Travelers' reviews about India

There weren’t worst parts, however in hindsight the distances between places are quite long which means a lot of time spent in the car. Also packing and unpacking frequently isa bit tiring at times. The breakfast in many hotels could be improved, particularly things like breads and toast needs improvement, as well as the offer of yogurts. Also the coffee in most places wasn't very nice and not to western standards, though I understand India doesn’t have a tradition on coffee. The tax on luxury resorts on food and alcohol is too high and makes the cost of these items very expensive for foreigners too high. Entry fees to museums for foreigners is also too high. The government of each state should think about this carefully as westerners will otherwise choose other destinations.

The ************** hotel was the worst stay as unfortunately for the hotel and its staff, the ******************** were pile-driving a new quay directly in front of the hotel which meant the view was obscured and the noise incessant from dawn till well past dusk. The works are scheduled for several more months and were started last autumn so the tour company should have been aware of that. The restaurant provided excellent food but was empty except for us because of the noise. Our suite was at the back so did not suffer too much from the quay work - instead the building works and street noise were just as bad. The food in the*************** at Munnar was very poor and the buffet dishes were all cold or luke warm despite our eating in the restaurant first thing in the evening. The tour of the tea plantation and factory was unsatisfactory, it was more of a hike and not well organised but at least ************** accepted our complaint and resolved it satisfactorily immediately. The country roads are poor, which was to be expected, but our driver was caring and considerate and his vehicle was very comfortable so we had no cause to complain. The visit to the Spice Plantation at Thekkady was a waste of time as we had already done a far better one at Mr Tomy and was more about buying spices than seeing them being grown, and the planation's guide's English was poor and his knowledge was limited.

The fog and the coldest winter of the century. Unsurprisingly, many hotels are not prepared for such temperatures.

The /***********support only broke down once, in Ranthambore, but luckily the driver's own initiative recovered the situation.

We were a bit disappointed with the backwaters house boat tour. The boat was fitted to a high spec (air conditioned deck) which distracted from the experience (we weren't out in the open). The boat only did a very quick trip and we stayed where we left. We were aware of a wide range of possibilities of tours and boats and perhaps we could have been consulted to a greater degree at the time of organisation.

1. Elephant Ride in Jaipur was ruined by the hawkers attempting to sell cheap trinkets. From the moment one got out of the car at the car park one was surrounded by groups of them and their constant efforts to sell did not stop even when on top of the elephant travelling around the paths. Hawkers would still follow the person on the elephant shouting out prices and continually attempting to pressure a sale. As it is a private site with security on the gate why do the management of the site allow this activity? I believe that you must use a different site for providing guests with elephant rides. 2. The hotel in Udaipur has a significant problem with its hot water heating system. We only had hot water in our room on one occasion in 3 days, even after raising the issue on a number of occasions with reception.

Nothing really. Except the plastic rubbish that finds its way onto the hills

As I said the organisation of our trip was POOR! Firstly we were driven to Rathambore which we knew was an 8 he trip - they sent a taxi but it was too small and two of had to take it in turns to sit in a child’s seat ( the men couldn’t get their legs in) we are in our 60’s & 70’s this was not enjoyable. They did send a mini bus to take us back to Delhi which took 10 hrs- we arrived at Claridges - tired. The hotel said that they hadn’t got a booking for us - anyway after about an hour they found us a room, we had to get up at 3 am as we had an early 6am flight to Cochin - the taxi didn’t turn up, so Claridges helped us get one. We had our time in Kerela then went back to Cochin airport only to be told our flight had been cancelled 3 weeks before and we would have a 5 hour delay and it was not a direct flight- it took us 10 hrs to get to Delhi and we missed our aftennoon tour The agency said : that they had booked our hotel rooms and it was the hotels fault, that the taxi was at the hotel- that they knew nothing about the flights They did pay for a meal the last night and they are going to refund us for the taxi to the airport but we would much rather have had a smooth trip.

Everything was superb with no complaints

During the whole tour and we were taken by the guides into 2 shops - a carpet and Rug shop and a jewellery shop and the people inside tried to sell us their goods. Felt a little pressurised but as there were 6 in our group, it wasn't too unpleasant.

Too many visit to monuments in one day. And most of the entrance fee are overcharged.

Not much to say here. The schedule was tough, butnit was my choice, and the agents did a good job of talking me down from even more activites.

Los pocos malos momentos que pasamos, no se debieron a Evaneos. Fueron casos aislados con Jet Airways por ejemplo o con maltratos en los aeropuertos por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad. La comida que es exquisita, después de unos días nuestro estomago no la pudo tolerar.

Nothing literally NOTHING

Nothing of any particular concern.