Experience Travel Group Traveller Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable 13 night trip around the cultural triangle in Sri Lanka with a few days unwinding at the Adaaran Resort Rannali in the Maldives. Very well balanced blend of luxury and boutique style hotels and villas with very friendly staff. The driver/guide was excellent - knowledgeable, good English and a safe driver.

From booking, everything worked smoothly and was taken care of by professional staff who knew the destinations. The quality and presentation of the documentation was excellent

We had a wonderful two and a half weeks in Sri Lanka visiting Colombo, Kandy, The Hill Country, Uda Walawe and the south coast near Galle. We were looked after so well everywhere we stayed , the staff were friendly and the food fantastic. We enjoyed all our excursions and guided tours and our driver Iresh, who was with us for nine days, went out of his way to help and advise us. Thushni the Experience travel rep in Sri Lanka was efficient and helpful too on the few occasions we contacted her Our favourite hotel was Horathapola Estate, a Coconut plantation near Colombo - perfect in every way as a starting point and we would have happily stayed there longer. We ended our stay at the luxurious Why House near Galle and were grateful for five days relaxation in such lovely surroundings.

Our Experience Travel advisor was Becky Grainger and her help and advice at every stage of the planning and booking was excellent and particularly thoughtful. The itinerary was perfect for us, with good spacing between our stays and we especially relished the last five or six days of being 'at leisure'. Overall our holiday in Sri Lanka was all we had hoped it would be and we would recommend Experience Travel Group without any hesitation.

We had an amazing honeymoon in Sri Lanka. We managed to spend a couple of days in the cultural triangle, a couple of days in tea country and a few days on the south coast so felt we really got a flavour of the country however feel there's so much more to see. The people are so friendly and happy to share their culture with tourists. The food was delicious - we now need to seek out all the Sri Lankan restaurants in London. Unfortunately our guide let the agency down as he'd lost his passion for the country and job and we didn't get the personal experience that we thought we had booked or that others seemed to get on their trips. Definitely not a country ticked off but a country added to the 'need to revisit' list.

We chose a luxury operator and they definitely delivered when it came to to the accommodation - although we did pay for this(!) however the driver they employed really let them down as he had lost his passion and love for showing off his incredible country and wasn't happy to go off the beaten track at all to enable us to see the real Sri Lanka as opposed to the sterile tourist route.

From start to finish it was just what we wanted, the only downside was one hotel was too far away from where we wanted to be( Nuwara Eliya was booked so we stayed about an hour or so away) however our driver ensured we still got to visit the Hill Club! Nothing was too much trouble for the people at the hotels or associated with our holiday.

Sara was helpful, friendly and efficient. She called when she said she would, made amendments to accommodate our changing ideas and was knowledgeable and helpful throughout the whole process of booking and up to departure.

Our visit to India was the first time we had travelled in Asia and we had both been a little nervous as to quite what the trip may involve. In fact the reality was that we had no need for nervousness as everything we had been promised in terms of the quality of accommodation and care combined with the range of experiences offered all were excellent. We had an absolutely wonderful time and the memories we come back with are the lovelyy and enriching souvenir that India has left us

I would recommend the Experience travel Group to anyone. They did everything they undertook to do and did so with great courtesy

One week traveling around Sri Lanka and 5 days in the Maldives. Have been extremely well looked after and have met some of the poorest people in the world working on Sri Lankan farms to some of the wealthiest in the Maldives.

From our first contact with Becky at ETG we have been looked after, we spent 4 months planning the holiday with her, changing details of trips and hotel before we even making a deposit.

I went to 2 destinations in Thailand, partly to find somewhere for my separated family to meet next year. The first destination (Surin Beach Phuket)Was crowded but not as bad as the rest of Phuket. The second destination 30 miles from Krabi was a lovely hotel but in a very poor location, big stone quarry, very isolated. Avoid "The Elements" Krabi at all costs

Experience Travel was trusted to find my destinations after I had discussed what I wanted. I cannot believe they had ever been to my second hotel, Very disappointing

We had a brilliant introduction to India two years ago. We challenged Experience Travel Group to equal/surpass this experience. South India was always going to be a greater challenge when compared to the relatively more sophisticated facilities of our first trip to the North. It was different but equally enjoyable albeit in its contrasts rather than in its similarities. We started with temples and then some more temples and then a few more before progressing through an increasingly relaxing holiday. It all finished too quickly!

Patient, flexible and focused on meeting our needs. Finding the right travel agent and in particular an agency that can appoint the appropriate ground agents has always been out measure of success. Both the UK and the Indian ground agents delivered a great experience which we would encourage others to enjoy

Our time in Sri Lanka was made complete by our guide who provided knowledge wherever we went. The country was amazing and we experienced so much more than expected

Our operator was always helpful and very patient when adjusting our holiday needs. We had everything we needed along the way and never had to ask for anything

We spent a wonderful week in Sri Lanka, visiting many temples, climbing Sigiriya, finding elephants on an afternoon safari, meeting local farmers and appreciating their way of life. Everyone we met was incredibly friendly and made us feel very welcome. We saw some fantastic wildlife and ate some amazing food - we will definitely be back as a week is not long enough!

Great itinerary put together for us - Becky was very knowledgeable about what we could realistically achieve in the week that we were in Sri Lanka. Everything flowed very well for the week and we had no problems whilst we were in Sri Lanka. Our tour guide was extremely knowledge and went out of his way to ensure that our first visit to Sri Lanka was a memorable one.