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Experience Travel Group by Lone Traveller , 29 Apr 2023
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A magical journey of learning and making connections.

A trip to Nepal and Bhutan , combining a variety of experiences, including a botanical detour , especially arranged.

A trip to Nepal and Bhutan , combining a variety of experiences, including a botanical detour , especially arranged.

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Experience Travel Group - a company which arranges bespoke travel , and does it brilliantly.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 02 May 2023:

Hello Susan, I am delighted you had such a magical journey, and the botanical detour for your brother was a success. I'm already looking forward to arranging your next bespoke travels.
From Sara and all at ETG

Thailand Family Experience by Mandy, 19 Apr 2023
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Unspoilt Thailand.

4 nights in Bangkok in the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel. 2 nights living in the jungle treking and spending a wonderful day at Kho Sok Lake 8 nights on Koh Yao Noi - a small, undeveloped beautiful island where you can explore riding motorbikes safely along quiet roads - reminiscent of Samui and Phuket back in the early 1990s.

4 nights in Bangkok in the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel. 2 nights living in the jungle treking and spending a wonderful day at Kho Sok Lake 8 nights on Koh Yao Noi - a small, undeveloped beautiful island where you can explore riding motorbikes safely along quiet roads - reminiscent of Samui and Phuket back in the early 1990s.

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Excellent service. The staff we spoke to were knowledgable, very patient and incredibly flexible, listening to what we wanted and delivering accordingly. We had an amazing time consequentially.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 20 Apr 2023:

Hi Amanda

Thank you for your feedback, I am so pleased that you had such a good holiday. As it was the place I started my honeymoon, Koyao Island Resort will always have a special place in my heart, while it is great to hear the jungle adventure went well.

I will look forward to planning your next adventure.

Best wishes

Nick & Team ETG

Experience Travel Group by JB, 18 Apr 2023
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A Family Adventure with Experiences on the way

We travelled with The Experience Travel Group to Sri Lanka - W e were there for 2 weeks and travelled to the cultural triangle then down through the tea country to the national park and then finishing on the beach on the south coast.

We travelled with The Experience Travel Group to Sri Lanka - W e were there for 2 weeks and travelled to the cultural triangle then down through the tea country to the national park and then finishing on the beach on the south coast.

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Experience were so helpful having originally planned the holiday pre covid we were met with a 3 year delay but they were brilliant at revising the itinerary - keeping the prices as close to the original quote as possible and listening to our wants and needs. They lived up to the Experience name with lots of amazing adventures added to the itinerary making sure we really go to the heart of the country and saw all it had to offer.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 02 May 2023:

I am delighted you and your family enjoyed all the adventures and experienced all that Sri Lanka has to offer, especially after such a patient wait of 3 years!
Sara and the ETG Team

Sri Lankan Family Adventure by AliB, 15 Apr 2023
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Awesome from the first conversation with ETG to saying goodbye to our guide

A mum and 17 year old son holidaying together isn’t always easy. ETG built a great itinerary and sent the best guide we could have wished for

A mum and 17 year old son holidaying together isn’t always easy. ETG built a great itinerary and sent the best guide we could have wished for

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ETG. The absolute best

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 18 Apr 2023:

Hey Ali

Thanks ever so much for your lovely review.

I'm so so pleased that you and Brady had such a lovely time travelling around Sri Lanka (and that Sudarshan looked after you so well!)

Best wishes
Holly

Experience Travel Group by Maggatha, 2 Apr 2023
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India in all its glory.

A new experience - different culture, lovely people, wonderful sights. We were never bored and ETG had featured in time to rest also. We will return to this amazing country.

A new experience - different culture, lovely people, wonderful sights. We were never bored and ETG had featured in time to rest also. We will return to this amazing country.

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ETG were excellent from the start ascertaining what our needs were and how we liked to spend our holidays. They then tailor made a wonderful trip for us which did not disappoint at all. They were there when we had a problem which was solved immediately to our satisfaction. we would use them again.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 21 Apr 2023:

I am delighted you fell in love with India and enjoyed the pace and experiences we suggested! We look forward to organising your next travels there!
Sara & the ETG Team

Experience Travel Group by Zola, 31 Mar 2023
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Fabulous Stress free Sri Lankan Holiday

I cannot praise ETG more highly for a fabulous 2 week trip to Sri Lanka. The organisation in Sri Lanka was seamless, we were incredibly well looked after by on the ground ETG staff and our chauffeur/driver was excellent, knowledgeable, informative and helpful. We got a real feel for the country, every hotel we stayed in gave us a truly memorable stay, the hotels also praised ETG very highly. Train ride, tea plantations, birdwatching, relaxing ...

