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Review of IBCDTur

Just returned from a 7-city Turkish tour for 10 da...

Just returned from a 7-city Turkish tour for 10 days and 7 nights (19 - 28/10/19). My comments are as follows:

Pros:
1) All the places mentioned in the final itinerary are met (including hot air balloon in pamukkale & bosphorus cruise) except university kirsehir ahi evran & bhgn in hagia sofia.
2) Prayers & halal food are kept up.
3) Comfortable hotel accommodation (although some hotels do not have kettle and have to pay to get hot spring water).
4) Friendly and patient tour guide entertaining the participants.

Cons:
1) Change last minute itinerary without prior notice. Our time in the new capadocia was informed that the stay in capadocia was 2 nights from 1 night, while in Istanbul it was changed from 2 nights to 1 night.
2) It is not clear in the itinerary that a visit to sophia hagia is external and inward. No university visit kirsehir ahi evran. Just a visit to the kirsehir city.
3) The Turkish bus driver only travels over 2000km. May harm passengers.
4) The first day of our tram bus was detained for more than 2 hours by police for lack of documents. Eventually it wasted time and had to change to another bus.
5) The size of the troupe is too large (39 org) to be led by an experienced tour leader (third time to turkey and first to turkey in transit in Tehran). Tour guides byk depend on tour guide.
6) The schedule is too dense to make the visit in one place too short and to chase after each visit. Not satisfied with visiting historical sites. Itinerary can be further simplified.
7) Communication with delegation participants is unclear. Many participants were fooled into the details of the program. There is a question asked when x receives or is slow to respond.
8) The quality of wifi in the x bus is satisfactory. Always disconnected within city limits.