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Koo
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1/31/2010 7:38:25 AM
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Hong Kong
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Thanks for making our Egypt & Petra private tour safe, hassle-free and wonderful. Excellent English-speaking Egyptologists who were enthusiastic and humourous. Responsive to problems and requests throughout the trip.
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Jacqueline Pregont, Clark, Rachel & Emily
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12/20/2009 8:16:06 AM
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Friend
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USA
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Good morning!
THANK YOU for a wonderful trip...
We were very impressed with everything Egypt Highlights provided!!
We especially enjoyed our guides! :)
I am attaching our evaluation...
We will definitely be recommending Egypt Highlights to everyone!
Jacque Pregont
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Janet Taylor
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12/17/2009 8:36:48 AM
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internet
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UK
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Dear Sir/Madam
I have recently returned from holiday in Egypt. I have no complaints against the holiday. But I was extremely saddened and concerned at the cruelty to the Carriage Horses and Donkeys, which was thrust upon us on venturing out of the hotel. The cultural shock was unbelievable. We expected the poverty, which hopefully tourism is now helping, but nothing appears to be being done about the cruelty.
The Hotel Rep. was very helpful and informative. Unfortunately though did not say anything about how to deal with the persistence of the carriage drivers and how to help these unfortunate creatures.
The English are supposedly a nation of animal lovers and have helped to stop cruelty, through publicity in other countries.
After reading your article on Responsible Tourism, I wondered if you could add something to make people aware of their plight, helping the animals would also help the people
Also could the Holiday Rep spare a few minutes in the welcome meetings to say a few words. I have enclosed a helpful guide, taken from a welcome brochure, which explains simply how we can help them. Other holidaymakers I spoke to said that it would have prepared them for the cultural shock and helped in how to handle these people.
I have also enclosed a small poster, plus details of The Ace Charity, that run the Brooke Animal Hospitals in Egypt. If this could be displayed. so if anybody was interested, they could find out more.
Thank you
Janet Taylor
Animal Welfare
As a visitor to Egypt you can improve the welfare of the
working horses and donkeys, by following these simple
guidelines.
Match your size to that of the animal.
Do not overloadacarriage, maximum of 3 adults
Do not accept excuses for thin, lame or badly treated horses,
Pay a fair price for the ride, or animal and owner will have to
work even harder to earn a living
Give praise to any that appear well looked after
Do not let the driver use a whip
Never take a ride on a long journey; some animals have died
from exhaustion
Try to avoid the mid day sun, as animals do suffer from
sunstroke
By doing this, you are showing that we will not condone cruelty
For more information you can go on line to
www.thebrooke.org/traveolr visit one of The Ace, Brooke
animal hospitals
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Bobby and Debra Carroll
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12/14/2009 10:12:47 AM
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through travel agent
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Canada
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On our Egypt Tour and Nile Cruise that went from Nov. 25, 2009 to Dec. 4, 2009 we had an extremely wonderful time. We booked through Travel agency in Canada and they always do a wonderful job organizing tours.
The representatives, guides, and drivers your company provided were extremely professional and courteous at all times. The information you provided about Egypt upon arrival was extremely helpful, especially the extra activities and tipping information. When touring in a foreign country one of the most difficult things to know is how much to tip each individual you deal with. The information about walking around the streets was extremely helpful also. We tried to learn a few Arabic words but our foreign language skills are minimal at best.
The two guides you provided had a real love for Egypt and it's history. This was evident anytime they spoke with us about the sites we visited. We learned alot about Egypt present and past from these two gentlemen. The guides also provided a lot of good information about places to buy some good quality gifts. They were very flexible, able to change the schedule on the fly to make sure we saw and did everything we were scheduled to do and at the same time help us with any extra activities we wanted to do.
The sites were beautiful, the camel ride was fun, and the Nile cruise was very relaxing. We really enjoyed our time in Egypt, met many interesting people and would very much like to visit again as there are still a lot of things to see and learn. If we do visit we would certainly use Egypt Highlights as this was one of the most organized and helpful tour groups I have ever met. Thanks again for a wonderful time, you all were the best.
Thank You,
Bobby and Debra Carroll
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Sara Hopkins
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12/2/2009 4:00:49 AM
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I was emailed
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Australia
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These guys were just fantastic! Did everythig for us, took us everywhere and got us on to the plane at the end so we didn't have to negotiate ourselves through hundreds of people at Cairo airport! Great tour guides too - very amenable and knowledgabel.
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Jim
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12/1/2009 8:45:40 AM
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web-browsing
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USA
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This was my second trip to Egypt but the first for my teen-aged son. It was meant to be an introduction to the iconic monuments and landscapes of the country and his mom and I were hoping that, brief as it was, it might stimulate his growing interest in other cultures. Your team organized and executed a marvelous adventure, impeccable in every key detail from being on time for all the "pickups" to answering with exemplary patience our most inane questions on each of our many tours. We'll be back shortly!
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V.K.Viswanathan
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12/1/2009 5:44:47 AM
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From Travel Agent
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Mumbai India
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We are a small family of three from India,strict vegetarians. We took the private 8 day tour of Cairo,Alexandria
including the Nille cruise.
All arrangements at the Hotels,Pick ups,Transfers The guides right from the moment we landed at Cairo, went superbly.
We enjoyed our visits to The museum,The Pyramids, Aswan Dam,Karnak and Luxor temples. We still carry very pleasant memories of our tour with Egypt Highlights
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Educational Travel
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11/30/2009 11:20:58 AM
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We are an international travel organization that handles thousands of passengers each year on trips overseas. Our groups are mostly high school or college students and their professors. Egypt Highlights has been handling our groups to Egypt with tremendous professionalism and praise from our seasoned teachers. One of our frequent group leaders remarked, "I am speechless". Need I say anymore?
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Bryce
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11/29/2009 10:51:48 PM
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Google
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Washington DC
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The trip was great. We were wary at first because we found Egypt Highlights on Google and just made a cold call. It was hard to tell for the numerous operators websites which operator would be any good. Everything with Egypt Highlights every went very very smoothly. Our 3 day Aswan to Luxor cruise was wonderful and the private guide that was advertised really was a private guide with a private car for myself and my wife. If you choose to go with a private guide definitely ask for Montaser, he was excellent. Finally Egypt Highlights was also helpful when we needed to make changes to our booking plans mid trip. Highly Recommended
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Jonathan
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11/29/2009 6:29:15 PM
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tripadvisor.com
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USA
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I had an amazing experience wiht Egypt Highlights all the guides, reps, and drivers were all so helpful and accomodating. It was the best way to see Egypt and am so happy I found them. Thank you so much!
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