I cannot praise ETG more highly for a fabulous 2 week trip to Sri Lanka. The organisation in Sri Lanka was seamless, we were incredibly well looked after by on the ground ETG staff and our chauffeur/driver was excellent, knowledgeable, informative and helpful. We got a real feel for the country, every hotel we stayed in gave us a truly memorable stay, the hotels also praised ETG very highly. Train ride, tea plantations, birdwatching, relaxing on coast, elephants...so many experiences but all at a perfect pace.

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From the moment we contacted ETG they listened to what we wanted to do and guided us in the planning, their best advice was to not to cram in too much in the two weeks and to stay 3 nights in each place , they were so right. The excursions we took at each stop off worked seamlessly. ETG staff on the ground in Sri Lanka must also be highly praised for their efficiency and thoughtfulness

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 01 Apr 2023:

Wow! So pleased to get such warm and wonderful feedback. We do think that three nights at most locations is important to give you breathing space to have your own experience of the country.
Thank you for your kind comments about our staff on the ground too - we will be sure to pass them on.

We looking forward to planning another trip in the future. Please do recommend us.
All the best,

Team ETG

Experience Travel Group by Nearly didn’t make it , 27 Mar 2023
Holiday Rating:

Cambodia & Vietnam excellent

Really well organised by Holly, did everything she could to make the trip one of a lifetime

Really well organised by Holly, did everything she could to make the trip one of a lifetime

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Very helpful & her customer service skills were exceptional

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 03 Apr 2023:

Hi Bob

Thanks so much for your lovely review - I'm so pleased we were able to get you back to this part of the world again!

Best
Holly

Experience Travel Group by Susan , 26 Mar 2023
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Wonderful trip to Sri Lanka

A private guided tour around the main sites in Sri Lanka. We visited Colombo, the Cultural Triangle, Kandy, the Hill Country, Yala National Park and Galle. There are too many highlights to mention here but these stand out: seeing 3 leopards in Yala National Park, climbing Sigiriya, being taken by tuktuk to lunch in a rural farm, the train ride in the Hill Country, seeing wild elephants crossing the road in front of us and all those wild peacocks ...

A private guided tour around the main sites in Sri Lanka. We visited Colombo, the Cultural Triangle, Kandy, the Hill Country, Yala National Park and Galle. There are too many highlights to mention here but these stand out: seeing 3 leopards in Yala National Park, climbing Sigiriya, being taken by tuktuk to lunch in a rural farm, the train ride in the Hill Country, seeing wild elephants crossing the road in front of us and all those wild peacocks everywhere.

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Experience Travel Group are absolutely excellent. They discuss the itinerary with clients and are very helpful. We were first supposed to be taking this holiday in March 2019 but it was postponed four times because of bombs, covid, riots etc. ETG were extremely patient over this and happily re-arranged the trip for us. We were so glad we finally got there and had such a well-organised and interesting trip. Very many thanks to them

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 27 Mar 2023:

Hi Susan & Martin

I am so pleased you were able to finally get away on this holiday - it was a long time coming..! Delighted it was worth the wait, it sounds like you had a fabulous time.
Looking forward to helping you plan your next trip - hopefully you won't have to wait so long this time..!

Holly & the ETG team

Experience Travel Group by StephenJ, 22 Mar 2023
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A stunning three week tour of Sri Lanka

We have been wanting to visit Sri Lanka for a longtime and approached Experience Travel who put together a stunning tour for us having taken to time to fully understand what we were seeking to achieve. We fully explored the country, learned an awful lot and had fabulous experiences everyday. This to one of the best holidays we have ever had

We have been wanting to visit Sri Lanka for a longtime and approached Experience Travel who put together a stunning tour for us having taken to time to fully understand what we were seeking to achieve. We fully explored the country, learned an awful lot and had fabulous experiences everyday. This to one of the best holidays we have ever had

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Professional and took the time to really get to know us and what we were seeking to achieve. They delivered in spades!

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 20 Apr 2023:

Dear Stephen, thank you for your wonderful review - it was such a pleasure working together.

I look forward to planning round 2!

Lola

Cambodia and Vietnam Classic by AJF, 13 Mar 2023
Holiday Rating:

Fabulous

Travelled to Cambodia and Vietnam with ETG.

Travelled to Cambodia and Vietnam with ETG.

Rating for tour operator:

ETG were very good specifically Chione our travel advisor who was very helpful, informative and listened to what we wanted to experience while were on our holiday.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 18 Apr 2023:

Hi Andy,

Thank you for your review, I'm so pleased that you had a good holiday. Looking forward to helping you on your next adventure!

Thanks,

Chione