Commendations
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My neice and I spent a little more than two weeks using the services
of Castle and King--and they delivered EVERYTHING they promised and
MORE. Their contacts in each city were personable and professional.
We had a car (relatively new and well maintained) and driver (who was
with us for essentially the whole trip--very friendly and helpful, but
spoke little English) and a different guide in each city (each of whom
was very knowledgeable and fluent in English). We were met at airports
and hotels, by company representatives, precisely as arranged--even
when our train was delayed for six hours until 3:00 in the morning,
our driver was right there at the platform. At trains, the guide would
not leave us until the train had arrived. The hotels were as stated
per contract or upgraded. The local agents were all very flexible with
making last minute additions to our itinerary. (We "added"
a guide for a night visit to the Ganges in Varanasi and on the last
day my neice needed a guide for shopping in Jaipur.--I would recommend
a guide any time you venture more than a block or two from your hotel--not
so much for safety, but India can be quite chaotic.) I would not hesitate
to utilize their services again. Arvind did a great job!
Tour Feedback:
For Barbara Wright and Kayla Mattes
1245 Crestview Seal Beach, California 90740 USA
Hotel Arrangements:
Jaipur, Agra, Khajuraho and Kathmandu were excellent. We especially
loved the Dwaraka in Nepal.
Guide's Services:
Jaipur: Ist day: Dev was an excellent caring guide.
Agra: Jitin Vohra was a terrific guide. He really wanted to make
our stay perfect. He even searched for a place that could fix our broken
camera lens and got it repaired before we had to leave. We'd highly
recommend him. He took us where we wanted to go. Ishmel, the guide at
Fatehpur Sikri, also was excellent. He told us so much on the ride to
Agra about the countryside.
Khajuraho: Surendra Gupta made so many interesting arrangements
for us which were not part of the original tour. We took a 1/2 day safari
in the Panna Nat. Park, went to the Sound and Light Show and the Folk
Dance Show. Went to a spa for a massage and visited a village when we
told him that we wanted to see how people really lived. Terrific young
man and we are still emailing
Varanasi: Chanchal Maurya protected us from the crowds of Varanasi
and showed us much of the alley living. Excellent guide
Kathmandu: Excellent guide. Gave us time to shop but still filled our
days with history.
Transport and Driver's Services: All drivers were excellent.
We especially liked our driver who took us from Delhi to Jaipur and
the driver that we had on the last day in Delhi. He was more helpful
that the guide. The driver from Varanasi to the border was very good
too. He stayed with us until our delayed flight left the airport in
Nepal for Kathmandu.
Barbara Wright
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