Traveller's Comments
From: "Corinne Vail" <corinne_vail@hotmail.com>
To: <shweta@compasstours.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:34 AM
Subject: For your advertising from Corinne and friends
Dear Shweta,
Compass Tours made our trip to India the best that it could be. Out of the six of us that were traveling, none of us had previously visited your country and Compass took care of us from the moment we arrived until we left. It gave us a special look into the caring personality of the Indian people.
Before we even left on the trip, we felt great. Shweta, you worked with us everyday until we narrowed down a perfect itinerary. We loved being able to have a say on what type of accommodations we would be in as well as what type of vehicle we'd be transported in. It worked very well.
The guides that you contracted with in Bikaner, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur were some of the best I've ever met. Not only were they hospitable and knowledgeable about their areas, but they took it one step further and invited us to view some of the culture first hand. In Bikaner, Bihwanas invited us to his house for dinner and we met his family. In Jaisalmer, we were also invited to Jintendra's mother's house for tea, and in Jodhpur, the guide took us to a friend's wedding. On top of that, each guide was so open about their lives, which are completely different than our American lives. They talked to us about their religion, their caste, their marriages, and much, much more.
I recommend that anyone who visits India should use Compass to arrange their trip. The best thing about it is, that I as the customer, made all the decisions, and Compass did all the hard work!
Thank you so much for such a rich and rewarding experience! I cannot wait until I have the opportunity to go to India again!
Corinne Vail
United States of America
corinne_vail@hotmail.com
United States of America
corinne_vail@hotmail.com
From: <yurimat@tin.it>
To: <shweta@compasstours.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: hallo!!!
Hi Shweta!!!
How are you?
This is our feedback, for our holidays in India. Excuse me the delay but at our return in Italy we have started to work and we have also assault by our friends for narrate our incredible tour...i have take 750 digital photos and 4 slide films...!!!
However nothing was negative. Your Agency was serious and especially always present.
Ok...
now the long list of better thing! 1st - naturally - the India---his color, his rumor, his flavors, and the simplicity of the people stay forever in my heart.
Then: Kumar, our driver (and our friend), was for us many precious. Always present, always on time, kind and sympathy! Say he good-bye for us!!!
We want also salute all our friends in your Agency. And we want to tank you for the beautiful tour!
I hope to return in India soon...I enclose at this mail 4 my photos take in this incredible tour! I hope we meet again soon...Shweta
Thanks still for all and a friendly greeting!!!
Yuri & friends - Italy
yurimat@tin.it
yurimat@tin.it
From: "Susanna Esplund" <susanna.esplund@sodergarden.se>
To: "shweta" <shweta@compasstours.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:09 PM
Subject: Susanna home from India.
Hi Shweta!
Now I'm home in old cold Sweden again with nothing but sweet memories of India.
I really want to thank you for everything; you have done a terrific job with our trip! We are so great-ful and happy with the service that you and Compass India have given us. Everything has gone just smoothly and everyone has been so sweet to us. We just had a few thoughts as you might have seen in our feedback, but all in all we are SO VERY HAPPY with our trip.
We will definitely use your company next time we are going to India (we already want to go back) and furthermore recommend Compass India to everybody we know.
Once again:THANK YOU!
Love from
Susanna Esplund - Sweden
susanna_esplund@hotmail.com
susanna_esplund@hotmail.com
From: "Rob and Shannon" <robnshannon@cox.net>
To: "Shweta" <shweta@compasstours.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:10 AM
Subject: Thank you from Karen & Shannon.
Shweta - Karen and I returned home on Monday and wanted to send you and your team a "thank you" for the fantastic trip! Your country is beautiful and offers an abundance of culture, spirituality, history and adventure. From someone that has traveled to Europe, Asia and South America, it is by far the most fascinating country I have yet to visit. From the perspective of two westerners, it is so clear to us that we only started to scratch the surface of your country and have so much more to learn.
Regarding the trip logistics, the accommodations, transportation and guides were exceptionally prepared and well thought out by Compass. They exceeded our expectations. Everyone was incredibly friendly, helpful and mindful of our trip. Karen and I have traveled extensively on our own in various countries and were not accustomed to the attention, care and safety provided by your team. We are very independent travelers that usually throw on a back pack and figure the trip logistics out on our own. Having a trip planned for us was a very different (and pleasant!) experience. As a matter of fact, we are so used to taking care of ourselves that Karen and I felt badly that Naka had to escort us to the airport so late in the evening on our departure date (12:50 am flight). That is normally something we would just take care of on our own.
We will definitely recommend your company and services to our friends. Currently, I am trying to convince my husband to visit your country this year. I would love for him to experience the sites and culture as Karen and I did.
Please send a special thank you to Anand. He navigated us through the whole trip safely from start to finish and did an outstanding job. He made the trip a wonderful experience for Karen and I. I especially appreciated the Hindi lessons and will be continuing with the language lessons here at home. Should my husband make the trip this year to India, we will be requesting Anand's services again.
Shweta, I am sorry we were not able to stop in on the last day to see you. There were some more sights in Delhi that Karen and I wanted to see and we kept Anand quite busy well into the evening getting us to them. I suspect we will be back soon and at that time we will come by to give you a hug and say "thank you" in person.
Sincerely,
Shannon USA
robnshannon@cox.net
robnshannon@cox.net
From: "PW Mathieson, Medicine" <P.Mathieson@bristol.ac.uk>
To: "shweta" <shweta@compasstours.com>
Cc: <p.mathieson@bristol.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: Thanks
Shweta
This message is just to express sincere thanks and appreciation from my wife and myself for the successful arrangements made by Compass India for our recent tour of India. Everything went very well: the Compass representatives were all punctual, professional and efficient; guides & drivers were all good, some were excellent. I will certainly recommend Compass India to friends and colleagues and I am very grateful for all the hard work by yourself and your colleagues to ensure that our tour was thoroughly enjoyable.
