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From: Theresa
To: anil@indovisiontours.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: Trip
Hello
Anil,
Just a quick note to tell you how much I enjoyed the trip. Kelal was an
excellent driver and very helpful. The people I met as I walked to through
the towns were friendly and inviting. I even got a chance to visit a school
and give out the awards. Thank you again for your excellent arranging
of the trip.
Theresa Gesuele
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From:Carol Robbins
To:anil@indovisiontours.com
; anilyadav3@hotmail.com
Cc:Herbert Wolff
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:33 PM
Subject: Feedback on Junuary Trip
Hello
Anil and Sunil --
A few
things we thought you should know about our recent trip -- which, overall,
was brilliant!
1.
Vijay, our driver from Udaipur to Agra, was a true treasure: skillful,
patient, helpful in every way, with a nice sense of humor (ask him about
the camel at the petrol station).
2. Two hotels far exceeded our expectations: Samode Haveli in Jaipur,
of course, and Amet Haveli (corner room) in Udaipur.
3. Within 10 minutes of your second phone call to us in Varanasi, the
Palace on Ganges miraculously moved us to a very nice room. The staff
said the problem was our booking request did not request a river room
(which we doubt is true). In fact, none of their other rooms should be
considered for guests expecting 3-4 class accommodations.
4. Indovision's agents in Khajuraho and Agra were particularly attentive,
showing us great welcome and advice on dining, etc.
5. The most outstanding guide by far (highly knowledgeable, fine explainer
and listener, warm, personable) was Shulendra Singh in Udaipur/Ranakpur,
followed by Bavani in Delhi (yes, even though at first he skipped the
mosque).
6. If we were to revise the itinerary, we'd add one day each in Jaipur
and Udaipur or Khajuraho, and spend just one night in Agra (or visit via
fast train from Delhi) and one in Varanasi; we might skip Bikaner.
In
general, congratulations on providing excellent services and a totally
satisfying visit. We plan to recommend you to friends making their first
trip to India in the future.
Sincerely
--
Carol Robbins and Herbert Wolff
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From:Sylvi Schmidt
To:anil@indovisiontours.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: India tour
Dear Anil / Namaste,
I hope this email finds you well. Apologies for the rather late/delayed response. But life has just been way too busy since i/we returned home from our trip to India in May'06. I / We would like to thank you very much for organizing this 'trip of a lifetime'. We enjoyed every minute of it -- i/we were happy with the overall organization -- the hotel selection, local guides, drivers and transportation -- and effort that you and your team (local/regional representatives) have put into making this trip unforgettable.
And should we plan a trip to India in the future (or know of friends you who do), then we will certainely be back in touch and rely on your services. I/We would hereby wish you all the best for the future & continued success.
In the meantime, have a nice remainder of the day.
Kind Regards,
Sylvi & Allen
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From: "REBECCA CASWELL"
To: <anilyadav3@hotmail.com>
Subject: Tour of India
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:38:40 -0000
Hi Anil
I just wanted to let you know that we were delighted with the way that
Indovision organised and arranged our recent tour of India and to let
you know that we had an amazing trip. Everything worked liked clockwork
and all of our drivers were lovely. I have been recommending your company
to all of my friends and one of them will be contacting you in the next
couple of days, she is travelling to India in a few weeks and would like
you to arrange her tour.
With good wishes
Rebecca Caswell & Alison Hopwood
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From: "Diana Cotterli"
To: <anilyadav3@hotmail.com>
Subject: Our holidays in India
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:43:57 +0100
Dear
Mr Anil,
We arrived in Milan on 2nd January in the evening. We would like to thank
you for the excellent organization of our tour. India has really impressed
us and we enjoyed our time very much. You and your collaborators have
always been so punctual... However, we thank you for the information you
got on our behalf regarding the situation of our flight.
We hope we will come to India once more in the nearest future since there
is still much to see and then, maybe, we will take the opportunity to
have the dinner we missed!
Best Regards,
Diana Cotterli & Francesco Cammarata
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From:Michael Acheson
To:Indovision Tours
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: M. Acheson ;Feedback - India tour
It
is now 10 days since we returned from India. So it is certainly time to
give you comments on the excellent tour that you organised for us.
Globally we were very satisfied with the arrangements that you made for
us. All your drivers and guides were on time and were helpful. It is always
a concern when one reserves a complete tour with an unknown company over
the Internet, and I can now strongly recommend your services to anyone!
Our choice of tour satisfied our needs very well, although we spent a
day longer in Delhi than we might have wanted. The Hotel Marina although
well situated does not come close to the standards that we might have
expected for a 4 night stay. It suffers from the big City hotel problems
and appears to have close to 100% occupancy. 2 of the 3 rooms we tried
were excessively noisy: one had the impression of (trying) to sleep in
a railway station. The staff were unfriendly and we were priviledged to
be favoured by the presence of their front desk staff, who considered
us to be some sort of inferior beings! The rooms were ok, but the bathrooms
were/are filthy, as was the breakfast buffet restaurant (look at the carpet!)
