Indian Getaway

Customer Reviews

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  Timothy

  · November 4th, 2024
  Our perfect guide, Reetica , saw us through the immense hustle and bustle of the Golden Triangle with professionalism and a calm manner . We put complete trust in her judgement and saw such wonderful things . The tour was full and my only observation / suggestion would be that the whole thing could have ended in Jaipur … everyone could have done their own thing from there on. Reetica couldn’t have done more to help . She gave 100%+ to ensure our safety and enjoyment . Good organisation from home communication to the close of the tour .
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  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Thank you for taking the time to post a review. Its great to know the Reetica was the perfect Tour Leader. That she gave it 100% to ensure your safety and enjoyment and that you saw so many wonderful things. We have noted your suggestion and passed this... Show more
  Trip date: October 2024
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  Steven

  · July 17th, 2023
  Very informative,a bit of a challenge ,had a great time.
  

  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Thank you for your review Steven - We're delighted to hear that, while at times a bit of a challenge, you found your Indian Getaway trip to be very informative and overall had a great time! We hope to welcome you on another Intrepid trip soon.
  Trip date: July 2023
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  Charles

  · June 11th, 2023
  Fantastic tour with an excellent guide, highly recommended.
  Trip date: May 2023
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  Wolfgang

  · October 19th, 2022
  our tuor guide A Jay Shing was the best we had and we have been traveling the world
  

  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Hi Wolfgang - Thank you for sharing such amazing feedback regarding your leader Ajay and the incredible work he does. We certainly agree that he is a wonderful leader :)
  Trip date: October 2022
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  Gladys

  · March 6th, 2020
  Overall, we enjoyed our tour of India. The culture there is so different than any other place we have travelled, leaving even seasoned travelers a bit shell shocked. Highlights were the Taj, never expected to be so impressed with it as we have seen a lot of architectural wonders in our travels, and the night spent in the village of Tordi Garh. Downside, some of the hotels were not too clean, especially in Varanasi. That hotel was foul. We did book a basic trip, and were expecting some rougher travel, but not that bad. Also, the night trains were a bit of a trial. It would have been nice to be able to upgrade to better berths. And finally, out of 7 people, 5 got sick. That includes our guide!
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  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Thanks for your feedback Gladys. We will look into the hotels for you as our basix trips are meant to be 'no frills' but not a negative experience.
  Trip date: February 2020
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  Noe

  · January 18th, 2020
  Exellent..! Guide was knowledgable and really good hotels
  

  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Thanks so much, Rocha. We're so glad you had a great trip.
  Trip date: January 2020
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  Melanie

  · January 5th, 2020
  This trip was challenging. The overall itinerary and the cities we visited were good but I have many points of feedback: - Most important: rooms in winter should have basic necessities like heating and hot water. - People who book the basic tour should NOT have to participate in what were listed as “optional” activities. Many sales pitches happened on this tour and no one was interested. Would have preferred to spend more time at the sites and having free time to see additional things. - Tour guide should have discretion with the itinerary when scheduling issues happen (we spent 19 hours on a train). We all wanted to see the Red Fort in Agra but didn’t have time because of the train delays. Then we were rushed through the Amber Fort only to sit through a jewelry sales pitch?? This was very frustrating. - People who book the basic tour do so expecting to have free time to explore and recommendations for what to see. Very little of both happened. Many of us booked outside day tours because the tour was missing basic details of the cities and major sites. - Related, I would have preferred the tour guide giving details about the history, background, and social issues of each place we visited. I am used to this from other tours. Perhaps there should be one person responsible for tour logistics and one person actually guiding the tour. Our tour guide spent a lot of time on logistics because of traveling challenges. - Local tour guides at the major sites were lacking. I had much better tour guides when I booked through TripAdvisor, which I did 3 times on this trip. - We weren’t given the daily itinerary each day so that we could plan what to participate in as far at the “optional” activities. All of the activities seemed to be mandatory. That was not how it was described in the tour description. Overall I would not recommend this tour or participate again on an Intrepid tour. I’ve been on several long tours through Mexico, South America, Southeast Asia, Iceland, Israel etc. I am used to the unpredictability of travel and not always being comfortable, but this tour seemed unnecessarily so. For all the reasons I mentioned above it was uncomfortable, confusing, and overall disappointing.
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  Intrepid Travel commented on this review

  Hi Melanie, We appreciate your feedback and sorry to hear your trip was not as expected. So we can look into this further can you please email our team customerrelations@intrepidtravel.com.
  Trip date: December 2019
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  Francisco J

  · November 29th, 2019
  Amazing adventure, our tour leader was great.
  Trip date: November 2019
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  Kate

  · November 23rd, 2019
  Maddy the guide was excellent. The trip was great, although could have done with a day less in Varanasi and a day extra in Agra, but all in all would highly recommend it. It's full on - if it's your first time in India (or even if not!) prepare to be tired, dirty, but blown away and amazing at the same time.
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  Trip date: November 2019
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  Wendy

  · November 19th, 2019
  Great tour of North India, enjoyed all the experiences even the train journey’s We had an excellent guide and I enjoyed being art of a team.
  Trip date: November 2019