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Testimonials
Tales from your travels
What a wonderful time we really did have (on our second trip with Tell Tale Travel)..Our time in Yala was really good we even saw the leopards which was great as well as many other animals..Our time with [hosts in hill country] was also great going round the tea plantation was such a good idea as it gave us an insight in to the tea production and gave us chance to buy some direct from the plantation...Thanks for arranging the holiday for us and if I can come up with anywhere else out of the way I would like to go to I will be sure to ask you first.
Thank you all so much for a truly memorable holiday..everyone involved with Tell Tale made our holiday just the best. Just one bad point really..how can we ever go on holiday again, nothing can better what you put together for us..thank you so much for our holiday of a lifetime, the experience will remain with us for a very long time.
We particularly liked the fact that it was not a group holiday but an individual holiday. The gardens were all lovely. Searching for wild orchids, visits to orchid farms, visits to hill tribes, watching the Chiang Mai flower festival (and visiting the flower market), visits to temples were all very enjoyable. It was also well organised, so that towards the end of the holiday we had quite a lot of leisure time, where we could make use of the pool and surroundings. So all in all, we thoroughly enjoyed the holiday.
We had a fab time..all in all the holiday was absolutely amazing, the country just gorgeous, and the guides were all really great, so thank you very much, the quality of the excursions were really good, and certainly 'action packed'.
Fun, educational,relaxing...not just a holiday but an experience of a lifetime.
We did not believe we could pack so much into 16 days and enjoy every minute of it. Great.
Incredible, even better than we expected. Everyone we met was very kind and generous. We enjoyed every activity, each one gave us an insight into the culture.
The trip was also incredibly good value for money - looking back, we cannot imagine how Tell Tale included so much for that price. We would go on holiday with you again to any country.
A fabulous experience, every day dawned with my wondering how the day could excel on the day before, but it usually did!
The interaction with local families and cultural & historical sites was incredible, never a dull moment. Thank you!
I thought this was a 'dream come true'..but I'm already scheming ways I can return! Thank you to everyone at Tell Tale for your help, advice and professional friendly approach.
It was spot on..the accomodation at our 'pampered places' was appreciated between elephant visits and the itinerary had a wonderful balance between active and layback.
We were apprehensive about booking a big holiday over the internet especially with a small travel company we had never heard of. We were open minded and hadn't a clue what to expect - would anyone meet us anywhere? The holiday proved to be absolutely fantastic, a trip of a lifetime, everything in the itinerary was exactly as it was described.
The drivers were wonderful, Parr drove the children all around Chiang Mai looking for an ice cream. The homestays were very welcoming with the feeling you were staying with friends which made us question the emptiness of five star luxury.
We had a fantastic time. The whole thing worked out really well with a good mix of contrasting activities, and FUN! The boys are full of stories about the clay house and paddy field fishing, not to mention playing in waterfalls with Yui, cruising in the back of his truck, and encountering those ELEPHANTS, WOW! Excellent itinerary!
Looking at photos tonight, I just can't believe the things we got up to and the experiences we had..they were fabulous. Thank you so much for the incredible lengths you went to. And your staff were all extraordinary people who went out of their way to just add so much to the holiday..the homemade rice from their wives; the flowers for mum etc etc.
It was really a personalised trip deluxe. What a great holiday! We had a wonderful time and met some lovely people..who were so warm and welcoming and who made us feel like family rather than guests. Tong was delightful, he really excelled himself translating a discussion with Prachim on the differences in farming between New Zealand and Thailand! Thank you for your wonderful organisation and your patience when we were trying to organise the family. So back to reality and the mundane and the planning of our next holiday - where else do you go!!?
We can't believe what a wonderful time we had. A very different experience, we can't thank you enough! I usually travel with the well-known adventure travel companies and not only were the Tell Tale experiences much much better, the quality of accommodation was better too. We did have a lovely time and we did feel special.. a never to be forgotten experience, a once-in-a-life time holiday, made special by the excellent service provided by Tell Tale and all the personnel involved..I certainly wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to anyone! An absolutely fabulous holiday..everything went like clockwork from start to finish and our whole experience exceeded our expectations beyond all hope! The only downfall is, how on earth are we going to go anywhere on a normal holiday ever again!?
