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It was a great experience, everything was co-ordinated well. Best thing was private cabs really enjoyed the journey. Overall a great experience only for vegetarian people it was bit if challange rest everything was well planned and executed. Rice fields, ocean temple, architecture.

Gusti is a very nice & humble tour guide & foremost he is always on time. Parasailing in Grand Heritage Hotel Foot massage in Alam Puisi Hotel Coffee Plantation trip

travel agent and cab driver is too good waterfall,water sports and Villa

Hi everyone, I went for honeymon trip and following were the pros and cons for trip to Koh Samui and Bangkok Pros: 1. Nice driver and good condition cars 2. No delay for pickup and drop 3. Nice resort and descent hotel 4. Hotel staff were friendly and very helpful Cons: 1. I asked Travel Toogle to arrange for early checkin as we were totaly exhausted but didn't got the room before the actual checkin time. I reached bangkok at 1:00 AM in the morning then queued up for VISA. We got the VISA around 4:30 AM then waited for flight till 7:30 AM then we reached resort in Samui by 9:00 AM. In our resort we again have to wait till 14:00 PM to get the room keys. Travel Toogle should have notified me earlier, that early checkin won't be possible so that i could have thought for some other arrangements. As we were on honeymoon and our day 1 was totaly ruined. Not even simple delux rooom was arranged for this 5 hour. 2. No freebies or complementary drink in the room and i have booked the top class villa category for first day. 3. Room decoration was ok ok. 4. I asked for SIM card but Travel Toogle agent told me that i need to pay 1500 INR for SIM card. Really ??? Who pays 1500 for SIM card these days. You could have atleast offered me blank SIM card and i could have handled the recharge part. I paid INR 500 for SIM card but didn't received one. I checked in the market in Samui and they were offering SIM card worth 299 Baht = 600 INR with 4G data. Apart from this everything else was good.

Everything was arranged, no troubles, had a pleasant vacation. Add trekking to the itinerary, would have been great to watch the sun rise. The villa was superb. Terrace rice fields was amazing, cause of bad weather didn't get the chance to walk down the field.

Hi team...the arrangement was very good ..happy to arrange the next trip from you only

Was a good experience overall. Few observations to improve over maybe - Stay was good but the breakfast offered was not that great. Hotel checkout timings did not match with the events planned- made us change in the restroom. Our guide cum driver in Bali although was super friendly and courteous did not get to the details of the area unless poked. The water sports event was great and recommended but the transport was delayed stating it is sharing, which actually led to us missing and hurrying up with the programs for the second half of the day. Thanks to Shivani who helped with all the nitty-gritties until travel and beyond.

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Our hotels are very nice Grand ixora resort at a very prime location and ini vie villa nice villa but far from kuta. February is rainy season in Bali and weather Ian quite good. We have visited all places which was included in our package and enjoy Balinese culture with baring dance. Ubud is beautiful place. I recommend for honeymoon couple. Every evening we wen to Kuta beach for sunset. Amazing experience. Advice : Prefer hotel in kuta all Indian restaurants and markets are in Kuta.

mis management.

We got the best tour driver Mr. Dewa, who made our trip memorable. Both hotel were perfect. Breakfast was more than perfect at citadine hotel and close to beach which was the best part. Ini vie villa was very good but the breakfast quantity and items were very less. Everyday during our trip was memorable. Special thanks to Ms Seema for planning my itenary and thanks to our tour driver as well.

Trip was very well planned.All the guides, cab drivers were very cooperative. Jaya has helped us throughout our tour. A very good experience from Travel toogle.

