Guest Reviews

Allen scott

Australia

I have had Odisha tours organise two trips for me over the past couple of years. I have not been dissappointed, Dibakar was able to tailor both trips around my needs succesfully, we stayed in very acceptable hotels, travelled in comfort and without incident. Any minor issues that arose, Dibakar was able to quickly resolve the problem, I have no compliants.

Archana

MP

Great booking experience! Everything was well-organized and the trip went off without a hitch. Thank you Dibakar Samantaray for organising the tempo travel, we had received a new tempo travel which was very hygienic and we’ll maintain and AC functionality was good. The tempo driver was very friendly and was able to take us to all the places that we wanted to visit regardless of the time he was ready to take us to the place. Highly recommend.

Alessandro Biggazi

Italy

Travel Holidays India Bhubaneswar

I really enjoyed the tribal tour, very interesting and well organised .
I was pleased with the choice of the Hotels too.

Many thanks to Mr Dibakar for arranging this trip and to the skilled driver who drove us for miles tirelessly

Overall it was a very good experience ,I would definitely recommend Travel Holiday India to anyone, hopefully I will be using it again soon.

Kranthi Babu

Bangalore

Thank you Dibakar for all the arrangements. We had a pleasant and nice experience over a four day trip in Puri and Bhubaneswar. We were picked up from the Airport and were available until the airport dropped on the final day. The tempo traveller provided to us is very good with functioning Ac. The driver was very helpful. Thank you.

Meeta Shah

Kenya

Thank you Mr Dibakar Samantaray Our Odissa tour from Feb 1 to Feb 16 was beyond our expectations.The state is truly India’s best kept secret. So beautiful so different You assisted with planning of our itinerary ,taking care of all our prefences.Very well planned.The accomodation from palaces to Eco resorts were each a different experience. The itinerary had a good blend of history, religion , culture and nature .So interesting and absorbing. Our vehicle was comfortable and the driver Sanu -was also good-very co operative, The best part of Odissa are its people-so humble and so untouched by the global tourism aspects I wish you well and again thank you for making our Odissa vacation truly memorable

Sophie de Serdieu

France

I had a great trip

Very well organized, just the way I wanted

My 3rd one with them

My guide looked after me as I was part of his family

The driver also very careful on the roads

I had a marvelous time and decovering new amazing villages

I will travel with them next year

Patrice Guillaumet

France

Namaskar Mr Dibakar

this is the second time I have used the services of this agency, the first time in March 2020 for the tribes tour in Jeypore area, and in March 2023, 15 days ago, to visit Kolkata, a part of Odhisa and meet the Ramnami at Chhattisgarh. Everything went perfectly and meeting the RAMNAMI will remain a highlight in my life. Dibakar even invited me to his village near Bhubaneswar to attend the inauguration of a new Hindu temple. moment joyful in a festive atmosphere with a very friendly welcome from the villagers and his family. I attach some photos and recommend both the agency and its friendly manager Dibakar.

Martine Augait

France

Travel Holidays suited my need for in-depth exploration of the culture of the tribes of Odisha and Chhattisgarh perfectly… I was lucky enough to be able to approach and photograph beautiful villages and very welcoming people off the trails beaten. I highly recommend this agency…

Travel Holidays has adapted perfectly to my need for in-depth exploration of the culture of the tribes of Odisha and Chhattisgarh… I had the chance to approach and photograph beautiful villages and very welcoming people off the beaten track. I highly recommend this agency…

Martine Augait

France

Travel Holidays suited my need for in-depth exploration of the culture of the tribes of Odisha and Chhattisgarh perfectly… I was lucky enough to be able to approach and photograph beautiful villages and very welcoming people of the trails beaten. I highly recommend this agency…

Bus provided by Travel holidays was comfirtable. The driver and his helper were highly helpful. Travel Holiday owner responds quickly in case any issue crops up. Overall it was nice exprience.

