
Goo afternoon. We all left from Osaka yesterday with lots of lovely memories. We had an excellent holiday in Japan and everything about it was AMAZING. Tokyo is a very beautiful city and Mount Fuji and the Alpine was awesome. Just a pity that due to bad weather we could not go to the snow corridor. Osaka was also nice and we enjoyed the goodies in Dotenburi. The Universal studio was also wonderful, thank God that they had the fast pass.
Your service and arrangements were excellent. Both the guides in Osaka and Tokyo were very nice and helpful.
Overall a wonderful trip and thanks to you
Best regards
Laju
I am very sorry for delaying to reply. I was out of state. The tour was fine. Alice the tour guide in South Korea was excellent. The first one at Nagasaki was not great. The rest were excellent. Thank you for all your help.
John Thomas
Jay was a funny guy, he speaks English so well! I was shocked that he only learned English thru watching American shows. I thought he lived in the states for some time!Transportation is okay too! Glad or bus has lots of space for us so it is not cramped! Maybe a bit improvement is when the bus parked far from the entrance of Hitchi, suggestion is maybe next time, they can drop off the passengers at the entrance if allowed :) And also, I thought Jay would be joining us inside the park, so as to show us th best spots to take photos, but I think he did not go in :) The park is beautiful but maybe time is a bit short to fully appreciate it. And the walks are long, maybe taking the train that goes around the park is a good idea to maximize time :) Then for the NAkaminato, we didn't have time to go around:( We just had lunch in one resto,we didn't get to see the actual market, and the restaurant we ate didn't have salmon and toro sashimi which my brother was looking forward to. But it isunderstandable since we requested to eat in a restaurant that serves tempurafor the kdis since they don't eat raw. Lastly, for the KAirakuen, also time isbit short, would have loved to roam around more, we didn't get to see much of the cherry blossoms trees there :( Maybe suggestion for other people touring is make the time earlier to be able to spend more time in each place :)
Dear Lynne
We are back our sweet home and back to workas well, so we will only be able to provide you with the photos next week.
About the evaluation report I am attachingit now.
Have a great day and we will talk laterthis year for our next trip in Japan in February 2018.
Best regards
CarlaFlores
Aspect | Mark(1-5) | Advice or Remark | |
Travel Consultant (Ms. Lynee Zhao) | 5 | Lynne was the reason why we have travelled with Novaland to Japan: she was the first to reply, always helpful and willing to accommodate our requests and gave us excellent suggestions on how to make our first trip in Japan such a success. And she is the reason why we will go back to Japan next year with Novaland! | |
Tour Guide (Mr.Tsuyama Hiroshi) | Command of English | 3 |
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Knowledge of Subjects | 4 |
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Ability of Explain | 4 |
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Attitude | 5 | Always willing to help us by booking special restaurants to have dinner and made really good suggestions of visits whenever there was extra time to kill | |
Flexibility | 5 |
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Drivers and Cars | 5 |
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Hotel (Hotel Kintetsu Kyoto Station) | Location | 5 |
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Comfort | 4 | There was hardly any options for a western breakfast (e.g. no bread and no fresh fruit) but the room was very quiet | |
Hotel (Hotel Granvia Osaka) | Location | 5 |
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Comfort | 2 (first night)-4 | On the first night we were given such a small (impossible to open the only suitcase we had brought and my husband could not fit the bed) and noisy room that we had to complain at the reception. On the following 2 nights we had a normal and quiet room. However the breakfast was excellent. | |
Hotel (Miyajima Kinsuikan Ryokan) | Location | 5 |
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Comfort | 5 | Gorgeous dinner and amazing room | |
Sights or Activities | Worthiness of Visit | 5 |
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Meet Your Interests? | 5 |
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Too Tight or Too Loose? | 5 | Just perfect | |
Meals | All the lunch options suggested by our guide were perfect | ||
Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.) | 5 |
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Any Other Aspect | 5 | The wi-fi router idea was fabulous. Please keep doing it Novaland! | |
Overall Score of the Whole Package | 5 | But there is still room for improvement: a guide with better command of English and the slightly wider rooms, if available with western breakfast as an option |
Aspect | Mark (1-5) | Advice or Remark | |
Travel Consultant | 4 | ||
Tour Guides | Command of English | 3 | |
Knowledge of Subjects | 4 | ||
Ability of Explain | 4 | ||
Attitude | 5 | ||
Flexibility | 4 | ||
Drivers and Cars | 4 | ||
Sights or Activities | Worthiness of Visit | 4 | Overall it's good. |
Meet your Interests? | 3 | I expected to see Lake Kawaguchi on the trip that we took. Maybe I overlook my itinerary because we were not taken to that place. We were brought to a place where we were given an option to climb up 400 steps up to see a Buddhist Shrine to wait? Many of us ended up waiting in the coffee shop. | |
Too Tight or Too Loose? | 4 | ||
Meals | 2 | Pork was served with no other choice. We were moslem and we don't eat pork. Maybe this is something that needs to be improved. | |
Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.) | 3 | ||
Any Other Aspect | 3 | In Osaka, we had a walking tour and it was a very long walk for us at the age of 63 and 62 years old. We made it but it was really tiring. Maybe next time, other option can be provided. The places we were taken to were beautiful spots. | |
Overall Score of the Whole Package | 4 |
Best regards,
Alvin
Hi Alice, we're back home safely. We got the refund and thanks for everything. We surely enjoyed Japan.
Hi Nick,
Hope you and Jin are doing well. We have received the video. Please seebelow for our feedback.
Thank you again for the great service!
Regards,
Farah
Aspect | Mark(1-5) | Advice or Remark | |
Travel Consultant | 5 |
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Tour Guides | Command of English | 5 |
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Knowledge of Subjects | 5 |
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Ability of Explain | 5 |
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Attitude | 5 |
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Flexibility | 5 |
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Drivers and Cars | 5 |
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Hotels | Location | 5 |
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Comfort | 5 |
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Sights or Activities | Worthiness of Visit | 5 |
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Meet Your Interests? | 5 |
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Too Tight or Too Loose? | 5 | Just nice | |
Meals | 5 |
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Public Transportation (train, flight, cruise, etc.) | 5 |
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Any Other Aspect | 5 | Guide is proactive and made good suggestions for site visits, videos were well put together and helped make the trip more memorable | |
Overall Score of the Whole Package | 5 |
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Thank you! We're having a great time and hate to leave tomorrow. Everyone has been wonderful!
Amanda
Tour was ok, a little tiring. We switched back to going to the Aquarium -- and kids enjoyed that a lot. Would it be possible to get a car for Wednesday for the Nara Park or the Mitsui Outlet? How much additional should we pay if we get half day or full day?
Thanks and regards,
Jane
Apr 11:
We would just like to request that we start our tour at 10am tomorrow (instead of 9am).
John was ok with the pace. We're just not used to a lot of walking :)