In short we would have spent more, to avoid such an overall poor experience,
in a better hotel.
Delhi itself lived up to its bad reputation of trying every trick in the
book in relieving the unsuspecting traveller of their holiday money. Evey
kind of wolf in sheep's clothing lurked in wait to try to entice the tourist
into a souvenir emporium or some kind of ruse to that involved some kind
of (unwanted) expense. Delhi in my opinion is best avoided altogether,
until it enforces some control over these cowboy tactics. However we did
do some excellent shopping of clothes (I bought an excellent suit and
2 pairs of trousers) which is a lot more useful and interesting than the
tourist junk that everyone assumes we wish to fill our homes with.
However Lucknow and Allahabad were joys by comparison: we were made to
feel very welcome in both cities, and cannot understand why there is not
more tourism there as there much to see of interest. La Place Park Inn
in Lucknow was excellent in every respect with friendly courteous staff,
excellent room and a clean bathroom and good greakfast. The Royal Café
restaurant down the road was excellent for dinner. In Allahabad, the hotel
Kanha Shyam was older, but the staff were friendly and efficient, and
the vegetarian buffet is excellent value and delicious.
Varanasi brought the Hotel Palace on Ganges, the rooms were pleasant,
but breakfast was the worst of any of the hotels, and dinner grossly overcharged
and of poor quality. We ate outside for one third of the price and twice
the quality. It was clear we were back in the world of Western tourism!
Khajuraho was well worth the detour, the Holiday Inn was comfortable and
of a good standard although the dinner was over priced: again we found
better for one quarter of the price proposed by the hotel. The tour guide
was excellent.
Rishikesh was a vey pleasnt break after the previous 2 weeks of tourism.
The High Banks Peasant Cottage is very well situated, and the room adequate,
although the bathroom was in serious need of being brought up to Western
standards. We did see on leaving another room with an excellent bathroom!
However the breakfasts were excellent, the staff friendly and efficient,
but the room was cold: the heaters not being available until January.
It is always better to look at a thermometer than a calender to determine
the temperature! The evening meal again was overcharged in comparison
with a Nepalese restaurant we found 20 meters opposite the main gates.
My wife found all the Yoga and meditation that she needed with high quality
teachers, and I found plenty of walks and things to do during her absences.
Finally the Delhi airport hotel room and bathroom was a far better choice
than the Marina hotel, despite the fact that it is situated on the main
truck route out of Delhi!
I hope these comments will be of value to you in helping other clients
who are planning tours and hotels through you.
Many thanks for providing us with such excellent service and hope one
day to reuse your services when we next return to India.
Kind regards
Michael Acheson
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From:Emanuele Di Pasquale
To:anil@indovisiontours.com
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 1:48 AM
Subject: R: India tour - ayment
Hi
Mr Anil Yadav,
I write you just to give you the right feed back about our tour: everything
was organized very well and we never waited for someone or had any trouble.
Our driver was the best part of the tour: he was a very skilled driver
and we always felt in good hands and protected; furthermore he also was
a very kind person!
The guides were basically well prepared but the one we had in Delhi was
very skilled and with an hight cultural knowledge; The only man we didn't
like very much was the guide in Jaipur cause he seemed to be more interested
in forcing us in shopping activities rather than in making the city tour.
Thank you very much
Emanuele Dipasquale
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From: "Ian Milton"
To: <anil@indovisiontours.com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:22 PM
Subject: Holiday
Namaste
Good evening Anil,
I just thought I'd drop you a quick email to say how well organised your
tour was. Everything went superbly well, all the representatives were
there to meet us and the guides were both knowledgeable and very pleasant.
The elephant safari was super, but unfortunately we didn't see any tigers
(but that gives us an excuse to return some day). The Taj Mahal was even
more magnificent than we had imagined. All in all a most wonderful holiday.
I must mention both drivers for particular praise. Vejay and Surish were
extremely pleasant company and very good drivers. We didn't feel worried
on the roads at all despite the rather chaotic manner in which the other
drivers behaved.
I would have no hesitation in using you again and will be recommending
you to several of my friends who have asked for a report on how we got
on as they are considering a holiday in India too.
Once again a big thank you and may I wish you a Merry Christmas and a
very Happy New Year.
Best regards
Ian
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From:Alison Spice
To:anil@indovisiontours.com
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:13 PM
Subject: back from our India tour
Dear
Anil
Namaste!
I am sorry that it has taken us so long to contact you since our return
from India at the end of October.
