Our guide in Dubai was OKAY. We didn't do any of the optionally available tours, but he was good enough. The information in India was actually nice! His tales were enjoyable and I felt like we learned loads about the culture and historical past of India. My only warning right here is to be careful of shopping at the places he takes you. I've heard (not confirmed) that the guides obtain a fee (upwards of forty%) from the retailers if his tour group makes any purchases. The prices have been additionally extraordinarily high. I made an expensive buy and regretted it after doing a little procuring around city and realizing that I paid an excessive amount of (completely my fault, but something to watch out for).
I bought a Living Social for a Kenya trip. I am an avid and experienced traveller who often shuns group excursions. Nevertheless, one would not just pop right into a game reserve. :0) So due to the need to have an organized technique to get safaris, I booked. The value alone was well price it because it coated airfare, safaris, accommodations, transfers, etc. Our guides (from Classic Africa) were amazing. So knowledgeable, so pleasant, and we had a blast with them. The inns we stayed at have been wonderful. The Sopa lodge at Lake Navaisha was absolutely attractive. The facilities in Maasai Mara have been also lovely. The food at this lodge was 'eh' and seemed to cater to the massive Indian inhabitants. However that has nothing to do with Pleasant Planet. I also altered my itinerary in order that I could keep longer alone and the assistance I received was prompt and helpful. I would extremely suggest this company.
On our trip, FP organized all the pre-journey particulars (flights, passports, itinerary, inns) and contracted out to a special company (exotissimo travel) for the tour information and transportation providers. Our tour was offered-out and ended up with 26 people. Our information, Noi, was perfect. Group travel may be onerous but she managed to maintain everybody comfortable, entertained and effectively fed.
The tour was properly organized and our guide was very patient, useful and educated. Groups and excursions are usually not our factor as we're very impartial travelers, however since we had been taking the boys (and since it is India), we felt the assist of the tour would be helpful. Should we decide to visit one other country the place support is useful (eg South Africa or Egypt), we would use FP, and Ruthie in particular, again.
