Excellent Chandigarh/Manali/Shimla tour - TL/DR: Perspective: Americans who have been to India before. Agent - Jatendar - 5* wonderful Driver - Sanjeev - 5*+ best driver I've ever had in India Vacation - Himachal Pradesh - 5* Long version: We booked a 5 night / 6 day tour of Himachal Pradesh. Working with Jatendra to plan out our tour was great. He was very accommodating an flexible, going out of his way to ensure our vacation was excellent. We were flying from U.S. to New Dehli and after the long series of flights, he worked with us to reverse our tour so that it became Chandigarh, Manali, Shimla, and then back to New Delhi. This allowed the first car ride to be rather short rather than having to drive 9 hours to Shimla. Another example, when the SIM card we purchased at the airport to communicate with our driver wouldn't activate properly, he worked with Airtel customer service while we were out sightseeing to find out what was wrong and how to fix it. He was helpful from start to finish on our tour. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar must be their best driver. He's knowledgeable about all the areas we visited, ensured we were comfortable at all times, and was quick to help in any situation. The shops he recommended and the restaurants he stopped at for us to eat along the way were all top-notch. He quickly learned the things we liked and what we were not enthusiastic about, and recommended which sights to ensure we hit along the way. All of his advice was perfect. From an actual driving perspective, he was always a safe driver, we never felt uncomfortable during our trip. There's only so much you can do with roads in India, and he drove them superbly. We couldn't ask for a better driver on this trip. The next trip we book with this agency, we will be insisting on having Mr. Kumar again. Overall, we enjoyed our tour, and look forward to working with this agency to tour additional points in the north in the future.

Trans Himalaya tour package for Shimla & Manali - I am Satyam verma from Gorakhpur ( Uttar Pradesh). It was a Awesome journey into Shimla & Manali, Booked with Trans Himalayas. Accomodation was excellent, Rooms are soo good and breakfast & dinner are soo delicious,cab driver Rahul kumar soo good, drive smoothly and very supportive. Special thanks to Amrita Bisht ji, she was very supportive and answering every query before and during the journey. Booked the trip through her. Thanks Trans Himalaya & thank you Amrita Bisht ji.

Had a great experience - We had plans for a family vacation during Christmas for Shimla Manali, I contacted Transhimalayas after checking their reviews. Amrita, my advisor was so friendly that she provided all the support that we needed. She was courteous and professional and available 24/7 on WhatsApp. The trip was soo smooth, the driver Mr Joginder Singh ji was proficient in his driving in hilly areas. He took us to the places where we wanted to visit. We had absolutely no problem anywhere in commute. Quite satisfied with our experience and will strongly recommend their services. Well done Amrita. Thank you for the experience you provided and making our trip so memorable.❤️

Wonderful Honeymoon trip - It was a memorable Shimla-Kullu-Kasol-Manikaran-Manali-Rohtang pass trip organized byTransHimalaya Travels. Our trip advisor Priya arranged everything very well and supported us with good accommodation, foods and transportation services. We want to give special thanks to “Kaksy” who had a great driving skills and provided us all the information about places, timings around the whole trip. Thanks Brother for all your help. Overall we are very happy and would recommend to friends/family to choose trip via TransHimalaya travels.

we were really confused in the beginning After looking through many travel agencies we chose Trans Himalaya and it was a - hello friends went to himachal and that experience was very good thanks to trans himalaya great job driver was so good so guideable hotel was also very good the food was also very good And in the end I would like to say this the trip was very memorable and neha ma'am thank you so much to make such a great trip

Tour experience - Totally Good Experience and Good Safety...package arrangements are Very Good..and also good follow up with Amritha.

Trip was awesome and we enjoyed a lot. - My favorite part was Kufri and Solang Valley. We enjoyed the snow fall a lot. I would also request you to visit Shimla-Manali once and request you to enjoy the magnificent valleys here. Thank you

Totally it was good guidance - It was very good experience.... Thank you..the driver Vikky Thakur is very calm and good person. Thank we will refer others too

Bad experience with car rental - Trans Himalaya Travels - Good part • Very safe and skillful driver, showed excellent patience. • New Innova Crysta in excellent condition Not so good part • At Chandigarh airport, we requested the driver to bring the car to exit gate as we were travelling with a senior citizen and a special child. Driver refused it citing some excuses and made us all walk with luggage all the way to parking under scorching sun. That did the first damage for my mother in law’s knee to ultimately becoming bed ridden with pain during the entire Manali trip. • Drivers are expected to be guide as well, for the local places. That part was totally missing. In fact, he misguided us on couple of occasions. • Extremely reluctant to give stoppages even for food/snacks during long trips, leaving aside stoppages to take snaps. • Always put his priorities over ours and very manipulative. • Indiscriminate usage of phone while driving. • We were travelling with a senior citizen & a special child and this was communicated at the time of booking with Trans Himalaya Travels (Ms. Ritu Lalta form sales) several times, highlighting the uniqueness of our situation. • We requested 6 weeks in advance, for a 1+7 seater Innova crysta with 3 seater middle row. The car actually provided was 1+6 seater and with a makeshift seat in the middle which was of no use rather than causing trouble occupying space. While we requested our driver to do away with that seat /or place it on the top of the car, he was reluctant again. • At the time of booking, we asked for a car with Himachal registration and local driver from Himachal who would be familiar with local roads. What we got a car registered in Punjab and driver from Chandigarh who was not familiar with local roads in Himachal much. • Message from Trans Himalaya Travels (Mr. Ramit Chauhan) was – “please adjust it sir, this is rush season, we can’t provide you with alternate car or driver”. • Tour itinerary made by Trans Himalaya Travels without any consultation/discussion with us. It was packed with the places which are more suitable for activity enthusiasts (like paragliding, rafting, bungee jumping etc.) and not meant for families travelling with senior citizen or a special need child. • Package was inclusive of Rohtang. Though Rohtang was not open but cars were allowed till Marhi. But Trans Himalaya Travel could not arrange permit as promised. Instead, they took us to Gramphu, which was again not a place worth visiting and should be avoided because of narrow roads and lack of basic facilities. • While travelling to Manali from Shimla luggage were not covered properly. Water seeped into all the luggage, making us stranded on the first day at Manali.

Don't do any booking with Trans Himalayas - Trans Himalaya people want to maintain the relationship with the Hotel, they are not concerned about the issues of the traveler at the hotel.