Bedankt voor het maken van onze Gouden Driehoek (07 dagen) reis tot een prachtige herinnering. . . goed gepland en uitgevoerd in een korte periode van aanvraag. Onze reisadviseur mevrouw Jyoti Singh van Travel Fair India schonk ons een prachtig pakket onvergetelijke ervaringen en deed haar best om aan elk verzoek te voldoen met een uitstekende keuze aan hotels. Ze begreep onze behoeften vanaf het begin en haar planning van de reisroute, de keuze van hotels en de taxichauffeur (Mr. Kanhaiya) was top. De hele reis was goed georganiseerd. Alle arrangementen werden gedaan rekening houdend met mijn eisen. Omdat ik ervoor had gekozen om deze reis in de maand december te doen, was het weer aangenaam en verliep de reis voorspoedig.
Alles werkte perfect. Er was een vertegenwoordiger op de luchthaven van Delhi om ons op te halen. De geboekte hotels waren van goede kwaliteit en van hoge kwaliteit, het eten was heerlijk en de kamers waren comfortabel. We werden op sommige plaatsen veilig gereden en heel goed begeleid (rondleidingen in het Engels georganiseerd door onze touroperator). Bedankt voor alles!
Mijn hele familie had een geweldige reis door Delhi, Agra, Jaipur en Udaipur. De service van Travel Fair India was geweldig met een zeer professionele en vriendelijke chauffeur met uitstekende rijvaardigheid.
Ik wilde mevrouw Jyoti Singh bedanken voor de uitstekende service, gastvrijheid en zorg voor mijn gezin, de hele reis is boven onze verwachtingen en natuurlijk onvergetelijk. Uw beschikbaarheid en focus op ons comfort, anticiperen op onze behoeften en uitstekende vervolgoproepen zorgden voor een geweldige ervaring. We zijn onder de indruk van het soort service dat ze boden.
Bedankt Travel Fair India voor je geweldige diensten, we komen graag nog een keer langs!
Een van mijn meest memorabele reizen!
Our 8 day trip through India with ‘Travel Fair India’ (TFI) was excellent and we would be eager to recommend them to other travelers. Our itinerary had us arrive in Delhi, then travel to Agra, Alwar, Jaipur, and Jodhpur, before returning to Delhi for our departure flight. It was only one portion of a 60 day trip, and neither myself nor my traveling partner had been to India before. We normally book our own accommodations and excursions when traveling, but this seemed like an appropriate destination to seek the aid of a travel company due to our ignorance of the best travel routes, the size of the country, and the seemingly inconsistent public transportation that we’d be experiencing.
We don’t regret the decision and though I was afraid working with a travel company would inhibit us from seeing ‘the real India’, I think the opposite actually occurred.
The hotels were consistently above the standard of hostel and would range between 3-2 stars in the United States. Each hotel had air conditioning (honestly, the one thing that was most important since we had no choice but to travel in the rainy season), a complimentary breakfast, and staff that could communicate in English. They were all nicer than we probably would have booked for ourselves if we were traveling without the assistance of a travel company.
The tours and historical sites that we visited (which all fall under the heading of ‘monuments’ when exploring India) included excellent local tour guides that were professional and helpful. India has an amazingly rich in history, so going to monuments is a must, though the itinerary probably included more than we needed to visit (and we are both history teachers, to give some perspective). This isn’t a reflection on TFI and instead would be a recommendation to future travelers: Fair Travel India will work to tailor the tour to your needs and wishes so if you’d like to incorporate more outdoors activities or some of the wildlife preserves, be sure to tell their agents that. They can accommodate you if the destinations permit it.
What really made the trip though was our driver, Ravi. It’s important to note that though he explained a great deal of general history to us, he was NOT a tour guide. In India, being a tour guide requires 6 months of training and is a government vocation. Ravi and TFI were careful to differentiate his role from the local guides we would meet throughout the trip who gave us more detailed information about the particular monuments we visited.
Regardless of the title, Ravi was exceptional for several reasons. Firstly, his driving. Any tourist looking to rent a car on their first trip through India has a death wish: the traffic is as crazy as it is billed (and I’ve seen other similar transportation locales such as Vietnam) and I couldn’t imagine trying to navigate the country without riding a bus or having a driver. We always felt safe and Ravi never took risks to get us to a destination quicker.
Our driver Ravi was also our go-to travel resource when asking about tipping, laundry services, and other traveling-specific questions. He always picked us up on time (in fact, as the tour went on, it was US who slowly became less and less punctual ourselves, slipping into the ‘India stretchable time’ we’d read about prior to our arrival), adjusted our daily itinerary to our energy levels, and was responsive when one or both of us wasn’t feeling well (once as a result of food and another the as a result of a long travel day).
Thirdly, what made having a personal driver amazing was the ability for Ravi to explain literally everything to us that we saw along the way and show us areas most tourists wouldn’t typically visit. Indian culture is complex and the Hindu traditions and religion are intimately connected to daily activities. As such, Ravi answered the hundreds of small questions we had (and many we didn’t think to ask) that I otherwise would have gone through the trip ignorant of answers for. It was awesome.
In sum, the trip was great and I would recommend Travel Fair India and our tour agent Jyoti. By the time we left we knew that we wanted to return and once again see both the culture and sights, and (most importantly) our new friend and driver-guide Ravi. Awesome time and amazing people along the way. Make sure you see this beautiful country.
Kyle
Het voertuig en de bestuurder waren allebei uitstekend. Onze chauffeur Rajinder was te allen tijde zeer behulpzaam. De gidsen waren allemaal erg goed en konden Engels spreken. Afgezien van het eerste hotel - Hotel Taurus Sarovar in New Delhi, die we niemand zouden aanraden, waren allemaal uitstekend. We hebben alle hotelkamers bij het boeken geüpgraded en de organisator zei dat hier geen extra kosten aan verbonden waren. We moeten hier toevoegen dat we vóór de boeking besloten hadden om 2 van de reizen per trein te doen. Rajinder kwam ons ophalen van het hotel en nam ons mee naar het station. Bij aankomst werden we opgehaald en naar het hotel gebracht. Alles was gepland en ging goed. We zullen geweldige herinneringen en foto's hebben en een goed inzicht in de Indiase manier van leven.