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Mr Patrick Doherty – USA, 22JAN2010
Thanks again for a really great tour., I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I will be sure to recommend your company's services to my friends and relatives! I also hope to come back to India sometime and maybe go to the south - kerala, etc.
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Prof Ashok Malhotra – State University of New York, Oneonta, USA, 20JAN2010
Linda and I are back in Oneonta and recuperating from the jetlag!
Thanks to your personal care and professional organization, the trip to India was very successful. All the transportation and the hotel stays arranged by you were more than satisfactory. Bravo to your team!
Also I thank you a bundle for proving me with the seven star accommodations, by feeding me my favorite dishes and drinks as well as by taking me to a couple of exotic wedding receptions.
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Mr Jose Toledo Jr – Singapore, 13JAN2010.
Let me take this opportunity to thank you for the Golden Triangle Tour that I had with your company from December 26-31, 2009. I know I must have been a hard customer to please, and you succeeded.
Sure, there have been some glitches. But regardless, I think what counts most is your hands-on commitment to customer service. I said I was interested to watch some kusti matches at Jama Masjid, and when there weren't any, you took the initiative to have me brought to the famous Guru Hanuman Akhara. And that makes up the difference vs. dealing with just the staff of a big tour group. For my constructive criticism, I think the challenge for improvement is to be able to inculcate your level of customer service orientation to your staff and subcontractors. I wish you all the best in that regard, and once again I thank you for the nice tour experience.
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Ms Ameeta Desai, National Secretary General, The Indian Association of The Experiment in International Living, from India.
We take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation & gratitude to you for providing services in an exemplary manner in organizing our All India Meet at Khajuraho from 28th to 30th December, 2009 & optional tour to Orchha on 31st December, 2009.
All your services were praiseworthy, be it hiring of luxury bus, Hotel accommodation, Food, precise instructions, conference room with suitable arrangements for 65 participants for the Meet & Executive Meetings & other minutest services.
Optional tour to Orchha was also very well arranged with excellent Hotel accommodation & enjoyable New Year Celebrations.
It is only your sincerity & love for our organization without any selfish motive which could result in such excellent services appreciated by one & all.
On behalf of the Indian Experiment, all the 65 participants & myself, I place on record our total satisfaction & deep appreciation for the praiseworthy services provided by you and convey our many thanks.
We will definitely look forward to you for future All India Meet & expect your positive response.
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Ms Radhika Wakankar - India, 04JAN2010
"I wanted to thank you for all the arrangements. The trip went very well and we enjoyed it :)
The car, driver, houseboat, guide in Cochin and pick-up / drop time coordinating etc were all to our liking and we enjoyed the holiday because of it" |
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Barry & Wendy Laubsch – Discover India Prog – FF Exch, Adelaide, Australia, 14OCT09
"Wendy and I thought we would like to thank you and Gogi for a special night when you hosted us for dinner. Apart from that we greatly enjoyed the tour you arranged and guided while we were in India. A special thanks must go to Nishant and Poonam too for the effort they put in and the ease with which everything was arranged. The whole trip is one that stands out in our memories as probably the most exciting, though often confronting, one we have ever done. Given this was our 14th overseas experience, that is really saying a lot.
Please accept our thanks for a wonderful experience and the thoroughly professional manner in which you, your family and staff arranged it for us."
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S. Ramsundar, former Financial Controller of Pepsi Foods Ltd, India
"I wanted to place on record my sincere appreciation
and thanks for all the efforts you and your team have put
in to make this workshop a success. It was indeed a marvellous
experience for me and all my colleagues in finance.... it
shows the painstaking attention to detail you have put in."
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Arnie Pozos, Travel Manager of AMD, USA
“…Thank you very much for all
your hard work……to make this event a HUGE SUCCESS!!!
It is greatly appreciated...” |
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Ms Dawn Beck – Discover India Prog – FF Exchange from Sacramento CA, USA, 28MAR08
“Have talked and talked about you and India. It was a great experience for me and hope to go again. Thank you for all the special little treats you shared with us--your daughter's wedding pictures, the slides of the temples, meeting with your friends, the history of the Moguls, and much more.
Hope your dog is doing well as he's part of the family. Think about visiting us. You and your wife would be treated royally in Sacramento.
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Chris Deegan, Regional Director for Asian Programs, Academic Semester Abroad, School for International Studies, USA
“…Airawat Tours once again has
provided excellent service to our study abroad program........
for at least the past ten years I have personally worked with
you……..we have always considered you as one of
our academic partners, filling a very special niche in a complicated
program.........one could not ask for a stronger partner in
the planning and delivery of an academic program providing
an intellectual overview and personal experience of the culture
and history of a region…” |
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Yvonne & Ted Schenk, Participants in Elderhostel Program from USA.
“…sincerely thank you for a truly
memorable time in your country …….. all the ‘extras’
you planned for us were unexpected, festive and fun ……..
tireless in your efforts to assure things run smoothly (no
small task!) and that we were all well and happy…”
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Late Dr. Wayne Smith, Founder President of The Friendship Force Inc. USA
“ You deserve a special word of thanks
for all your efforts in making this Festival such a wonderful
experience ……Your organizational skills are impressive…” |
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Alex Taylor, Team Leader from Rotary Club of Tamworth, Australia
“…all you did for us from planning
to implementation – as a tour operator a very good job
– as a Rotarian outstanding……..Without you
our visit would not have reached the heights it did and all
members of the group will remember you always for your friendship,
helpfulness and outright efficiency...” |
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Claudette
Hutchinson, FIT from Canada
“…to thank you and your wife for
providing me with such a wonderful experience while I was
in India…..so well taken care of that I have become
a true tourism ambassador for your country. I have educated
people on how beautiful and picturesque India is ……..it
should become everyone’s travel destination at least
once in their lifetime!” |
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Dr. Alan Donovan, President - College of Oneonta, State University of New York, USA
".I want to write to thank you again and give you a rave notice for the fine tour you conducted for our group in the first two weeks of January (2001). No wonder Airawat Tours has won the National Tourism Award for Excellence not once but twice-1996-97 and 1999-2000!
There are many things, I know, which go into a good tour; knowledge of the country, in all its aspects; words of advice for visitors; appropriateness of accommodation; and finally, the ability to understand the nature of the tour group, its particular needs and interests. In all of these your work was superb.
In sum, I would enthusiastically and without reservation recommend you and Airawat Tours to anyone who wants the kind of splendid visit to India I had.
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