Travel Review: Luxury Solo Trip to Peru, Machu Picchu, Inca Trail Hike

I would research a little more rather than just leaving everything up to the travel agency.  I basically gave a budget and realized when I was there that I probably could have saved a little more money or done things a little differently.  Also, I had a travel companion that had to cancel and nothing was transferrable to another name and trail tickets could not be repurchased so it meant I had to go alone or else lose my money as well.  I was booked into beautiful 5-star hotels which were great.  

TRAVEL COMPANY COMMENTS:

Thank you for writing a review of your trip to Peru, your feedback is greatly appreciated. Your comments on the trip allow us to understand how we performed for you, and how we can improve and provide better service for future clients. 

It is worth noting that permits for the Inca Trail are purchased with passport numbers and names. Once purchased, permits are non-refundable and non-transferable. These are the rules of the Ministry of Culture here in Peru, which all have to abide by (not ours). This also applies to entrance tickets to Machu Picchu. 

It was unfortunate that you ended up trekking the Inca Trail on your own, but due to some last minute cancellations (included 1 person from your group), this was the only option available. Due to the high demand on the Inca Trail, this is a really quite rare situation and something we haven't seen in the last 10 years of operating the trek. Our trekking partner failed to inform us that you would be trekking alone, and of course should we had known this in advance, we would have informed you too. Our quality team will address this issue with our trekking partner, to ensure that this doesn't happen for future clients. 

Finally, as a local tour operator here in Peru, we work hard each year to negotiate the best rates for hotels and services etc. that we include in our packages. Our strong buying power and long term partnerships ensure that we offer our clients quality packages all at competitive prices. 

Once again we are pleased to hear that overall you had a good time here in Peru. Should you be returning to South America in the future, please don't hesitate to drop us a line.