We and our family visited puri,konark,kolkatta and gangasagar with this agency.It was really a memorable tour. Accomodation,transport,food inall the entire Tour was very well planned and organised as per our requrements. Mr.Dibankar was available on phone round a clock.All members really enjoyed. Thanks Dibankar and entire team.

Thank you Mr. Dibakar. We had a a very memorable trip of Odisha from 6th to 16th March 2024. The Driver Mr. Bipin was very good and polite. The hotels booked were very comfortable. All arrangements impeccable. We could have nice darshan at Puri with the help of Mr. Sagar Panda. The whole trip especially Boat ride to Habelikatti from Bitherkanika and Gahirmata beach was just mesmerizing. We will definitely come back to you for our next trip to Assam.

Marie Ange

Paris

Dear Sir,

Thanks for your great service during our trip to Odisha. We wanted to see the real Odisha and it’s people and we did it through your help and cooperation. The ethnic non touristic tribal village and its people were very nice. We are very thankful to Divakar that he took us some real tribal villages and interacted with local people, their culture and traditions.  The driver Sanjay was very hard working driver. The driving from Baliguda to Bhubaneswar was really long and hilly but the patience he showed was wonderful.

Planning a trip to Nagaland and will contact you soon.

Thanks

Beatriece and group

Belgium

Dear Dibakar,

Namastey

We enjoyed our Odisha trip very much. The trip was a wonderful and we can say we saw everything in one state Odisha and felt like we visited India.  Our trip duration was two week and we saw many things in two weeks time such as beautiful temples, beach, lake and wildlife. Also we saw beautiful landscape, waterfall, tribes and their village, picturesque mountain.

Dibakar was very Knowledgeable about Odisha history and tribes. He is very cooperative and friendly. Always show us something new and beyond the program. A never says “No” man never gets tired always smiling.  The driver Chitaranjan I can say the best driver in India.

Wish you all the best future ahead

Thanking you,

Sophie

France

Dear Sir,

I enjoyed very much about the Ramnami Tribes in Chhattisgarh. The guide Sumant is excellent guide who had not only good knowledge about the tribes but also good relations with the tribal village people.  The driver also drives the cab in hilly areas with utmost care.

I enjoyed the trip very much and looking forward to other tribal part of India.

Thanks

Israel Group

Israel

Dear Dibakar,

Thanks for your wonderful trip in Odisha. The ancient temples in Odisha are really good. We learnt a lot about tribes and their villages. Guide and drive both were good human being. The driver chita drove us safely in the high hill area of Koraput and Rayagada.

We will come back again to visit remaining places of Odisha.

Claire and Patrice

France

Dear Sir

thanks you for your submissions and I send you our opinion on our trip and your agency.
Everything went perfectly and we are very happy with your service.

Particularly noticed the very good driving skills of Sanjay…  very careful and very pleasant.

Sarat is an excellent guide who made us discover the landscapes, tribes and hidden corners of the hills. you are very friendly and open. it is a great quality

I think we will meet again after the bad events of Covid..

I wish you the best and patience like all of us.

the worst is still to die..no?:-)
cordially

Mr. Sunil n Group

New Delhi

All d very best for your future endeavours.

Our entire trip has been organised by u very nicely. At d end Group is HAPPY. Thanks a lot to U and your Team.

Ruby

Australia

Hello Mr Dibakar,

We appreciate your good service in Odisha. We learned a lot of things about odisha through your organization. Thanks.

Israel Group

Israel

Dear Mr. Dibakar,

Thanks a lot for your excellent service. We enjoyed Odisha very much. Everything was well arranged. Hotels, transport , guide and driver all were perfect.

Vasant n group

Chennai

We enjoyed trip to khandadhar waterfall where we got the opportunity to take bath.

 Dear dibakar We enjoyed trip to khandadhar where we got the opportunity to take bath. Also puri n konark temple was really world class. Thanks for your nice service.

Ms. Jullie

UK

Dear Dibakar,

We saw many tribes, their village and tribal weekly market. It was fantastic tour. But I did not know much about the driver and guide though we travelled together a lot. At the end of trip we knew much about each other .  Overall the tour was good.

