I planned kerala trip with holiday triangle during dusheera holidays, 3 families with 3 small kids. Gaurav was the representative. The initial discussions , tour planning and all the bookings were done very well by him. We got a pretty decent economic package with him.
I was told that our vehicle driver will be more like a TOUR GUIDE as well so that he will explain/show site seeings, any on the fly schedule adjustments depending on our interests.
But once, our tour started we realized that our driver can just drive and cannot be like a guide. He was very calm. We had to ask him questions about the site-seeing places and then he would reply in a word or two. So, disappointed in this aspect.
Day 1, 2: Athirapally waterfalls, munaar went well.
Day 3: inthekkedy the boat ride operates every 1.5hour starting from morning 7am to 3pm. we planned to take the boat ride by 10:30am . But, our driver suggested to visit spice plantation first and then go to boat ride as it is on the way. we agreed. Once done with spice plantation we head to boat ride and realized the waiting time for boat ride is 4hours. Even if i wait for 4hrs we would never get ticket. the early u reach the early u get the boat tickets. v missed this attraction.
day4: is the most horrible start
gaurav reserved royal river house boat for us.
the boat reserved was in repair. The owner of the boat very conveniently made us sit in the boat (inspite of knowing that the repair time would be 3-4hours) and started serving welcome drinks and starters. He did not plan alternate house boat for us. All the other house boats started sailing and we were waiting for our boat to start. After a waiting for sometime we asked the owner for the reason and then he replied that boat is in repair. When i asked gaurav he said he will follow up. But gaurav couldn't help us. Instead Gaurav was supporting the boat owner. After a long wait, fight, discussions the boat was fixed and we started sailing at 4pm. The owner of royal river is Rahul. He is very rude and indiscipline person i ever seen. Never go with royal river.
But the house boat stay is awesome if everything goes well.
Highly disappointed on the travelers.
Bandamsoumya booked a trip to Kerala for 5 days in a group of 6 adults on TravelTriangle website from Holiday Triangle and submitted a review on Oct 14, 2019