Travel Review: Tour of India, Cochin, Varanasi, Thekaddy, Delhi, Sarnath, Munnar Cycling, Madurai Temple Tours

We would skip the Houseboat trip.  We prefer to be moving - and it's not our usual style to have 3 people catering to just the two of us.  If we were part of a group of 2 or 3 couples we might have thought differently.  But we still prefer to be active as opposed to staying on a boat all day and night.

We would have stayed longer in Thekaddy and done the overnight excursion in the National Park.  We would have skipped the boat cruise as there was no commentary from a guide.  The Spice Plantation visit was a dud as it was actually a high pressure sales pitch to buy their Ayurvedic medicines.  Depending on how you feel about trained domesticated elephants, you might want to skip the elephant riding and washing as well.

We would have by-passed Chennai and spent another day in Varanasi.

We would have liked to have taken the train at least one time also.  Probably would have preferred to take the overnight train from Goa to Cochin instead of flying.  The flights didn't save us much time either as we flew from Goa back to Mumbai, waited there for 3 or 4 hours, and then flew to Cochin.

Travel Company's Comment

Dear Mitchell

Greetings! We thank you for submitting your review on Zicasso. 

We are glad to know that you liked the guides, chauffeurs, hotels and our services during the trip. 

Please note that the Houseboat was included because it is one of the highlights of Kerala. All travel companies would have included that experience. Had you communicated your dislike of staying idle during the trip, we would have not suggested this option. 

During your trip of India, you had asked us to make some last minute changes in New Delhi like adding some third-party tours, extending the check-out time of hotel etc. Our team noted these requirements of yours during the trip and made arrangements accordingly.  Since your travel dates coincided with Holi festival time, it was difficult for the third-party tour company too to arrange the guide for the trip. This may have resulted in some wait time for confirmation and arrangement. But, we finally managed to arrange these tours for you and also extended the check-out time in hotel. All these tours and hotel check-out time extension were confirmed and communicated to you a day in advance.

We gave our 100% and tried to offer the best of the services. We even tried to offer a few services on complimentary basis (like delivers of your bicycle box etc) so as to make your trip memorable. But, it is unfortunate that we did not get a 5 star rating from you.  We shall further work to improve our services and strive to get a 5 star rating in the future. 

Look forward to serving you again during your trip to India.