India novice

I%26#39;m considering holidaying in India next year with hubby and 3 or even 4 teenagers. Would love a mixture of cultural sightseeing probably Agra but combining with a beach holiday, Kerala or Goa perhaps. We would have 2 weeks with possibly 拢5k is it do able? Would it be cheaper to book a package or organise it myself? It would probably have to be around Christmas to avoid the children missing school. Can anyone help? Many thanks

India novice

Definitely you must organise the tour yourself.

In north India, Delhi,you can use State Express to organize transport. Sanjeev Chandra helped me many times. In south india, Chennai, Mr.Raja of Welcom TourRs and Travels, is smart and helpful.

Chalukya tours was fantastic in Kerala, they organized a fantastic 2 days cruise on a kettuvalam (houseboat) for a ridicoulos price.

Choice holidays from Mumbai are efficient and experienced.

If you hire a taxi on your own consider to pay no more than 1500Rs per day (about 27 euros)everything included. Avoid to choose Government Hotel, they are mainly very badly manteined and sometimes more expensive of other same standard htl.

You will find numbers of decent budget hotels, at 1000Rs per double room, (17 euros) mainly an extra bed is free of charge.

The best of budget hotel I ever visited is Hotel Corbelli in Pondicherry (see my review) and the owner is from....Wolverhampton!!!

Cheers

Alfama