NLT-161025-BK66697 [Oct 27, 2016,  from Australia]
Hi Bruce, 

Yes the tour was good! Thanks for the recommendation!
NLT-160924-CJ73018 [Oct 25, 2016,  from America]

评分表里客人给的各项都是5分。但是客人邮件也写了好多问题(所以实际上我认为总体只能有3分)


Hi Cindy,


How are you doing??  We just came back from Asia exactly 2 weeks ago. just about to get over with jet leg. Our trip to Singapore and Hong Kong was fantastic. I wish we planned more time in Singapore. There are too many new things to see and too little time. 
I noticed all the tour guide who picked us up WERE NOT as stated on file and that created a bit confusion at first. The best part of the whole tour were Hiroshima and Kyoto section, the 2 wonderful lady Ms Akemi Yagi and Ms Kay (who grew up in the States) did VERY FABULOUS job. Everything was perfect and great lunches too.
However the other 2 section Osaka and Hakone was VERY disappointing. Mr Tanaka  who did the Osaka section was a bit confusing, his English was difficult to understand at times, so we do a lot of reading and listening from other group’s tour agent. The lack of time (half day) and the hot weather does not help either. 
All of us are SO LOOKING FORWARD to Mt Fuji and Hakone, but it was the MOST DISSAPOINTING section of the tour. The tour Van has STRONG SMOKE SMELL . The tour guide ( a guy, I can not remember his name)   does not have any knowledge at some of the places on the itinareries eg. Oshino Kakai village (the location map and knowledge of the place) and the weather around Hakone . I think we spent too much time at Fuji visitor centre ( 60 min), He also DID NOT WARNED us that the weather at Mt Fuji 5th station. The weather WAS SO COLD as we did not have any jacket with us.  We end up walking around may be in 25 min, followed by Oshino Hakai Village. He describe the place by reading everything from the signage of the place ( we can do that for sure !!). followed by lunch recommended (it was great lunch though) . The rest of the day was driving around in the SMOKE FILLED VAN ( the driver smoke in the van !!!)  to Kachi Kachi ropeway, Lake Ashi cruise and Togendai ropeway . I felt the route was poorly planned and the tour guide was very inexperience.

Please let me know should you need any additional info.. Rose.

Attached are the photo of Ms Akemi Yagi Ms Kay, Mr Tanaka and ….mr ?


Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

 Ms Akemi Yagi & Ms Kay  

Tour Guides

Command of English

 5 

Knowledge of Subjects

 5 

Ability of Explain

 5 

Attitude

 5 

Flexibility

 5 

Drivers and Cars

 5 

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

 5 

Meet Your Interests?

 5 

Too Tight or Too Loose?

 great. 

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 a lot of walking 

Any Other Aspect

  

Overall Score of the Whole Package

  

NLT-161003-ZK68529 [Oct 21, 2016,  from America]
Hi Lynee,

thank you for emailing and asking how the trip went. It was FANTASTIC!!! I can't thank you enough for a wonderful trip. You made it so easy for me and my family. I truly can't thank you enough.

The tour guides were wonderful and so kind. As far as your survey, all "5"s!!

I don't need any photo flash, so thank you.

I will be sure to leave positive feedback on your website.

Thanks again,
Sonja Sutton
NLT-161009-VK75992 [Oct 20, 2016]
Dear Doris
Greeting from Singapore.
 
My feedback:
Send my great thanks to Mr Chul who guided us those 2 days. He was a super guide, full of experiences and have a touch of humanity.
The 1st day on 9 Oct 2016, my husband and I were the only couple in the tour. We felt the great effort to have him with us and seems like really a private tour. My husband got a sudden leg swelling and pain when we arrived in Seoul, however Mr Chul was very understanding and accommodate the tour efficiently. Aside to be our cameraman he assisted my husband, holding his hands off and on at uneven paths during the tour. He accommodated to our halal food request and we had nice time at the tour.
 
Once again thanks so much to you and team to follow up on our bookings and sure to recommend Novaland to my families and friends.
Have a nice day.
 
Rohanah
NLT-160927-RK70953 [Oct 19, 2016,  from America]

Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

5

Mona was excellent

Tour Guides

Command of English

2.5

 

Knowledge of Subjects

2

 

Ability of Explain

2

Shanghai

Attitude

1

 

Flexibility

4

 

Drivers and Cars

 4

 

Hotels

Location

 

 

Comfort

 

 

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

4

 

Meet Your Interests?

4

 

Too Tight or Too Loose?

4

 

Meals

 

 

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 

 

Any Other Aspect

 

Tour guide was constantly on his phone for personal business or pleasure. He denied until I showed him pictures on my camera of his texting. Very poor guide.

Overall Score of the Whole Package

 

 

Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

5

Mona was excellent

Tour Guides

Command of English

3

 

Knowledge of Subjects

4

 

Ability of Explain

4

Busan

Attitude

5

 

Flexibility

5

 

Drivers and Cars

5

 

Hotels

Location

 

 

Comfort

 

 

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

4

 

Meet Your Interests?

