Asia Odyssey Travel Expert Alina

I just graduated college and was planning on solo traveling Asia for 3 months. In the beginning of May, my mother very last minute decided that she would join me for a few weeks starting in the beginning of June. We both were very busy and had to quickly come up with a plan, which is when we found Asia Odyssey. Alina was super prompt in her response and quickly made us an itinerary for Nepal and Bhutan that fit exactly to our needs. After seeing how expertly Alina was able to create this itinerary, we also requested she make us an itinerary for India’s Golden Triangle including Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan that we would embark on before Nepal/Bhutan.

Altogether we were under the care of Asia Odyssey for about a month, and simply could not have had a better experience. Alina was constantly in contact with us to make sure that everything was going smoothly and that we were having a wonderful time. In Nepal, we very last minute changed our plan to fly instead of drive for two of our locations and Alina was so understanding and helpful in allowing us to change our plans. Alina truly took wonderful care of us from start to finish and she is such a gem. Thank you so much for everything Alina!

Our trip to India felt right out of a magazine. Our driver Satish in India was with us over a week and is one of the kindest, most genuine people I have ever met in my entire life. I’ve been wanting to go to India with my mother for years and the trip was absolutely perfect - every hotel, every restaurant, every sight was absolutely wonderful. I was blown away with the country and the culture, and Asia Odyssey allowed us to experience it in the most comfortable and seamless way.

Our adventures in Nepal and Bhutan were some of the best of my life! The mountains and culture were unlike anything I’d experienced before, and I truly felt that I was able to get a genuine feel for the countries. The mountains and all of the buddhist monasteries and temples were some of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life. I absolutely cannot wait to come back - and when I do it will definitely be with Asia Odyssey.

Our guides Prarek, Ganesh, Narendra, Amit, Ghana, and Jigme throughout India, Nepal and Bhutan were all absolutely amazing, as were our drivers Satish, Keshav, and Momlal. Every single person we met was so incredible and made us feel so welcomed.

I cannot speak highly enough of Asia Odyssey and the hospitality shown by all involved in our trip. Thank you so much for the trip of a lifetime, and we hope to return very soon!

I just returned from a last-minute fantastic month long mother-daughter trip through India, Nepal, and Bhutan. I had been to India 6 times in the past for work, but I never really had time to do much sightseeing. In May, I decided to meet up with my daughter in June in Delhi and spend a month touring India, Nepal, and Bhutan. I contacted Asia Odyssey Travel and started working with Ms. Alina Dan. She was absolutely amazing! I was so impressed how she designed our trips so quickly according to my requests. Furthermore, she gave me lots of advice and feedback as we worked through all the details to really come up with a great plan.

She secured the Bhutan visas for us, explained how we could easily get the Nepal visas upon arrival, and provided links for us to get the Indian visas. Overall, it was a painless process. I really appreciated her guidance as it seems difficult to get accurate info regarding visa requirements in the post covid world.

We stayed in a huge variety of beautiful, unique hotels. None of them felt particularly touristy, and we enjoyed all of them... from rural lodges to sophisticated, beautiful city hotels.

All of our guides and drivers were amazing, which we truly appreciated given the fact that we arranged the whole trip within a few weeks of our departure. We really miss Satish, our wonderful driver in India, who was with us throughout all of our India adventures. He always showed so much care and concern for us day after day.... despite some of our sometime crazy requests! I'm not sure how Alina pulled all the details and great people together so quickly, but it was really wonderful.

I will definitely go with Asia Odyssey Travel on my next trip to Asia. I can't say enough good things about them!

 

Communication with Alina Dang was easy and response time fast. Alina is very professional and detail oriented.

Once in Bhutan our Guide Kins and Driver Karma made this 6 days tour to Paro, Thimphu and Punakha an unforgettable experience.

The Hotels selected were all excellent and with a friendly staff.

I hope to return to Bhutan for a longer stay and travel to Eastern Bhutan. Visit Bhutan and you will not be disappointed.

I recently booked my personal customised tour of 6 cities through Asia Odyssey under the consultant Alina.

From the very first day. She is very engaged, responsive, patient and able to change to my needs. She took the best personalised care for me. The communication and arrangement throughout 6 cities was with army precision and I felt supported in every step of the way especially when I needed last minute changes from Zhangjiaje to Chengdu. I'll be recommending to all my friends and will definitely use Alina again for my future trip of Lhasa and Tibbet.

Coming to local guides Julian at Shanghai, Max at Zhangjiaje, Shemy at Chongqing, Betty at Chengdu, Eillen at Xian, Momo at Harbin and Jiang at Beijing all were amazing. The last part of trip was made memorable by Jiang 's sense of humour and personal care of details. Thanks

It was a well organized tour. The tour guides at various locations were so knowledgeable with local history, to us it’s like attending a history lesson. Ours was a private tour , the guides were so attentive and caring. Our trip consultant Ms Alina Dan was so caring and helpful always kept in touch with WhatsApp helping us making sure we travelled comfortably, thank you Alina.

