01 Oct 2019
India was an adventure unlike any other that I have ever experienced. Like most trips it had its highs and lows. Honestly, my 7-nights were just enough to be a satisfactory experience.
Our Tour Operations team, Culture Holidays provided my friend/roommate/sister travel agent and I with excellent, seamless service from beginning to end, starting with our booking process to our meet and greet at the airport in Delhi and throughout the entire trip. Meals were included and all were of good to excellent quality. All of our hotel accommodations were 4 and 5 stars, each offerings different style and ambiance - all very comfortable and quite nice. If anything, I would have preferred an additional day or two just to enjoy the ambiance and services that these properties had to offer. Meals were included and all were of good to excellent quality. My travel mate and I did a private tour, which I can highly recommend for India. Our destination tour guides (Delhi-Dinesh, Agra-Azhar, Jaipur-Virendar) were all friendly, personable, very informative and responsive to all of our requests. Our driver, Raju, was the BEST, completely amazing, and you would fully understand if you ever experienced traffic and traveling throughout India! All I can say is OMG (to the 10th power)!!! Price value was very good. I can say without hesitation that Culture Holidays was a great choice!
India is multifaceted, in-your-face, startling on a variety of levels both good and some not so much. India is not for everyone, I believe that being well-traveled and open-minded is a must! That said, Culture Holidays made the entire trip very user-friendly and I’m looking forward to working with their company again for other destinations that they service.
Most of the people we came in contact with were courteous and some even friendly. As an African-American, throughout my travels, I sometimes felt like a curiosity because of all of the stares and attention received.
Oh, and don’t let me forget - Holy cows, monkeys, camels, elephants, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, water buffalo, flies, stripped squirrels, and more... Incredible India!