreed to not go. There was another review here where they said in the feedback the high pressure sales was a mistake and they agreed to not do it in the future, but that hasn't changed.
My tour guide was just a general tour guide and didn't understand the significance of a night tour, which was seeing certain monuments at night with lights. I had to explain the purpose of the tour and request to go to Qtub Minar, which is the lit up spire in the pictures. This is not a standard part of the tour--you need to customize to go here. You will not be going to all the places in the photos, people have customized and you won't have time to go to all of them in your two hours. Some people have photos going up to the India Gate but my guide just took me across the street.
Towards the end of the trip there was high pressure to do the TripAdvisor review right in the car. I told them I am paying you money, why do I need to do work for you.
My guide did a good job of telling the history of India, including Gandhi. One of his sayings is "don't ask, don't get." So the guide will ask you to buy expensive fabrics in which he will split the commission with the shopkeeper and ask you to do the TripAdvisor review in the car at the end. Just be firm, people in India seem not shy about asking but they seem to shy away from conflict if you push back. So be firm in what you want, be okay with saying no multiple times to going to their fabric emporium, and you can achieve your objectives. Also do your research on where you want to go first because you won't necessarily go to where the pictures are.