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Original Message ---------------------------------------------------------
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
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 |