I won’t hesitate to recommend anyone who wishes to travel to contact Asia Odyssey tours

0ur 9 days focus trip to Hangzhou-Huangshan-Suzhou, was a pleasant experience with each day targeted a cultural, historical and communal site after breakfast, then another site after lunch, and may extend to the evening after dinner for shopping.

The trip was make informative by 4 well informed English speaking guides Ms Leaf, Ms Lacey, Mr Bruce & Mr Sloven at each town. Kudos and time saving travel by intercity High Speed Rail.

All this was well coordinated by Asia Odyssey Tour - Ms Alina Dan.

We really enjoyed our 19 day tour of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet tour arranged by Asian Odyessey. Alina helped customize our itinerary, mostly adding a few free rest days, and was very helpful in communication throughout. The tour guides, hotels and transportation were all excellent. I am happy to recommend them and indeed am looking at another tour.

We booked it through Asia Odyssey Travel and it was one of the great decisions we made.

We wanted a private tour, just the Six of us with our private car, driver, and English-speaking guide, From the start, a special mention travel consultant, please do look for her - Alina from 成都 AOT was efficient in planning our itinerary based on our requirements, and was always accommodating when we wanted some changes made along the way. Her responses were fast , caring and meet our requested according without disappointment.

Their transport arrangements, selection of Hotels, internal transport transfers, etc were all top-notch.

Special mention must be made to the following personnel who took care of us:
Tour Guides in Yunnan:
1. Kuning: Colin
2. Lijiang: AMY Du
3. Shangri-la: Lobsang
They were so knowledgeable about the history & local cultures and so ready to attend to all our needs and requested.

A special shout out to 和师傅, he is an efficient, super careful driver and caring toward all people. He took great care of us and the your guide during the journey. He make sure our safety come first at all time.

A big Thank You, Alina, and Asia Odyssey Travel for making our holiday so memorable.

Best wishes !

What a wonderful experience we had, with fabulous support from Alina at Asia Odyssey and from our great driver Vipin and our guides (Prerak in Delhi, Sanjay in Agra and Suresh in Jaipur). The guides were knowledgeable, communicative and friendly, and all had a good appreciation as well of food, which meant their restaurant suggestions were excellent. Vipin accompanied us throughout our trip and shared many things with us, beyond being a driver, including taking us to the Galvani Hindu temple in Jaipur.

What an amazing trip. We did the Golden Triangle, which has a particular focus on the architecture and history of the Mughul empire, especially Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. And the buildings are spectacular! The Taj is most known, and I found the inlay work (precious stones inlaid in the white marble) to be the highlight. We bought a marble elephant done in the same way as a reminder of the walls of the Taj - seeing the actual artisans doing this inlay work in with traditional tools added to our experience and we were delighted to buy some of their special work.

Having said that, my personal preference was for the red sandstone buildings rather than the white marble. The detailed work of carving the sandstone is for me as beautiful as the similar work on the marble, and the colours are nicer, softer.

Similarly, the timber constructions in Nepal were unbelievable - as detailed as the work we saw in India, and wonderfully maintained, even if it has experienced significant impacts from earthquakes.

The photos below highlight our experiences - the captions provide the rest of the detail.

We opted for the 4 day Beijing and from the initial stages of interaction with the office personal Ms Alina Dan , the tour was a smooth sail . We got a clear and crisp detail of all we wanted in the first descriptions itself ,and we are fully satisfied with Ms Alina’s details .And the best part was the security and care we had from our guide Ms Sarena …. Right from the platform of the bullet train we arrived to the airport checkin counter …

She felt like a family member to us and all the details she provided was of great help , least to mention her help in selecting the menu for lunch which we feared a lot beforehand.All five stars ️ to Ms sarena for her sincerity in work and the way she handled our team with good command in English. Our driver Mr Han drove his vehicle without ever knowing it was ever moving…. Really awesome … we recommend Asia odyssey travel Beijing to all the readers with all 5 Stars ️ especially our consultant Ms Alina and guide Ms Sareena .

Communication with Alina Dang was easy and response time fast. Alina is very professional and detail oriented.
Once in Bhutan our Guide Kins and Driver Karma made this 6 days tour to Paro, Thimphu and Punakha an unforgettable experience.
The Hotels selected were all excellent and with a friendly staff.
I hope to return to Bhutan for a longer stay and travel to Eastern Bhutan. Visit Bhutan and you will not be disappointed.