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Essential Sri Lanka - Deluxe by Worcs/Warwicks4, 19 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Well organised and a great holiday

balance of culture and sight seeing using lovely hotels

balance of culture and sight seeing using lovely hotels

Rating for tour operator:

helpful and responsive

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 19 Mar 2015:

Dear Tim,

We very much appreciate your taking the time to write this review. We hope to hear from you again soon.

Regards,

The Experience Travel Group Team

Cambodia and Vietnam Classic by Smithy, 17 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Excellent holiday with very good tour guides and standards of accomodation

The holiday was tailored well to our wishes. The flexibility this gave us greatly enhanced our experience. The holiday was relaxed and unhurried giving enough time to wind down between our sightseeing.

The holiday was tailored well to our wishes. The flexibility this gave us greatly enhanced our experience. The holiday was relaxed and unhurried giving enough time to wind down between our sightseeing.

Rating for tour operator:

Experience travel arranged an excellent holiday with very good tour guides and accomodation

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 17 Mar 2015:

Dear Kathleen,

We're so please you had a great holiday. Flexibility is at the heart of what we do so we appreciate you taking the time to write this.

Best,

Sam
Managing Director

Boutique Sri Lanka & Maldives by Lampoon, 14 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Relaxing

simple relax after a two week holiday in Sri Lanka

simple relax after a two week holiday in Sri Lanka

Rating for tour operator:

Experience Travel were superb from start to finish. The knowledge of their UK staff and of their operators on the ground in both Sri Lanka and the Maldives is the best we have ever experienced.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 23 Mar 2015:

Dear Michael,

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this review. We're so pleased that you both enjoyed your holiday and thank you for the kind words.

Regards,

Sam Clark
Co-founder and MD

Experience Travel Group by Captainkit, 13 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

3.5 weeks travel primarily in Laos and Cambodia

Brilliant trip. Tailor made to our needs and for what we got we felt very reasonably priced

Brilliant trip. Tailor made to our needs and for what we got we felt very reasonably priced

Rating for tour operator:

Brilliant. Really listened to our needs and everything in a very complex trip worked like clockwork.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 13 Mar 2015:

Dear Christopher,

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review. Great to hear you enjoyed it - we love putting together those sort of trips!

Kind regards,

Sam Clark
Co-founder & MD

Burma wih Irrawady Cruise by MD&MR, 11 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Myananmar by boat

Our three week trip in Myanmar was exceptional. A superb 15 day trip up the Irrawaddy River with Pandaw and a separate visit to Inle Lake gave us a good feel for Myanmar and its wonderful people.

Our three week trip in Myanmar was exceptional. A superb 15 day trip up the Irrawaddy River with Pandaw and a separate visit to Inle Lake gave us a good feel for Myanmar and its wonderful people.

Rating for tour operator:

A most helpful operator.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 11 Mar 2015:

Dear Michael,
Thanks you for taking the time to give us your feedback.
Regards,
The ETG Team.

Sri Lanka Laid Back - Deluxe by Stevie G, 8 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Sri Lanka and Maldives

Sri Lanka was an experience and journey where the Maldives was luxury and heaven

Sri Lanka was an experience and journey where the Maldives was luxury and heaven

Rating for tour operator:

Experience Travel group were excellent everything went to plan and was simple.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 09 Mar 2015:

Great to hear Steve!

Regards,

ETG Team.

Experience Travel Group by sucy10, 5 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

well planned and Fun

we had gone to Vietnam and Cambodia. The trip was well organized, seamless and not too tiring even though we travelled to a lot of places. Our Tour Consultant had done a great job. I would definitely use Experience Travel Group again

we had gone to Vietnam and Cambodia. The trip was well organized, seamless and not too tiring even though we travelled to a lot of places. Our Tour Consultant had done a great job. I would definitely use Experience Travel Group again

Rating for tour operator:

Dave Gookey - worked with my sister in planning this trip and came up with different itineraries as some of us in the group was coming from America.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 06 Mar 2015:

Dear Sucy,

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this review. Great to hear and I'll pass your comments to David.

