Originally Posted by
OWHKG2016
Hi all, trying to plan my next trip in late January for our first trip to India. We will be planning to visit Agra and Jaipur for 7n. Having just come back from Tanzania safari, we are quite keen to skip the tiger reserves so will have to give aman-i-khas a miss despite the rave reviews here.
This is the itinerary that we are thinking of, is it too much time focused of Jaipur area? Should we go somewhere else, for example stay 1-2n at Dehli? We need to end the trip back in Jaipur as we are attending a wedding there.
1n at Agra Oberoi Amarvilas
4n at Amanbagh
2n at Jaipur Oberoi Rajvilas
One additional problem, Amanbagh is quoting me $1100++ for transfer from Delhi airport and $450++ to Jaipur, which seems a bit exorbitant to me. Are these the going rates or are there trusted companies/drivers that I could arrange the transfer? Thank you.
i had the same issue with Amanbagh quoting me $1100++ for Delhi Airport to the hotel. I normally value the hotel car and am happy to pay the premium, but this is really greedy. So I ended up booking a chauffeur service with Sixt (they do rent a car + chauffeur service in India).
you can get a normal sedan (toyota) for 186$
premium for 467$ (E-Class Mercedes) or first class for 1071$ (S-Class Mercedes). The amounts include tax already.
meanwhile Amanbagh just offers a BMW X5 for their 1100$ (pre-tax)