We do hope that Tell Tale Travel will be branching out to more destinations, as we will certainly be excited to see more of the world with you! What a great holiday..lots to learn and see, you have some splendid people and some great places to stay..brilliant cooking experiences! A very good balance of activities with local people and time on our own. The food was excellent throughout with lots of options for vegetarians. A definite plus was the set departure trip I took was designed for mostly single people. Thank you all at Tell Tale for making going on holiday so pleasurable and easy and for finding such lovely people to holiday with! This holiday totally changed my perspective on how I can holiday, enjoy myself and yet provide genuine, positive, tangible support on the ground. It felt very personal and I feel I have made some new friends as a consequence. WOW, a totally different holiday experience. We saw things we would never have seen if we'd arranged it ourselves. The hosts and guides were great company, the transport and drivers excellent. Would we do it again - absolutely, and would we recommend Tell Tale Travel - we already have. Where else do you organise trips to?! I just want to thank you for putting together an excellent itinerary. We
had a wonderful holiday. We will certainly mention your firm when talking to our friends. I could go on and on - the trip was everything we wished for....I cannot sing your praises enough. We had a fantastic time, better than either of us expected. We had a ball. What we expected was the opportunity to learn more about Thailand, the people and the culture with the chance to get close to nature, relax for a while on a nice beach, eat some great food and have some quality family time while we did it all. You can consider those boxes fully ticked. We did consider many places and companies but overall it was important to us to have an ethical holiday which was as close to the country as possible. What we weren't expecting was such a high level of personal service and this is a clear benefit of your close understanding of the country and the people you have chosen. Well what can I say, what a wonderful beautiful holiday we have just had, absolutely perfect. As for the experience with the elephants, again perfect, we were impressed with the accommodation only because I didn't even know if we had a shower, but an ensuite hut on stilts was so beautiful and with elephants sleeping all around, can you believe we were so close we could hear them snoring! A brilliant adventure with a wide variety of faces of Thailand: city, national park, rainforest, mangroves, islands, beaches, all very smooth connections. We were made to feel so welcome by all who we met. I tried to book a Vietnamese trip, but it was short notice and the company did not have the same 'can-do' approach of Tell Tale Travel (experienced on a previous holiday). I also looked at package tours but couldn't find any with dates that fitted. I knew what I would get with Tell-Tale - no unwelcome surprises and an alternative local itinerary.
Most of the holiday was a totally new experience. We took over 400 photos and struggled to get those down to a hard core of 160. Every day was something totally new and each day enjoyable for different reasons.
Thank you for arranging such a good holiday. It exceeded our expectations in terms of the scenery, the excitement and the warmth of people. The trouble with internet/telephone as opposed to face to face communication is having no idea about trusting people. For example, when our travel consultant rang to suggest a change to a sailing schooner, even though it was complimentary, we thought she must have messed up on the bookings or the prices. Shame on us for the suspicion! We're glad that we put our holiday into your hands.
The holiday gave us a chance to learn more about Thailand and its people in 2 weeks than we could have learnt our own. We usually travel independently and initially had concerns about being 'organised' by someone else, however, it worked out really well. We found this and were determined to try it. We liked the flexibility and there were not too many stops. We are definitely glad we chose this holiday.
Overall, it exceeded our expectations. We had enough information on what to take and where we were going. But there was still the joy each day of seeing something new and discovering about it without having too much preconception of what we would encounter. Without fail, everyone we met was friendly and helpful.
It was much, much more than what we expected. For me, the best part was meeting amazing, open people who shared their lives with us. We are extremely grateful for the experience we had in Thailand thanks to Tell Tale. It was more than a holiday-it was an educational, cultural, spiritual experience. We returned rested, refreshed and inspired. We had a FAB time... We have already recommended you to some friends, so you will no doubt hear from them shortly. This was the experience of a lifetime! You really do care about everyone involved in their operation; customers, staff and the locals who leave such indelible memories with the whole family. And it shows! Ginny McGrath, London Custom Trip Read more in Ginny's blog We saw more on a 2-week holiday than our daughter did in 9 months of backpacking.
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