With best regards,
Peter Mathieson
PW Mathieson, Medicine (UK)
P.Mathieson@bristol.ac.uk
PW Mathieson, Medicine (UK)
P.Mathieson@bristol.ac.uk
From: Patricia & Tom Whitley (tritom@epix.net)
To: shweta
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: India
Hi Shweta!!!
My trip to India was absolutely WONDERFUL to say the least!!! My requested iternary was followed through to the exact. My hotels and meals were beyond expectations. I especially loved the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the Hindu temples in Madurai. My drivers were absolutely the best and the guides were the greatest as they all wrote down everything for me because I had a problem understanding the English accents due to my hearing handicap. Not one of them had a problem writing the info down. As a matter of fact, several of them wrote the info down the night before and then I could read it before the tour. They were SUPER!!!
I will highly recommend Compass Tours to anyone and you certainly may use my name as a reference.
Thank you so much, Shweta, for your time and patience on planning my wonderful, unforgettable trip to India.
Tricia Whitley (USA)
Tricia Whitley (USA)
tritom@epix.net
tritom@epix.net
From: <elisenda@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Shweta" <shweta@compasstours.com>; <durjay@compasstours.com>
Cc: <carles@blueyonder.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:17 PM
Subject: Feedback on India tour- Elisenda
Hello Shweta & Durjay,
We are now back to the UK after a very nice time in India. We would like to thank you and your team for the organisation, and we also thought it would be a good idea to give you some feedback on guides, hotels, sightseeing.
Delhi Fantastic monuments,...too short...! I would have liked to see more of old Delhi. The guide was informative and quite friendly, he took us to a carpet shop where we stayed for quite a while (finally we purchased one!). I think that we could have spent the time walking in the old town instead! The Imperial hotel is great we had a great time, and also enjoyed dinner.
Udaipur The flight was good. The arrival was as good as in Delhi. The guide was the best we had. He explained in great detail all the monuments and places we visited, and also gave us lots of information about the Indian culture and history that we much appreciated. The sightseeing was great. We had dinner at the Lake palace hotel. The dinner was overpriced and not special at all, apart from the views! Our hotel:
udaivilas was also a fantastic experience. Staffs were very friendly and even gave us advice on the prices to pay for some textiles. Dinner at Udaivilas was great.
Jaipur We were extremely lucky to have Mansing as a driver!! He is the best, always smiling and helpful. The journey was long and quite tedious, but we arrived safely, and had a relaxed evening instead of doing the visit to the temple. The day after we went to see the Amber fort, this was nice. The hotel was fine, food also enjoyable Agra The journey was again quite tedious, but we also managed pretty good with the help of Mansingh!. Our guide was very acknowledgeable. He explained all the history in great detail. We visited a very interesting marble shop, where we purchased a tray. The hotel was good, with beautiful views to the Taj. We had the best music entertainment!
Overall I think that if I had to do the trip again with you.
Hope it helps, and thank you very much, we had an incredible time!
Best regards,
Elisenda & Carles - UK
elisenda@blueyonder.co.uk
elisenda@blueyonder.co.uk
From: YHOFF@aol.com
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:31:17 -0500
Subject: RE: OUR TRIP
To: shweta_compasstours@hotmail.com
Hi Shweta,
Congratulations! We hope you have a very happy, healthy long life together. We were sorry to have missed you but your colleagues were very efficient, too. Our trip turned out very well and we thank you for a marvelous job. The trip was great and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend your company.
Take care,
Yetta Hoffman (Canadian)
YHOFF@aol.com
YHOFF@aol.com
From: "Sadik Kassam" <skassam@rogers.com>
To: "Shweta" <shweta@compasstours.com>; "Shweta Seth"
<shweta_compasstours@hotmail.com>;<compassindia@now india.net.in>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:03 AM
Subject: Our Recent Tour
Hello Shweta and Durjay,
We have now returned to Canada after our 40 day tour of India arranged by you.
I must stay that you and your staff did a wonderful job in arranging our tour.
We had the most wonderful time and everything was very well organized. The hotels were very suitable and met our expectations.
The cars and the drivers were wonderful, cooperative and very helpful. At all the locations, train stations and airports we were greeted and met by your representatives who made our tasks very easy and comfortable, no hassles.
The guides were very knowledgeable and helpful as well. I would specially like to commend Gautum Popat in Ahmedabad.
Overall, a very memorable, wonderful, wonderful tour for us, an experience of a lifetime.
My wife joins me in thanking you, your colleagues and your company for making our tour so pleasurable and comfortable.
We wish you the very best in your future endeavors, keep up the superb service.
With best regards and many thanks,
Yetta Hoffman (Canadian)
skassam@rogers.com
skassam@rogers.com
From: "doc2ros" <doc2ros@onebp.net>
To: "Compass Tours" <info@compasstoursandtravels.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: Guest feedback
Dear Mr. Sengupta / Ms. Shweta,
I have just noticed a Guest Feedback Form among my trip papers.
Your organization of our trip was impeccable. We saw everything we planned to see and had a lot of fun doing it despite somewhat going over our budget. This was my second visit to India, with the first one to the south part of the country in 1991. Our trip to Rajasthan this year was so superior in avoiding travelers' wear-and-tear that I wouldn't even consider further India excursions without prior contacting Compass India Inc. I have highly recommended your organization to all my friends and colleagues.
I will be happy to complete any feedback questionnaire. Please place it in the body of your email as my computer refuses to open any attachments.
Warm regards,
Mark Ros - USA
doc2ros@onebp.net
doc2ros@onebp.net