4

 

Too Tight or Too Loose?

5

 

Meals

4

 

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 

 

Any Other Aspect

 

The tour guide was new but very pleasant & very competent.

Overall Score of the Whole Package

 

 

NLT-161011-FK75211 [Oct 19, 2016,  from Australia]

Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

 5

 Excellent planner, Trustworthy Caring, Instant Responses, Reliable Promises and very Professional.

Tour Guides

Command of English

 5

 Except for Otaru, ,her English should be better

Knowledge of Subjects

5

 

Ability of Explain

5

Except for Otaru, it needs to be improved a lot.

Attitude

 5

 Except for Otaru, needs to decide a firm decision not always pleasing client to take a decision.

Flexibility

 5

 

Drivers and Cars

 5

 

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

 5

 

Meet Your Interests?

 4

 

Too Tight or Too Loose?

 5

 

Meals

 5

 

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 5

 

Any Other Aspect

 5

 

Overall Score of the Whole Package

 4.99

 


22/10

Ohhhgood morning ... Alice ... I think twice be4 I tell you this. whether should itell you this or not? I do not like to tell somebody bad. It does make meuncomfortable. but i have weight it for another aspect, means that it willbenefit your business.

Ijust felt very sorry to Ms Kemagai (Otaru). I feel that she is a good woman, trully.

Afterlunch .... she told us to meet in 30mins in the bus at 1500. Certainly at 1500,30 pax already in the bus. waiting another 20 mins, there are 4pax and Ms Keherself did not appear. I called her, she appologised that she did not call me.She said, that she got instruction that we will be returned to the ship at 1900instead of 1800 (if you remember, I requested it to you, and you told me, it isgranted).

So,to cut the story short, Ms Ke ran away back to the bus and aplologising to allof us that she did not tell us that due to that time extension we should goback to the bus at 1600 instead 1500. It was already 1530. So we have to waitanother 30mins for the 4 pax who are still wandering Otaru since Mrs K toldthem that we go back to the bus at 1600. What a waist. All my friends in thebus, were speechles. Not a good day at all for us.

Sorry,I had to tell you this unpleasent story.

Anyhow,that was something that accidently can happen anywhere anytime.

Themain thing is, everything is in the past, and I am personally really very happywith your service and assistance Alice.

Ifeel comfortable that for next tour I know exactly that I have somebodytrustworthy whom I can relly on .... it is ... YOU... 




NLT-161015-YK76092 [Oct 19, 2016,  from Germany]
I want to thank you for the organization of our tours. We enjoyed them very much, especially the tour to Gyeongju. And I understand now, why your tours are so expensive: Because the groups are very small so that it is more a private tour than a seat in a coach. This was very pleasant.
NLT-161009-RK70259 [Oct 18, 2016,  from America]

Mina and driver inBusan may have been personable (sorry, not driver.  He didn't say a singleword nor did he smile) but very UNPROFESSIONAL!  I would never request forthem again.  They aren't positive assets of Novaland Tours.

 

Mr. Young in Seoulwas the complete opposite.  He was very competent and very knowledgeableabout Seoul. He was very considerate and thoughtful of our needs andcapabilities as two of us were over 65 and couldn't walk too much uphill. His command of the English language was superb. He assisted us in everyway possible to translate our dealings with merchants, hotel staff and airportofficials.  We were very satisfied with his service.  He trulyrepresents superb customer service and is the best asset of Novaland Tours! My daughter, who is he General Manager of Jacks Tours Hawaii, gave himher business card and personally commended him on his service.  We will beposting a picture we took with himon facebook and will forward you to use inyour advertisement

Our vacation to South Korea was a truly memorable one because of our super guide, Mr. Young.
He was very knowledgeable about Korea and kept us entertained from early morning till late at night.  He took us to the best restaurants that were classy, affordable and tasty!  He treated us as first class customers and we will be back requesting for his services!  Thank you, Mr. Young!!

NLT-161016-FJ65961 [Oct 18, 2016,  from America]
Hello Alice,  Yes, everything is going well and we are having a lot of fun so far! Thank you.
NLT-161013-ZA68219 [Oct 14, 2016,  from America]

Thank you so much.  I will send a review to TripAdvisor.  It was a wonderful experience and the guide and driver could not have been better.

 

Thank you.

 

Mary Bee
NLT-160919-ZK73747 [Oct 9, 2016,  from America]
Hi Lynne,

The trip went great. I was very happy with all aspects and have mentioned you favorably to some of my friends. Everything was 5/5.

Best wishes,
Mike
NLT-160905-FJ68054 [Oct 1, 2016]

It is this morning walking tour, the tour guide only concentrates on.those who keeps up with her pace! Twoor three clients particular. Hername is Jun. Shewalks in front doesnt care about us at the back. Only two clients in front shekeeps talking to. I know its a walking tour, surely she needs to look after usas a group.

Thank for all your help and support during this trip. The pocket WiFi is easy to use but the post box is quite difficult to squeeze thru the package.