Regards,

Sam

Myanmar Encompassed by bob , 5 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

wonderful experience in Myanmar

we enjoyed a 3 week trip exploring both the well known places as well as the less developed areas . we also balanced the trip with a variety of walks and activities as well as time fro several half day breaks to relax. the Myanmar people are incredibly friendly and welcoming. the colours of the country are outstanding, wonderful dusty landscapes with rice fields and palm trees as well as so many amazing pagodas rich in colour and symbolism. our ...

we enjoyed a 3 week trip exploring both the well known places as well as the less developed areas . we also balanced the trip with a variety of walks and activities as well as time fro several half day breaks to relax. the Myanmar people are incredibly friendly and welcoming. the colours of the country are outstanding, wonderful dusty landscapes with rice fields and palm trees as well as so many amazing pagodas rich in colour and symbolism. our best parts were the less well known places but Lake Inle and Bagan are must do places and are still not overrun y tourists. perhaps the two big cities Yangon and mandalay whilst you have to see them are not so interesting as the rest of the country both being very busy with cars in Yangon and motor cycles in Mandalay.

Rating for tour operator:

our tour operator tailored a trip fro our needs and knew how to do so and suggest appropriate hotels and means of travel.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 06 Mar 2015:

Hi Robert,

That's great to hear - we all love that aspect of Myanmar too. Please do recommend us!

Regards,

ETG Team

Cambodia to Vietnam via Mekong by Blade1957, 4 Mar 2015
Holiday Rating:

Another holiday of a lifetime

We spent three weeks touring Vietnam and Cambodia, Visiting Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoian, Ho Chi Minn a 7 day cruise on the Mekong finishing in Siem Reep. It was our first time in this region and it won't be our last. The Scenery, the people and the overall experience was brilliant and so different to Europe. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a travel experience and not simply a beach holiday.

We spent three weeks touring Vietnam and Cambodia, Visiting Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoian, Ho Chi Minn a 7 day cruise on the Mekong finishing in Siem Reep. It was our first time in this region and it won't be our last. The Scenery, the people and the overall experience was brilliant and so different to Europe. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a travel experience and not simply a beach holiday.

Rating for tour operator:

We informed Experience travel which countries we wished to visit and our budget and left it up to them to suggest an itinerary and organize. We actually went with all of there suggestions including a cruise up the Mekong which hadn't occurred to us but was stunning. All the travel arrangements went without any hiccups and all the guides met us when and where arranged. As we were doing different things every day (At our request)this was no mean feet. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Experience Travel for people who want a tailor made holiday in the far east.

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 05 Mar 2015:

Dear Alex,

Great to hear you enjoyed your 'travel experience' so much and thank you so much for taking the time to post this review.

Much appreciated.

The ETG Team.

Cambodia and Vietnam Classic by GP, 27 Feb 2015
Holiday Rating:

The holiday that kept giving !

Singapore - Cambodia - Vietnam - 19 days long, numerous internal flights - many sights - trips - however it could not have been easier - guides to welcome you at the airport - take your bags - you just sit back and it all happens - no stress etc The hotels were excellent every one was different the variety was great from small boutique to grand and oppulent. It was none stop and becuae we travelled a great deal visiting many different areas ...

Singapore - Cambodia - Vietnam - 19 days long, numerous internal flights - many sights - trips - however it could not have been easier - guides to welcome you at the airport - take your bags - you just sit back and it all happens - no stress etc The hotels were excellent every one was different the variety was great from small boutique to grand and oppulent. It was none stop and becuae we travelled a great deal visiting many different areas it felt like we had been away for months

Rating for tour operator:

Would 100% recomend the holiday and Experience Tavel - Nothing was too much trouble - we wanted the name of a shop we had visited and we e mailed our tour operator who found the name and sent an e mail back - Over and above our expectations

Experience Travel Group responded to this review on 27 Feb 2015:

Thanks Gail - what lovely feedback!