{"id":6025,"date":"2007-11-18T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/india-with-your-own-car-and-guide\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T22:35:00","slug":"india-with-your-own-car-and-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2007\/11\/india-with-your-own-car-and-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIA WITH YOUR OWN CAR and GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R0C-TIdrN2I\/AAAAAAAAB0A\/fcrmeWTELg8\/s1600-h\/Taj+Mahal+High+Res%5D-741289.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R0C-TIdrN2I\/AAAAAAAAB0A\/fcrmeWTELg8\/s320\/Taj+Mahal+High+Res%5D-741289.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134312811101108066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YOUR WEEKLY &#8220;TRAVELLERS  GOOD BUYS&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Week beginning 19  November 2007<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>travellers good buys: with  david ellis<\/p>\n<p>INDIA WITH YOUR OWN CAR &#038;  GUIDE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>AN 11-night tour of  India With A Difference includes  travel in<br \/>private vehicles with a dedicated guide, a stay in the luxury Amar<br \/>Villas while visiting the Taj Mahal, another at the 5-star Imperial<br \/>Hotel in  Delhi and Taj Lake  Palace at Udaipur, and one at the<br \/>all-suite hilltop Devi Garh Hotel. Highlights include the alleys and<br \/>markets of  Old Delhi and by contrast modern New Delhi, the Taj, the<br \/>old desert town of Fatehpur Skri that was abandoned when its water<br \/>supply  failed, the Pink City Jaipur, and an elephant ride up the<br \/>ramparts of the  Amber  Palace. Price starts from  $5675pp twin-share<br \/>with breakfasts, private vehicle, guide and sightseeing;  details from<br \/>Icon Holidays on 1300 853 953. Air is additional.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>SAVINGS of between  $400 and $1000 a couple are on offer from<br \/>Australian Pacific Touring for its  2008 tours in Western Australia<br \/>and Queensland. The offers  apply to four tours in each program, and<br \/>in some instances to specific  departures. As an example a 21-day<br \/>Perth-Darwin West Coast Discovery starts from  $6795pp (normally<br \/>$7295) for select departures in March, April and October 2008,  and a<br \/>13-day Sydney-Cairns Great Barrier Reef Small Group Island Wanderer<br \/>starts  from $4795pp (normally $5295) for select departures in April,<br \/>June and December  2008. Bookings need to be made by February 28; see<br \/>travel agents, phone 1800 335  003 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aptouring.com.au\/\">www.aptouring.com.au<\/a><br \/>Airfares are extra.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A 23-day garden tour  of Europe includes London&#8217;s Chelsea Flower Show,<br \/>the Keukenhof Gardens in  Amsterdam that are the world&#8217;s largest<br \/>flower gardens,  Claude Monet&#8217;s House and Garden in  Paris, garden<br \/>walks in Versailles, shopping in Paris, and sightseeing in London  and<br \/>Wales. The tour that departs on May 1 2008 will be led by<br \/>horticulturist,  Brian Sams from Toowoomba in Queensland. Prices start<br \/>from $9983pp  including return air and taxes from mainland capitals,<br \/>twin-share, most meals,  transport on tour, arriving transfers and<br \/>excursions. Details from Flight Centre  Group Travel on 1300 737 441.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>BRISBANE&#8217;s dress-circle Terraces on Wickham has  a current special of<br \/>$109 a night for a room in this peaceful near-city property  that<br \/>overlooks the spectacular Roma Street Parklands. The hotel has a<br \/>Restaurant  and Bar, pool, and 170 guest rooms that are being totally<br \/>renovated at a cost of  $5m. For reservations call (07) 3831 6177 or<br \/>visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terracesonwickham.com.au\/\">www.terracesonwickham.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FICKLE Mother Nature: After having to cancel one of the most famous<br \/>downhill ski races on the World Cup circuit, the Hahnenkamn Race at<br \/>Kitzbuhel  Resort in Austria last year because of a lack  of snow, the<br \/>Resort this year has opened six weeks ahead of schedule \u2013 because<br \/>there&#8217;s so much snow. It&#8217;s the  earliest in the Resort&#8217;s 80-year<br \/>history that it&#8217;s kicked-off the ski season in  the first week of<br \/>November, and other European resorts are reporting equally  good falls<br \/>to start the season. Package prices from Ski Max Qantas on 1300 136<br \/>997.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>TRUE: A guest asked at the Purser&#8217;s  Desk of a cruise ship in the<br \/>Mediterranean the whereabouts of &#8220;the coach doing  the Capri Walking<br \/>Tour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- SHOW AND SELL : NON-SSI CODE START --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"><\/p>\n<tbody><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- SHOW AND SELL : NON-SSI CODE END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUR WEEKLY &#8220;TRAVELLERS GOOD BUYS&#8221; Week beginning 19 November 2007 travellers good buys: with david ellis INDIA WITH YOUR OWN CAR &#038; GUIDE AN 11-night tour of India With A Difference includes travel inprivate vehicles with a dedicated guide, a stay in the luxury AmarVillas while visiting the Taj Mahal, another at the 5-star ImperialHotel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}