We have been quite busy since this time. However, we did want to write
to thank you very much for organising our holiday to India (Rajasthan)
through Indovision. We were very happy with your services and especially
the heritage hotels and the driver, Mr Nandu. We would highly recommend
him; he was courteous, helpful, goodnatured and most importantly drove
carefully as we requested. Please do pass on our gratitude to him.
I have already recommended your company and services to one of my colleagues
and will continue to do so. We were impressed by the professionalism of
your company and by the individual attention and support that you offer.
Your assistance with planning through regular email communication prior
to our trip was also very helpful and much appreciated.
Please do pass on our thanks and praise to your staff and of course our
best thanks to you and Sunil. We certainly hope to visit India again one
day, so perhaps our paths will cross one day again in the future.
With kindest regards
Alison
Alison Spice
Manager, Language Training Programs
IALF
Jl Rasuna Said C6, Jakarta 12940, Indonesia
Tel:62 21 521 3350
www.ialf.edu
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From:ROY MAY
To:anil@indovisiontours.com
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: The May's Tour in India
Dear Anil Yadav
Can we just start by saying we had the most wonderful time in India and thought your company did a superb job in organising a magical tour.
A special thank you to Shri our driver who is a most delightful young man who really looked after us.
We have put some comments in red under each heading below.
22 NOV : ARRIVE DELHI AT 0125 HRS
On arrival, meet and assist at the airport and transfer to Hotel Connaught.
Thanyou to Saresh for meeting us and driving us to the Connaught.
Afternoon, city tour of New Delhi.Visit Humayun's Tomb : built in mid 16th century this is an early example of Mughal architecture ; Qutab Minar drive past India Gate, President House and other govt. buildings. The tour ends with a visit to Laxmi Narayan Temple (Birla Mandir).
23 NOV : DELHI
After breakfast, visit Old Delhi. Visit Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India. Built by Shah Jahan, the construction was started in 1844 and was not completed until 1658 ; Red Fort, which was also built by Shah Jehan. This massive fort was built from 1638 to 1648 ; Chandni Chowk and Rajghat - the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi.
Overall this tour of Delhi was excellent with a very knowledgeable guide.
The Connaught is not the best hotel in the world but adequate for our needs. The food was OK and it was of course very central to Connaught Place, which we really enjoyed. Your tip of spending my birthday dinner at the ITC Shangri-La was a good one although we ended up in the Pavilion restaurant because the main restaurant was full. The Pavilion was great they did a birthday cake etc and the manager really did a good job - wonderful food. We noted that some of the 5 Star hotels were rather isolated so in all we were pleased with the Connaught.
Afternoon, free.
24 NOV : DELHI-MANDAWA (250 KMS, 06 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, leave for Mandawa. Arrive Mandawa and check in at Hotel Castle Mandawa * *.
What a fantastic Hotel and place. I think we would have liked to have stayed a couple of days here had we known how good it was. Excellent guide.
Afternoon, visit Mandawa (Shekawati region). This region came into prominence in the 14th century when a number of Muslim clans moved into the area and the towns of this region developed into important trading posts on the caravan routes emanating from the ports of Gujarat. This region is famous for painted havelis (houses) most of which date back from the 18th century. The major towns of interest are Mandawa, Fatehpur, Nawalgarh. Visit the havelis in Mandawa and other villages of Shekhawati region.
25 NOV : MANDAWA-SAMODE-JAIPUR (180 KMS, 04 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, leave for Jaipur. Enroute visit Samode.
My wife Jan had just read the book "Far Pavilions" and as you know this is where the film was made. Stunning place, we had a good guide called Gopi who showed us round and obviously loved the place as well. Had it been possible we would have liked to have stayed here.
Continue drive to Jaipur - The city owes its names, foundation and its careful planning to the great warrior - astronmer Maharaja Jai Singh II. In 1727, with Mughal power on the wane, Jai Singh decided to move down from his hillside fortress at neaby Amber to a new site on the plains. He laid out the city, with its surrouding walls and six rectangular blocks, according to the principles of town planning set down in Shilpa Shastra, an ancient Hindu treatise on architecture.
Arrive Jaipur and check in at Hotel Park Plaza.
Very good modern hotel with good food and a great bar.
26 NOV : JAIPUR
After breakfast, excursion to Amber Fort. Elephant ride from the foothills of the Aravallis to the fort entrance.
Amber Fort : At a distance of 11 kms from Jaipur, Amber was the ancient capital of Jaipur state. Construction of the fort began in 1592 by Raja Man Singh, the Rajput commander of Akbar's army and is a superb example of Rajput architecture.
Afternoon, city tour of Jaipur. Visit the City Palace which has museum having an extensive collection of art, carpets, enamel ware and weapons ; Jantar Mantar - the observatory built my Maharaja Jai Singh in 1728 and the façade of Hawa Mahal.
