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Paid for side trip to varanasi and it turned out we spent half there than expected due to flights chosen, left late evening instead of after lunch. Left for dehli at 8am, and then we spent 8 to 10 hours at international airport waiting for flights back to Australia. Some of hotels needed refit, and I would no longer consider 4 star. Bus transport was not very comfortable old, rattled, …
Bus used was old, bad suspension rattled, and had old style windows. So not o lying uncomfortable after sitting for 2 hours which happened most days but hard to take good pictures. Varanasi extension turned out to be 1 day and 2 nights instead of 3 days and 2 nights. We arrived at 11pm and left at 8am, but original itinerary suggested to everyone that we were leaving directly after …
It was my first trip to India and with Encounters. I was told I might be charged single supplement but not until after I booked, I was charged 55% more than the price they listed which I think it's not reasonable. The pace of the tour was very slow, we went back to the hotel early or mid afternoon (if we had lunch before going back) almost every day with …