Experience Travel Group Traveller Reviews

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Perfectly planned 3 weeks starting in the north of Thailand, crossing over to Laos to enjoy the mighty Mekong and the Kamu people for a few days before ending up in Luang Prabang. A fun a lively place to go and great sights all nearby. From there to, what is now my favourite city in Asia, Hanoi. Stayed in the fantastic old quarter and could have stayed longer. From their to the magical Ha Long Bay. Note - pay the little bit extra for a smaller cruise boat. Then on to the old capital Hue, very interesting place and history and then on to Hoi An for a week of relaxing on the beach before travelling home. Two week of exploring and discovering then a week to relax was perfect.

Experience Travels focus on just a select few countries reflects in their intimate knowledge of what to do and see in a limited time scale. Second time we have used them and would do so again.

having returned from 3 weeks travelling in Vietnam and Camboda wewould certainly recommend Expeience Travel. Everything went like clockwork from the minute we left Heathrow to the minute we returned . The guides/ accomodation / the trips / minibus etc were very good, Our guides all spoke good English and made sure we have evert hi b we needed including plenty of water every day .

Very good and knowledgeable

Thrilling 14 day bespoke tailored holiday, full of adventure and discovery. We fell in love with Vietnam and its gentle people, returning home full of stories of our wonderful experiences travelling from North to South taking in Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Saigon. Highly recommended.

Experience Travel Group designed a wonderful bespoke adventure for us covering 14 days travelling from North to South Vietnam. Having fully discussed what we were interested in, our excellent travel consultant David Gookey pulled together what looked like a truly exciting itinerary for us that needed no tweaking on our part. In the event Vietnam turned out even better than we could have expected, with every experience more than living up to its billing. I would happily use David and the company again and have no hesitation in recommending them.

There are so many resorts on the Maldives so it was tempting just to go back to one of the three resorts we had been to previously, but we knew we wanted really good food and a great house reef for snorkelling and diving, on top of excellent 'nothing is too much trouble' service. Many resorts claim to have all of our criteria but our travel consultant at Experience Travel had been to many of the resorts and recommended Baros to us as possibly our ideal island. As it turned out, she was right and we couldn't have been happier. It is definitely an island for 'foodies', the house reef is spectacular and the service excellent.

Experience Travel are a specialist in South / South East Asia. Their local knowledge paired with their research into what we really want means that they have been excellent on the 3 occasions we have travelled with them (Java, Bali, Maldives)

An amazing tour of Cambodia and Thailand taking in the culture of Cambodia and beauty of Thailand. An excellent way to get a feel for both countries in a short two week break. The quality of the hotels and tours was way above our expectations.

Excellent from start to finish. Always available for any query and the organisation on the ground was outstanding.

We visited Laos for a week ( Vientiane and Luang prbang) and then had four nights in Siem Reap before embarking on a seven night pandaw river cruise to Saigon. We ended with a few nights in Saigon. It was a trip filled with wonderful sights sounds and tastes travelling in real style and comfort using small boutique hotels. Great excursions and friendly and knowledgeable guides.

Very helpful and incredibly responsive at the planning stages with useful input and advice on each destination for excursions and accommodation to suit our style and budget. Very efficient local agents and good guides. Our consultant at experience travel was clearly knowledgeable about our destinations and also imaginative.

We were able to travel through Sri Lanka with our own driver/guide on an itinerary covering the main highlights of the country. The hotels that Experience Travel picked for us were exceptional and we were able to relax and know that each stop would be as good as the last. From climbing Sigiriya Fortress, to safaris in Kaudulla and Yala National Parks, massages to melt you, different foods to enjoy, whale and dolphin watching, the elephant orphanage (not Pinnawala on Experience Travel's advice), a visit to The Tea Trails where we learnt so much, to relaxing at Cape Weligama for 5 blissful days. A marvellous experience.

ALthough an online company, Experience Travel provide such a personalised service. They remembered us from 2 years ago with a trip to Vietnam and there was no need to explain our requirements, they remembered it all. They provide such fulsome information prior to your trip, taking all the anxiety out of the build up. Moving constantly from hotel to hotel can be stressful but I have faith that each hotel will be of a high standard. I like that, although I want 5 star, they are ethical in their choices and genuinely care about each country in which they operate. This trip they provided the Vamoos app which was brilliant. My next holiday choice will begin with the question, "Which other countries do Experience Travel cover?"

This was our first trip to Asia - Sri Lanka. We expected we probably would not return there and so we wanted to squeeze the best out of the fortnight. Believing we could not see all the island without compromising the vacation we opted for the centre to north and stayed 1 to 3 nights in 6 locations. The 2 weeks incorporated a great variety of sights and experiences which will never be forgotten. They included: a stay on a coconut plantation, idyllic beaches, Buddhist and Hindu temple visits, ancient kingdoms, an elephant safari, staying on a tea plantation, village walks, dawn cycle rides, snorkelling amongst amazing fish, an elephant ride, Sigiriya rock fortress of course, tennis and croquet, and the unexpected highlight of dawn birdwatching in the jungle.

Our first trip to Asia, Sri Lanka, we chose Experience out of 3 companies we first contacted. They exceeded our expectations in every department. And, offering very good value. The hotels provided a very varied accommodation experience and were all better than expected. A great selection. Pre-booking, we went through numerous iterations of our itinerary and in all cases our Consultant "got it" straight away and developed our perfect vacation. All the pieces of the process and our time away worked so well and our chauffeur/guide was perfect for us. Keeping the right balance of affording us suitable privacy and being beside us for advice and assistance he could not be faulted. Experience's knowledge of the locations was very good and their ability to match their clients' needs and desires with what is available appears very strong. Well done and thank you to all at Experience (especially Consultant - Nick Clark, and Guide Sri Murali)

We flown to Bangkok and learnt about the history of Thailand, as well as understanding Buddhism and Thai culture visiting the grand palace and the reclining buddha and even had a tuk tuk adventure. We took a river tour through Bangkok to see old parts of Thailand before we flew to Chang Mai and visited an elephant sanctuary and learnt about their mission in looking after elephants and then being involved feeding, washing them, health checking etc.later we trekked with the elephants down to a waterfall and there I proposed to my girlfriend with my elephant and me holding a proposal sign, where thankfully she said YES! The next day we went to a yearly festival where monks come down from the mountain and we offered them food and we received a blessing from them. In our spare time, our guide took us to a flower garden and tried more Thai food including a few extra spices. We travelled to an eco lodge in tribe village where we trekked through through the jungle before receiving a traditional Thai massage and watching the locals do a traditional Thai dance. our last few days we went to Phuket, where we went scuba diving, hopped on a boat to phi phi island to do a bit of snorkelling and relaxing in the beach. We visited more of Chang Mai, trying the street food before we watched some traditional muay Thai fighting. and cuisine, even trying some unusual foods we would of never tried before

Friendly, very knowledgeable and offered great activities or areas worth seeing