Thanks for everything.

keep in touch.

Mr. Jiten

Bhubaneswar

Thanks to the Travel Holidays and team for their enduring effort and valuable anticipation in making the trip a successful one

 The tour began on 14th Oct 2018 with interesting and exciting note… The beautiful valleys of shimla, enchanting atmosphere of kullu and fantabulous beauty of Manali mesmerized us… Once again once again came from the heart… Really had an amazing and fantastic experience… Thanks to the Travel Holidays and team for their enduring effort and valuable anticipation in making the trip a successful one… Travel Holidays Rocks.. 

Sham

Mumbai

Dear Dibakar

You had arranged the studen’s village trip well. We were little apprehensive about the sucess of the tour but ultimately  the end of the trip was fantastic. Students learned a lot about the village and their muddy house.

Ms. Corrine

France

Dear team of Travel Holidays,

Thank you. Your driver Sanjay was very good driver, very careful and he looks after us very well. It is very pleasant.

We hope we are nice for you. Have a nice return with guide firoz in Bhubaneswar. We thank all the team and particularly Dibakar for arranging such as beautiful tribal tour in Odisha and Chattishgarh

Regards,

Corrine

Martine

Paris, France

Review in English ….

Durgesh sahu

Raipur

Our trip went very smooth.everything from lodging to food was awesome.the sites we visited were worth watching.overall it was a super comfortable trip for us and a good one to cherish for a lifetime.

Ms. Rakhi

Goa

Dibaka ji We really happy for your excellent service in himachal adventure trip. You choosed right hotel in nature with excellent driver.

Sunil Agarwal

Madhya Pradesh

Congratulations for success tour programme and thanks for all We all enjoyed trip of puri and jagannath rath yatra with deogarh and gaya

Mr. Guru

Malaysia

Hi Mr Diba sorry for delay reply we all are reached safely. As soon as arrived my work has started 2 days very very busy in seminar arrangement. Whole night not sleep.

They all very happy again we organize on November we tell u the date later.

Philip Domineco

Italy

Thank you very much for your well arrangement of our trip to Orissa

Dear Mr. Dibakar Samantary, Thank you very much for your well arrangement of our trip to Orissa.

Mr. Banger

Mumbai

Really want to thanks for all the nice experience with the Odisha trip

Really want to thanks for all the nice experience with the Odisha trip. All the family members are very happy and all credit goes to you and your trip. Really thanks once again.

Vr. gr, Marc Volcke, Voltex nv

Belgium

Nice to have Met you Once

Dear Mr. Samantaray Nice to have met you once again in india + tks. For the very nice Service & support during our Dharmasala/Amritsar trip. Annex: the trip + price offer received from DLA Tours for our Ladakh trip. Always interesting to know what ‘collegues’ offer. We look forward to meet you soon again.

N S ASHOK

Dear Mr. Dibakar, Namaste…. On behalf of tour participants, we would like to extend our appreciation to you for your efficient services on our Bhubaneshwar – Puri tour. We are proud to have you as a coordinator in this tour, and we are thankful for the service provided to us. We appreciate your sincere efforts made on your part towards accommodation and transportation which made the tour memorable. Our whole team would like to thank you for your help and guidance. We would love to recommend your company to anyone who needs a tour service in the future. Keep up the good work and best wishes to you. Thanking you once again…..

Vandana Gupta, Teachers, Group of college students

Himachal

Dear Dibakar Ji, Namaskar We all reached safely at our place. Sweet memories of Orissa will remain in our hearts forever. Especially ur hospitality is too good. I can not imagine hospitality above this. I shall always be grateful to you for your simple yet generous behaviour. However professionally it is our first assignment, but it was beyond my expectations. In our earlier conversations it had been always my guess that you are a simple and honest person, but after meeting you it is proved. From students part I personally feel ashamed that they returned back without saying a single word of appreciation. I apologise for their behaviour. However they didn’t do it intentionally. They are immature and that’s why it happened. But actually they were praising a lot about your arrangements. All of them have given me a gratuitous statement for arranging such a marvellous tour. However it is all because of you. I am short of words of appreciation. What else I can say…….. … Orissa… A wonderful place with wonderful hospitality and brilliant and simple host. Thanks a lot for making this assignment a remarkable tour.