Very well organised

I am writing this elaborate review hoping this will be helpful to someone who is searching for a near future Bali trip. Ours is basically a honeymoon trip. So I wanted everything to be planned ahead as I didn’t want to land in confusion there. CURRENCY: Make sure you carry Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) from India as most of the restaurants in Indonesia accept only RUPIA not Rupees. Few accept USD but conversion rate in restaurants or shops is not fair. If you don’t get Rupiah then take US Dollars. In Indonesia, USD has the least exchange commission less than 0.05%. Were as for Indian Rupee conversion, the commission is more than 30%. Say for example 1 USD = 13570 IDR. If you take $1 you get 13470 IDR. 100IDR will be commission. But for Indian rupee 1INR=212 IDR whereas when you convert you get 1INR=150 IDR. The commission is 60 IDR. Think logically here. On the other hand, you will find Forex shops in every corner. So, no worries. Converting the INR to USD and converting back the USD to INR after the trip will bring the conversion commission to almost 3.5%. My advice is that you use your Credit/Debit cards whenever it is possible as they only charges 3.5% on foreign currency transactions. Few credit cards charge only 1-2%. Check that with your bank. Remember, don’t exchange in airports as the Forex shops in airports maintain special rates. I observed the same in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. For 1USD they charge 5+INR as commission. Means, you pay 70 INR for 1 USD whereas in any Indian city you pay only 65 INR. In Indonesia, make sure to count your money properly before you accept and do not carry cash in hands anywhere around, use wallet. FLIGHT: I have taken Airasia flight as it is the only service available from Hyderabad, India. I can say it is not a comfortable journey unless you book a flatbed seat or you are less than 5’5” feet. The most ridiculous part is that this airline charges everything including water, which is free in all Indian carriers. So, make sure that you have some money during your journey in both To and Fro Trip that too in local currency. Carry a laptop or mobile loaded with movies as there is no in-flight entertainment. Remember, Airasia charges for anything more than 7Kg cabin baggage per person. So be careful while you book. Make sure you book extra check-in baggage. The funniest part is that they even charge you for allotting seat for your wife adjacent to yours. After travelling in Airasia I felt Indian carriers are much much better. Ha ha.. EXPENDITURE: Travel Toogle booked everything in advance including hotels, cabs, tolls and sightseeing entry fee. The major expenditure for me in Bali is food and shopping. Whatever I liked were expensive and not possible to carry to India by Airasia flight. I took $500 and that was more than sufficient for me for my all Lunch and Dinner, few cab rides to nearby markets, small shopping and few water sport activities that were not included in my itinerary. BEST THINGS I ENJOYED: Undoubtedly Bali is a fantastic place to visit. It is cheap and best for Asia Pacific countries. You can find the best locations in Google. So, I am not elaborating on them. But I am writing down few I liked. Water activities: Don’t hesitate to spend few extra bucks on water activities. You will enjoy them a lot. But at the same time do not forget to bargain in every place that you visit in Bali. Ask for half the price and believe me you will get it for that price including water activities. You will save a lot in water activities as they are the costliest part of your outdoor time. Kintamani: There are few restaurants in Kintamani that has the best Volcano view such as Madhu Sarai. Don’t miss that meal. I loved that part and worth a try. One Indian buffet meal =240000 IDR and one Indonesian Buffet Meal= 187000 IDR. Uluwatu tour with Kedak Dance: Make sure you have a DSLR camera so that you will never miss that Indian Ocean view in Uluwatu. Kecak dance is about the Ramayana. The artists are very engaging. Private Pool Villa: I stayed in Sana Vie Villa. The Villa is so good that I will always miss that privacy, comfort and that pool. It is a brand new, clean, well maintained and affordable Villa. It is 4 kms from Semiyank, the busiest and costliest shopping area in Bali. FOOD AND RESTAURANTS: Prices are twice that of Prices in India. Quality is good but the quantity is half that you get in Indian restaurants. This makes the prices technically 4 times that you find in India. This is true with almost every restaurant in Bali. Carry some Indian snack. You can also find small supermarkets named Alfamart or Indomaret in every locality where you can find some snack. Always buy water from supermarkets or small shops as branded or big restaurants charge 4-5 times more than original price. The best restaurants I visited are 1) Chai Ba. One of the best restaurants I ever dined in my life. We had our Valentine’s Day dinner there. May be you should try if you stay near Semiyank area. It is close by. Ask for spicy chicken wings and the Hulk Smoothie. I loved those. There was also a chef from India. 2) Warung Pappy, a cheap and best restaurant run by a Mallu. He is very friendly and food is good. 3) Ganesa, a good Indian restaurant with friendly staff. 4) Madur Sarai in Kintamani with Volcano view. Food is more Indonesian but the view is fantastic. Like I said above you will remember it forever. CAB: Our cab was booked by Travel Toogle. So I did not spend a single penny on cab other than last day tip to the driver. Cab will play a good role in your trip so choose wisely. Drivers know where you can find the cheaper shopping options. My Diver was Mr.Wayan (Mobile: +62 813-3797-9449). He is pretty cool and friendly man. His Toyota Avanza (smaller version of Innova) is clean. He is professional, respects his job and drives very carefully. He was also our official photographer. I strongly recommend him. You can ask your travel agent for him or you can make a whatsapp call to him if you are booking trip on your own. TRAVEL TOOGLE: Last but not least, Anjali from Travel Toogle planned and co-ordinated so good that I didn’t have to call them, not even once during my trip. Both the hotels were nice. Everything was smooth like butter and moved according the itinerary. That was undoubtedly a fantastic job. I strongly recommend Travel Toogle to everyone who visits Bali. Thank you Travel Toogle for such a wonderful planning and such a beautiful trip. TRAVEL TRIANGLE: Faruque was responsive when I needed a help with Forex, even at night 9:30pm. I appreciate that. Hope best part is yet to come to Travel Triangle.

Thanks to traveltriangle and travel toogle, I had the most memorable trip of my life. Every little detail was handled meticulously. Thank you so much. Borobudur at sunrise.