NLT-160908-CI2208 [Oct 1, 2016,  from America]
Cindy- 
All transfers to airport/hotel were managed. Everyone is on their way home and TLT and I are at Jakarta airport for our flight.  Thanks for putting together a seamless and efficiently organized trip. All the guides and drivers were excellent- hotels super (except Mercure- which was a bit shabby) and everything worked perfect.

Thanks again for all.

Regards,
Fran
NLT-160917-NA70817 [Oct 1, 2016,  from America]

1=poor, 2=fair,3=good, 4=very good5=excellent

Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

 4

There were an issue about hotel pickup location for DMZ tour in Seoul that confused me. Other tours were fine.

Tour Guides

Command of English

 5

They had good command of English

Knowledge of Subjects

 4

 Most knew their stuff about landmarks

Ability of Explain

 4

 The explanations were good

Attitude

 3.5

 My Busan guide Mr. Hong was a little lazy about our last attraction. He left me at the market for 1.5 hours and I think were supposed to see Yongasan park but we didnt. So I felt the tour was incomplete.

Flexibility

 4

 Most were flexible.

Drivers and Cars

 5

 Drivers were very good.

Hotels

Location

 5

 Locations were very accessible close to train stations

Comfort

 4

 Reasonable considering price

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

 4

Overall, I had a fun time. There were a couple of issues mentioned above, but other than that it was a good value. 

Meet Your Interests?

 5

 Yes, it met my interest level and I saw everything I really wanted to see.

Too Tight or Too Loose?

 4

Good, but the itinerary was a little hectic and I did feel tired towards end of trip to do things on my own. However, the tours were packed with the major sites so its give and take 

Meals

 5

 I like the choice of restaurants

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 4

The transportation was solid although Tokyo can be confusing. 

Any Other Aspect

 5

I just wanted to say. Michelle Kim was the best tour guide I had (from Busan). She was extremely friendly and nice. In addition. Kanako Seguchi from Japan was extremely nice as I was burned and she helped me find a drugstore to treat my wound and suggested other places to visit. Both are exceptional tour guides that went beyond the normal scope of just being a guide. 

Overall Score of the Whole Package

 4.25

 Very good tour package..with a couple of issues but overall I was very satisfied.

NLT-160904-EI71554 [Sep 30, 2016]
Dear Emma,

We successfully returned home.
Sorry for delay. I was really busy at work & at home((

1) First of all I want to tell you great-great thanks!
You've done an amazing job for us!!!

I uploaded my photos from Indonesia here:

Also I attach photo with Mr.Safarudin & local jungle guy Dedy.

2) Can you send me your post address & post address of Mr. Maimoon.
I want to send a surprise to you.
Also this time I brought souvenirs from Russia with me
but there is still 1 thing I want to send to Mr. Maimoon.


3) Here are my marks.

Additional comments:

As for our tour guides, my marks for Mr. Safarudin, & Mr. Maimoon are 1000 000.

Mr. Safarudin was a real jewelry of our tours in Sumatra jungles. He supported us everywhere, was very easy to talk to, gave all necessary advice & really made our tours exciting.


Mr. Maimoon was very attentive to us & very pleasant. I felt that the tour guide cares about our comfort.

 

 

1=poor, 2=fair,3=good, 4=very good5=excellent

Aspect

Mark(1-5)

Advice or Remark

Travel Consultant

 5

Tour Guides

Command of English

 4

Knowledge of Subjects

 5

 

Ability of Explain

 5

 

Attitude

 5

 

Flexibility

 5

 

Drivers and Cars

 5

 

Hotels

Location

 4

 

Comfort

 4

I had one problem in “Sabang->Casanemo Resort.” At breakfast they don’t have any labels on the meals. One day they provided rice & it turned out that it was with some fish. I didn’t understand that because there were some small fish or parts of it. I have a terrible allergy. Fortunately I had some medicine with me..

 

 

For  “Bahorok->Camping polyester tent”

I set 1 because it was really uncomfortable to sleep. It was like a hut & we slept almost on the ground. There is just a very thin mat.

I already wrote in Mr. Safarudin’s review list:


I hope that in the future Bahorok National park will organize comfortable tents & toilets.

The place itself is fantastic & all guys (tour guides, cooks) are excellent.

Sights or Activities

Worthiness of Visit

 5

Meet Your Interests?

 4

City tours were not very interesting.  Jakarta city is overcrowded & traffic jams are terrible. If I know this in advance I’ll visit Jakarta just for 2 days instead of 4.

Too Tight or Too Loose?

 4

Jakarta tours were too short. We spent not more than 3 or 3,5 hours a day for a tour (including time to arrive at the place). It was really vexing because after our Korean vacations I expected to be accompanied during the day with a tour guide.

 

That’s why I always ordered a packaged tour. I feel really uncomfortable in an unknown place without a guide…

Meals

 4

Indonesian food is spicy for Russian people J

Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.)

 5

 

Any Other Aspect

 

 

Overall Score of the Whole Package

 4.5

 

 


Best regards,

Anna

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