What a fantastic place, we loved it all. We were so taken by the "Palace of the Winds" (built for the women) that we bought a carpet signifying this design. The elephant ride up to the City Palace was marvellous and what a view from the top.
27 NOV : JAIPUR - RANTHAMORE NATIONAL PARK (180 KMS, 04-05 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, leave for Ranthambore National Park - Located at the junction of the Aravalli and Vindhya hill range, This is one of the finest places to view animals, especially as they are used to being stared at here.The park covers an area of Approximately 400 sq Km and if combined it with the area of sawai man singh sanctuary area,it is around 500 Sq km. Ranthambore national park was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1957 and in 1974 it gained the protection of "Project Tiger".
Arrive Ranthambore and check in at Hotel Tiger Moon. Afternoon, jungle safari inside the park in a jeep.
Three safari's and saw no tigers, still we saw the BBC film at Tiger Moon. Very friendly staff but as Shri knows, I was not happy about having to do two of the safari's with 6 tourist passengers, a guide and a driver all in one jeep. I was wedged in between two of the largest German guys on this planet. Joking aside this is a marvellous place with plenty of other wild life to see.
28 NOV : RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK
Morning and afternoon, jungle safari inside the park in a jeep.
29 NOV : RANTHAMBORE- FATEHPUR SIKRI - AGRA (325 KMS, 07-08 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, leave for Agra. Enroute visit the abandoned Mughal city of Fatehpur Sikri : built by Emperor Akbar in 1569, was the old capital of the Moghuls, which was abandoned after 15 years due to scarcity of water. See the graceful buildings including the Jama Masjid, Tomb of Salim Chisti, Panch Mahal & other Palaces which are still preserved in its original glory.
Another great place with an excellent guide but now some of the places are starting to look the same, didn't we do the Jama Masjid in old Delhi?
Continue drive to Agra. Arrive Agra and check in at Hotel Holiday Inn.
Holiday Inn was fine, food OK.
30 NOV : AGRA-DELHI (203 KMS, 04-05 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, city tour of Agra. Visit Red fort, which was built by Emperor Akbar in 1565, and additions were made up until the time of his grandson, Shah Jahan. It contains the hall of public and private audiences amongst many other beautiful structures; Itmad-ud-daulah, which was contructed by Nur Jahan between 1622 and 1628 and is very similar to the tomb she constructed for her husband, Jehangir, near Lahore in Pakistan; the highlight of the day - The Taj Mahal, which was constructed by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Contruction of the Taj began in 1631 and was not completed until 1653.
Yes this really has the Wow factor. Didn't Shah Jahan have a nasty son!
Afternoon, leave for Delhi. Arrive Delhi and check in at Hotel Connaught.
01 DEC : DELHI-GOA (FLIGHT, IT 203, 0950-1355 HRS)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport to board flight for Goa. On arrival in Goa transfer to Dona Sylvia Beach Resort.
As you know we changed the flight to Spice Jet so we could fly direct without going via Mumbai. Good plane new 737/800 and good service.
02-06 DEC : GOA
Days free.
We loved Goa and excellent way to chill out after being on the road. The Dona Sylvia Hotel complex was fine, clean large pool, bungalow type accommodation again clean and functional. The bed and breakfast aspect was fine for us since there are many places to eat outside the complex all reasonably priced. The D/Sylvia was close to the beach (40km long) and the beach shacks are all very good supplying cheap drinks and excellent sea food. Go for the "Shade Shack" run by Rossario - excellent. If you buy the odd drink you don't pay for sun beds. Not many sellers on the beach compared to our bus trip to Paloleum beach in the south. A word to your future clients in Goa - you can hire motor bike/scooters but you must have an International driving licence, otherwise the police hit you with a large fine despite what the hirers tell you. We swam in the sea mainly which was lovely and warm but be careful of the occasional undercurrent, it pays not to go out of one's depth.
07 DEC : GOA-DELHI (IT 206, 1435-1950 HRS)
After breakfast, free. Afternoon, transfer to the airport to board flight for Delhi. Arrive Delhi and have dinner in a restaurant. After dinner, transfer to the international airport to board flight back home in the early hours of 08 Dec.
Thank Shri for picking us up at the domestic airport, we were 60mins late arriving. Thank you for taking us to the "Broadway Restaurant" in Old Delhi what a marvellous place, this really rounded off the holiday. We didn't expect that Indovision would be paying for the meal, thankyou.
All the food we had on this trip was very good, this included the lunch places that Shri took us to during our transits. Yes we felt a bit queasy sometimes but from my experience of world travel "first sign take an Imodium", this worked for us and hopefully anyone who might read this one day. One other thing we hardly saw a mosquito.
We had a fantastic time made possible by Indovision Tours Pvt. Ltd who may now receive a few calls from our friends.
Love to Shri and his family.
We will be back.
Best Regards
Roy & Janet May
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