Ms. Leena, Tour Leader, Anderson Secondary School

Shillong, Meghalaya

Dear Mr. Dibakar, Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful trip… We are indebted to u.. We have been able to understand more about Odisha.. This is an unforgettable trip….hope to come on for another trip in future. Thanks again for the well management of our school trip

Harald koerner and his wife Veronika

Austria

Dear Mr. Dibakar, Since yesterday back again in Austria! (04th of dec.2016) Within 20 days in Odisha and Chattisgarh, we got a really good insight into tribal people, their villages and markets. The tour was excellent organized. Hotels as good as in this area possible. (Especially the lodge in Bhoramdeo was very inspiring and beautiful!) We had very good cars, great guides and drivers! (About the performance of the first guide in Bhubaneswar-area I told you already, so I do not need to mention this again.) Sarat Kumar Routray was one of the competentest guides, we ever had. (He knows really everthing.) I hope, better I am sure, that you will go on with this excellent handling tours for foreigners. By this way you will soon have a lot of satisfied clients!

Nitin Khasase, Kartiki Tours & Travels

Pune

Dear Shri. Dibakar Ji, We write to inform you that, a Tour (especially Hotel) managed by you is very nice & best ever. We get very fine experience from your team. All person (of our Travellers) are very appreciate for your Service. Now, In future, we will book all our tours through you especially odisha and all over India. Thanking you & expecting this type of service from you in future.

Meera

Spain

Dear Mr. Dibakar, We had a wonderful trip in Orissa. All the people appreciated you for your immaculate tour operation particularly in tribal areas of Orissa. Though tribal tour was a bit adventure kind of tour but we enjoyed it very much. The city and village and colorful market were superb. Your program was mixture of all like beach, lake, temple, village, national park and tribes and their village. We saw a real Orissa through your agency. Your presence with the group throughout the tour was praiseworthy and we felt very safe and secure with your presence. We will definitely recommend your name to other people back home.

Jennifer Lynn

Italy

Dear Mr. Dibakar, Namaste!! Sorry for the late reply. All the members of the group were very satisfied with your service. The hotel which you selected were wonderful. The guide tempo and driver both were perfect. The driver drove us very safely even in some bad road that leads to tribal areas. The guide Sarat was not only a nice man but a knowledgeable guide. We will definitely recommend your name to our friends and relatives who pan their trip to Orissa. With best wishes,

Katrien Beselaere

Belgium

Hello, Nice to hear from you. Our family is fine for the moment. How is your driver doing? He is a very polite and nice man. The Orissa trip was a nice experience for us. We liked it very much. The programme was fine. Also the Ajunta en Elona caves where very interesting for us. The only thing is that you make sure that the hotel rooms are the best of the hotel. The may fair hotels where not completely full and still we were sometimes placed in the back rooms. So ask your costumers a little bit more, but put them in the best rooms. Like in Arungabad (Ajunta en Elona) there was a much better hotel, which was more stylisch. And this is also a part of the enjoyment. We had a cousin who married in south Africa. So we have gone to the marriage and stayed there a little while. So I dont think we will come to India this year. But be sure that our next visit to India will be with you.

