I booked a three-week long upscale vacation in June for my family of 4 that was split halfway between South India (Kerala) and North India (Dlehi/Agra/Rajasthan). This was our first time to India.Manohar, our contact in organizing the trip and the owner of the company was very responsive, professional, and helpful in crafting the program and providing feedback. We tweaked the program several times before finalizing. The final program was quite detailed (11 pages). The professionalism and responsiveness were the main reasons I ended up choosing Turban Adventures among other companies. Manohar also checked in with us at various points throughout the trip and we also met him on the second to last day.The overall experience was positive. We enjoyed the trip. The hotels were excellent, as was the transportation which was high-end and air-conditioned. The program overall was to our satisfaction.Our guide Sajjan was quite helpful as well. His English language is not as good as his Hindi and Italian, but he was trying to be as helpful as possible. He even covered most of the tips to others and kept a tab which I paid later in addition to his tip. I appreciated this.In terms of feedback, with benefit of hindsight my daughters told me we could have added a few more interactive experiences for the kids like art workshops instead of just visits and sightseeing. This is more a lesson for me when planning future trips. Also, June is not the most ideal season to visit as the weather in both north and south India (except the mountainous areas) is quite hot. We knew this going in though so no surprises there. Lastly, a bit of extra flexibility would have been nice; we do have a set program but departing from it because my wife prefers to do shopping instead of sticking to the program, for example, would have been appreciated. My implicit understanding was that the car and driver was available all day even if we wanted to depart from the set program which was not the case. It wasn’t a big deal; we just took a private car on those few occasions and I now know to specify this explicitly when planning a trip in the future. To be clear, these were not big issues; I’m just trying to be transparent and balanced in this review. We had not been to India previously and the place is beautiful and rich in both nature and culture. We only scratched the surface in this visit but it was still a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable experience. I would recommend Turban Adventures to others considering a planned itinerary trip to India. My advice to others reading this review is to heed Manohar’s suggestions when drafting the program because he knows what he’s talking about!
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