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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not go back to India. Hard in many ways.[/quote]

Only, if you are traveling like the poorest of the poor.

I only luxury travel to and in India. I fly business class in middle eastern airlines (Emirates or Etihad), stop over at Abu Dhabi or Dubai, go in luxury and comfort and minimize the impact of jet lag,  Then, I either stay with my family/friends who have extra room, AC, well established homes and servants - or I stay in expensive 5 star hotels. I hire the best and most expensive touring vehicles available and drivers that are known to the family or have great reviews. And I travel mainly with family or friends.  I also shop a lot and get all my bulky stuff couriered to US.

India is not a place to do on shoe-string budget travel.  If you do that then you have to be inconvenienced sometimes.  However, India is still incredibly cheaper than US or Europe so it boggles my mind that westerners want to travel in the way the poorest of the poor are travelling there.  If you spend a fraction of your money that you spend in a Western country and stay in good hotels and take taxis from  proper registered taxi service, you will have an experience of comfort and luxury.

Nothing beats the food in India. Not one country I have visited has better food than India (ok, Thailand is amazing food too). [/quote]

Sorry but no. We traveled richest of the rich. You still see things out the windows of your "best and most expensive touring vehicle". The poverty is appalling and the way Indians treat their most vulnerable is appalling. But I'm glad you go back and do all your shopping and can't relate to your countrymen. Just intent on getting the shopping done and the food shoveled in, huh?[/quote]
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Also the fact that you will happily use servants. Enough said. 
I did India as luxurious as possible and paid a fortune (only place I’ve seen the [b]different tiers of rates even for Indians living abroad[/b]) but wouldn’t do it again [/quote]

What? Never heard of this? [/quote]
Yep. We stayed at Oberois, The Rambagh Palace, etc. There was a rate for locals, Indian passport holders and then foreigners everywhere. I’ve travelled extensively yet never seen this before. We ran into a colleague at the Rambagh Palace and were laughing bc his rate was less than half of mine bc he has an Indian passport, yet I am way down the totem pole at work (I-banking). [/quote]

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