Hey lowyat travel peeps!

I am in the mid of deciding whether or not to travel in europe with my family on this coming dec. Due to work overload, I dont have enough time to do planning the trip so I am thinking of paying travel agencies to do it for me. I am seeking for travelling time of +- a week in Europe and would like to seek for recommednation of travel agencies. Which travel agencies is famous and reputable (in terms of customer service, quality of service, affordable rates etc.)

Need help here!!! \

Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by kiwibird: Sep 2 2014, 11:13 AM

Have used various travel agency for my tours to various countries and sometime you get a good one and sometime dont. Am just back from Turkey by Malaysia Harmony. Am happy with them and you may want to try their Europe tour. You also can try Parlo Tours (a friend use them and said service is great), GTT (use them before in my china trip...great too) and Pear Holiday (my china trip, great service too).

Hello,

I would like to seek advice on which travel agencies is okie to help me in trip-planning to HK-Shenzhen including Disneyland 1 day Pass. Preferable included meals and return flights.

Currently just know of Firefly Holiday got such planning, any other agencies are good in dealing in HK trip?

Many thanks!

Hi, anyone planning to visit Tokyo? Here is a home stay run by Malaysian, cheap and clean. PM me if u interested.

What's the latest recommended agency for a short ground tour of Beijing for English speakers? We will already be somewhere else in China and maybe better to book one from KL before going.

Hi guys, I need recommendations on which tour agent to go with to hike Mount Kinabalu. Planning to hike this coming June 2015.

Can anyone here recommends me a legit and reliable tour agent that they use?

Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by apsidewatch: Feb 19 2015, 04:51 PM

Hi everyone. Good day to you. I would like to enquire on flight tickets to London. Travel period would be either March or April 2016. Looking into flying with either Emirates, Etihad, Thai, KLM or if no choice, MAS or any reasonably priced airlines. Kindly revert to me/pm on the best deals. Thank you and have a nice day.

P.S: need tickets only

Hi, hoping that some people here can share their experience with Apple Holiday and their Japan tours. At first opting for Japanican/JTB but now considering Apple Holiday.

My main concern is language. I'm a "banana" and am worried that Apple Holiday's tour guide will end up not being able to speak in English. On Apple Holiday's brochure, they mention the tour being bilingual (English and Chinese). However in another brochure, they state that the tour will be mainly conducted in Mandarin.

Hence, now I have my doubts. I had a bad experience during my trip to Singapore many years ago when the tour company promised to be bilingual but my family ended up getting a tour guide who could barely speak English.

This post has been edited by mikasaackerman: Dec 30 2015, 09:20 AM

Do Free & Easy lo Japan has so much information overload available online that it's super easy to plan your own trip.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3792838/+280

My initial plan with a friend was to go for Japanican, which is a 6-day trip but the last two and a half-days are free and easy, which is ideal for me...

Now kena FFK and my friend wants to go for the Apple Holiday Japan package instead... leading me to make this post to ask about Apple Holiday. lol. Now I'm stuck in limbo in making a decision. Either find another partner to go to Japan with next time (but dunno when is that) or just go with Apple Holiday. I'm just afraid I'll regret taking the Apple Holiday package.

This post has been edited by mikasaackerman: Dec 29 2015, 11:17 PM

For such an efficient country like Japan, why need agent? Just DIY as suggested earlier. No need agent.

I would really LOVE to DIY the trip actually. I have absolutely no problems with that. Problem is the friend that i'm suppose to go with wants to follow an agent because her parents do not approve on her backpacking and going without and agent. At first, we wanted to go with Japanican, which at least gives us the option of free and easy on the last few days. Now, my friend changed her mind and is opting for Apple Holiday.

Tried goggling around for reviews on Apple Holiday but none of them mentioned language, which is the main concern of mine.

This post has been edited by mikasaackerman: Dec 29 2015, 11:41 PM

I've only attended one tour in recent memory. Not Apple Holidays, but in Australia blue mountains tour. The tour guide was bilingual -- mandarin and english. He memang can speak english well, BUT ... he doesn't do bilingual explanations during the bus ride, etc. i.e. he only speaks mandarin to everyone when telling them about the sights, how long you should spend in an area, etc etc ...

Had a similar experience with another tour company when i went to Singapore with my family many years ago (now looking back.. idk why my family chose to go to singapore with a tour.. lol). The tour guide could barely speak English though. He can speak English for a bit but not enough to give explanations about the places we visited. Nasib baik we weren't the only ones complaining cuz we had a middle eastern family who also was very unhappy with the tour guide.

If I'm gonna pay Apple Holiday for a tour guide, I might as well make sure that i get the benefit from it. Takutx2 promise to be bilingual but later never keep their promise. Hope someone can share their experience with Apple Holiday, even if it's not with their Japan tours...

This post has been edited by mikasaackerman: Dec 30 2015, 09:33 AM

you might want to make the agency put it black and white stated that the tour guide assigned would be able to communicate in your preferred language, anything happened at least can go to tribunal for the refund

the tour guide will speak in either english or mandarin depending on the majority language on that day....if got alot china ppl, he will speak mandarin. If alot orang putih, he will speak english.

hi,

i considering go to korea and thinking to purchase from apple holiday, wondering that will their tour guide will keep bring us to purchase thing at specific outlet?

some agency their tour guide will keep force tourist to purchase the stuff from outlet before able to back on vacation schedule.

They are Japan Expert.
Apply Holiday have 2 type of tour. One is with Shopping another one was totally no shopping stop.
No Shopping stop will cost you more.

Hi,

Recently this company Tourist Guide has been advertising a lot using social media ie. Facebook. Anyone know whether they r legit? the prices they offer r actually quite cheap i may add thus the temptation but fearing they may just run away with the money after booking especially if the trip is probably few months down the road or even a year ahead.

Their website : http://www.touristguide.com.my/

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Has anyone used Hello Holidays before?
Heard they are one of the company whom won the Japan Tourism Award recently.