Mrs S Manuelpillai

Malaysia

Dear Dibakar, Just a note to say Thank you for a brilliant and memorable tour organised by you to Orissa.I will definitely recommend the tour to friends and family . However I would like to let you know the highlights and lowlights of our trip. First and foremost I need to say we had a comfortable journey right throughout because of the vehicle and the trustworthy and competent driver we had Ashok. Even though language was a drawback he did his best to cover all the sights. The guide at the Jagnath temple was very good. As for the hotels they were ok but we were pleased we had our own dinners as we were able to visit different haunts in Puri and bhubaneswar. The boat down the mangrove forest of Bhitarkanika National Park was amazing and enjoyed watching the salt water crocodiles. They were enormous. We were lucky with seeing birds too. Just like to mention that if one is a foreigner then carrying a photocopy of your passport is advisable for this trip. Would have liked to stay an extra day at the village resort. The folks were so entertaining. Overall the sights you included in our itinerary covered most of the important sites in Orissa, both hindu and Buddhist ruins. Thanks again and it was nice meeting you.

Thiaga

Spain

Namaskar Dibakar, Coming all the way from Malaysia to Orissa, we were more than pleased with your suggestions and tips on our 10 day visit. I am pleased you handled our queries very well even before we decided to book your services. Beyond what I paid for, you exceeded my expectation, by arranging hotel and train tickets from Culcutta , where I landed first. Knowing that our interests were unique from the normal tourist, you took time off of your schedule to be with us for a full day, when we visited Netajis museum and Dhabaleswar temple in Cuttack. I sure noticed you yourself showing a keen interest on the historical displays at Netaji Museum. We got to know you better during that one day trip. You sure pay attention to understand unique customer needs and meet and exceed client satisfaction, through excellent service, however small it may be. . Shabas to you.You accommodated our request for deviation from package dinner deal. Little things that make a client happy goes a long way, Dibakar. We still have unfinished business in your beautiful and culturally rich state of Orissa. I will, without hesitation, choose you as my travel agent. In fact, I learnt from our conversations that you have travelled far and wide in India. That makes you as my preferred choice for consultation and travel agent on my future travels to India. Best wishes and wish you well.

Lelli Federica, VIVERE & VIAGGIARE, P.ZZA GARIBALDI 24, 40046 PORRETTA TERME

Good morning, Okay Mr Masotti returned and were very satisfied with the service received. A special thank to the guide who told me that was fantastic. Thanks but for the moment I have no other requests. If I have other request will be my care call you.

Neelam and family

Hello Dibakar, Thanks for the very good arrangement. Our trip was awesome everybody enjoyed it and the hotels were very comfortable and the service was excellent. The food was good at the hotels, sorry for being rude with the Sutrupti hotels but it was just the reaction of tiredness. All is well that ends well. The only thing we missed was last good bye with Mr.Chitranjan. A very good driver, the best driver we ever had on our trip. Please convey our best regards to him. We do have pictures of him and he told us to send one of our picture. I will send him one soon. Thanks for taking us for the darshan on the day of our landing. Guides you provided at the places were good too. We really appreciate and thankful for the pandit you provided us for the Jaggannath jis darshan and temple tour. It was amazing, we learnt a lot from Orissa and the people. I will definitely contact you soon for the eastern states tour and I wish I make it to do a tribal tour in Orissa. If you are on TripAdvisor or wherever you want me to write the feedback about your company please let me know, I will be more than happy to write. This trip was so good that we want to keep memories intact so we are writing a travel journal for this trip. Hope to see you someday in Jodhpur.

MANDEEP

MR. DIBAKAR, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND TEAM FOR THE FANTASTIC WORK.I APPRECIATES YOU TO TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR NEEDS AND HELP US.I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM.YOU ARE VERY COOPERATIVE AND THIS WAS A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE . BAIDYANATH IS NO 1 JAGANNATH PURI IS NO 2 KOLKATA (GANAGA SAGAR) IS NO. 3 FOOD IS GOOD TO OUR REQUIREMENT HOTEL ROOMS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE AND GOOD SERVICE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

Anup Ranade

Dear Dibakar, Thank you for a well organized 1 week Orissa trip. Thank you for accommodating our last minute changes as well. Appreciate all your efforts to make our trip memorable. Special thanks for including Manglajodi. It was very thoughtful of you. Overall we are very satisfied with all the arrangements including the vehicle.

