From: G & R Hardy
To: 'Trans India Holidays(ds)'
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 3:10 AM
Subject: India trip review

G'day Kapil,

Well we touched down at 6.00am yesterday in Sydney back to reality. What an amazing India trip and experience!!!

We managed to see Tigers, and a Leopard too.

Everything was fantastic with no complaints at all. The driver was fantastic and the guides were excellent.

It was special to be in India for the cricket Well the weather at home is cooler but still warm but it is back to work tomorrow.

Please keep in touch

Roberta & Gavin Hardy

From: Margaretcross
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:56 PM
To: Trans India Holidays
Subject: Re: Tiger's Trail Tour for Margaret Cross - India holiday report

Good morning Sandhya,

We are now back in UK after prolonging our "holiday" in India. Unfortunately when we reached Jaipur my husband was taken into hospital with pneumonia. He received very good care in the hospital and is now much recovered but still a little tired.

Up to that point I have to say we had a great time. Our representatives, guides and drivers were excellent and everything went like clockwork. Would we have done anything differently? Yes. Your incredible country is so vast that we made the mistake of trying to do too much in the time we had available; in future we would book fewer venues and give ourselves more time in each, in order to have more free time to wander, look and photograph on our own.

We chose to stay in a variety of hotels and I have to say that the Sharpura House was our least favourite. When Rob went into hospital the Sharpura had no availability to extend my stay and our insurance company moved me to another heritage hotel in Jaipur - the Khandela Haveli. I think you should include this hotel in your list of options for Jaipur. It is in the same area as the Sharpura, has 22 rooms, but the atmosphere was much pleasanter, the food and service much better and the owners ensure a personal touch. I would certainly choose it as the place to stay in Jaipur.

After booking the trip we'd had some doubts about Bandavgarh; we saw a video clip of the jostling and noise from drivers and tourists when close to tiger and having experienced many safaris in Africa where such behaviour is not allowed we weren't sure we would enjoy the experience if we were lucky enough to see tiger. Our tiger sightings were exceptional, three sub adults playing for 20 mins, and the jostling/noise wasn't as bad as on the clip we saw, however, we did find that almost all of the many sightings (bird and animal) were done by our driver, with the National Park Guides often doing very little. This applied in both Badavgarh and Kanha. It seemed pointless in having them with us. (We were also lucky enough to see tiger in Kanha too - without noise and jostling!)

Did we enjoy our holiday, would we come again? YES. Would we book through you? YES.

Thank you to you and all those who made our holiday run so smoothly and made it so enjoyable.

Regards
Margaret

From: Wolfe Sharp
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:24 AM
To: Trans India Holidays-ag
Subject: Greetings from Melbourne-- Our India trip review

Dear Kapil,

Helen and I have now returned home after our trip to India... a memorable experience. I just wanted to thank you for your superb arrangements which provided us with an exceptional tour. All guides, hotel accomodations, tours and transfers went smoothly and professionally. Any slight disappointments were entirely of my own making in not following your recommendations more exactly.

For your own information, the Amarya Garden Hotel (Delhi) is very pleasant and the staff, including the owner, are superb in attempting to look after their guests. The accommodation however is really not up to standard with certain basic needs not adequately catered for, and a restaurant which is very ordinary in quality and very high in price.Similarly, The Punnamada Resort in Kerala is a very nice facility set in a charming setting, but badly needs updating.

Your suggestion of the Leela Kempinski for our last night in Mumbai was simply superb. The ideal spot for that early morning departure that we all dread. All other accommodations were very good. The Trident in Agra and the Old Harbour Hotel in Cochin dederve special mention.... not only for their accommodation but also for their restaurants.

All guides were adequate at worst and outstanding at best. I would particularly like to commend our guides in Jaipur (Asif) and Udaipur (Devendre).

I would have no hesitation in using your services again, and in recommending them to anyone else. Our sincere thanks.

Wolfe Sharp