Shesh

Dear Dibakar, Our trip ended up as a really nice family vacation, many thanks to you and your team. Everything else was good. Many thanks for your help in arranging a decent hotel in a sort notice. I will definitely recommend you to my friends and family when they plan a trip on your area. Good luck and best wishes for your business and let me know if you serve different areas in India apart from Orrisa.

Col K

S Johar

Mr Dibakar Samantaray, We returned back after our memorable visit to Orissa. Each one of us enjoyed and returned quite happy. Though we could not visit all the places as planned by your team.However,it was good for all. On behalf of all the members of our team,I extend our sincere thanks to you as well as your team. As I had mentioned you,I had given Rs 5000/- and Rs 1000/- to your Driver Suresh,on 26th and 27th respectvely.During our tour to Chilka lake,I got concession of Rs 1000/- being defence officer.So only Rs 5000/- was paid to organiser.Your driver Mr Suresh is aware of this. This is just for your information please. I have no hasitation to recommand to any of my colleagues to visit Orisha ,after consulting you and availing your services.

Ranjita Das Weiss Wendt

France

Dear Mr. Samantaray, My friends were overall satisfied with your services, your Itinerary, suggestion and your reactivity. In future, I have other friends who would like a tour of Orissa, I will surely suggest them your services. Thank you for everything and best wishes.

Renate & Ottmar Tietz

Germany

Dear Mr. Samantaray, We spent one wonderful week in Orissa with many impressive stops. Hotels were nice; the driver had good English knowledge and drove us safely through a very narrow road, small villages and big traffic. Mr. Dibakar had organized everything very correct and in time. Tour programme was a good mixture of culture, nature, tradition and daily life. We hope to come again.

Mrs. Meera Pradhan

USA

Hi Dibakar, Thanks for renewing the passport for Mama. I really appreciate it. Here is my feedback on your service when we traveled to India last year. The first and most important thing that is coming to me is the fast, timely response and communication that you did over the email while making the travel arrangements. You provided all the information that I asked for in a timely manner for me to make my decisions. And you provided the tickets for a very reasonable price. And when I met you in India I thought you are a perfect gentleman. So the whole experience was great. If I find out anyone traveling to India this summer I will recommend you. Keep in touch.

Louise Hexspoor

Netherland

Dear Dibakar, Sure when we will travel again to Orissa we will contact you! I have still good memories on the trip to the tribal areas in your beautiful district! The many fotos illustrate this time. Many greetings from Holland. I will give friends, intending to visit Orissa, your address

Jordi

Spain

Hello, Dibakar!!! Happy to hear about you!!! I would like to confirm to you our really very good feeling with your professional care and warmly assistance during the trip, and, mainly, for your friendly way to make us feel your friendship!!! Dibakar, sorry for this Catalan sentence, but when I speak with heart I speak in Catalan Well, for us its really nice to hear about you too, because we still can feel your friendly way to live our holydays. Here at our current job, leaving our current life, we feel yet more special the feelings of Indian people!! For us the look of Tajmahal, the evening prays at Ganges, the family which presents us the lesson of hospitality to enjoy his childs birthday, all of this are the roots of our Jainism (of course, with the little license to eat beefwe dreamed about it during a loot of days in India!!!..) So, Dibakar, to send you an evidence of your friendly care I enclose two pictures about it

Sanujit Purohit

Wipro Technologies

Hi Dibakar, It was nice to take a service from you. It was really a good experience. I will be definitely in touch with you, if any such service is requiring in future.

Jyoti

Jaipuria

Dear Dibakar, The car & driver were fine. Had a very smooth trip. Thanks

Renate Tietz

Germany

Dear Mr. Dibakar Samantaray, Happy Easter greetings from Germany. Sorry for the late reply but I fell ill and I am still not O.K. We enjoyed our stay in India very much. At the end, everthing went well and we got a lot of new impresions and more than 2000 colourful pictures. What we missed, were some hotels, we had them in Orissa. I give you a detailed report of our days in the attched file, so you can use them for further planning. We thank you very much for your cooperation and with you all the best.