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What an amazing holiday!
Our adventure through Egypt was the experience of a lifetime, not least due to the tireless efforts of Shadi and the team at Pack2Egypt. We do not normally opt for package holidays as they are typically restrictive and regimented however in contrast the personal service offered by Pack2Egypt made our travel infinitely more enjoyable and rewarding. Shadi catered for our every whim, including changing our travel plans at the last minute to suit our needs - we were treated like film stars!
We chose the 'Gone with the Wind' tour and highlights included the Pyramids at Giza and 2 magical days sailing down the Nile on a felucca. Tour guides at each of the stops en-route were fantastic - much better than trying to get by with a guide book and a compass - and the standard of accommodation was far in excess of our expectation.
Traveling through Egypt is an experience not to be missed and I cant recommend highly enough the services offered by Pack2Egypt :-)
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Thank you for a wonderful experience in Egypt, we have traveled extensively over the last 6 months and Egypt has become our favorite destination.
Your services were very very professional, always on time. Each person that met us at the train station, airport, cruise…etc, was very good.
We will highly recommend your services.
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Thank you for an amazing holiday. The people, the service and your country were delightful, warm hearted and extremely welcoming. |
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Pack2Egypt was exactly what we needed to get the full “Egypt Experience”. Your staff provided us with a phenomenal service which made our trip run smoothly. Egypt was amazing! I will definitely come back again in the future. |
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Thank you for being so accommodating! The Pack2Egypt staff really made us feel welcome.Your flexibility and hospitality helped us to have a personal experience that we will never forget. |
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Thank you for helping us make our first taste of Egypt not only extremely enjoyable but very simple. The tour was exactly what we wanted and your flexibility and cooperative staff assured our group an amazing vacation. I will certainly recommend Pack2Egypt to my colleagues and will use your services again next time I visit your awesome country. Best regards, |
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I just wanted to thank you and all of your staff for a wonderful and memorable trip to Egypt. Everyone was extremely helpful, patient and
accommodating. All of the accommodations were perfect and the tour guides were fantastic (especially Mina!). Everything was prompt and stress-free.
Hope to visit Egypt again soon!
Best Regards, Jennifer Himelhoch, Anna Roberts, Liz Fertuck and Jill Adams. |
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Jan and Amanda Bangs |
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My wife and I recently went on the “Blink of Egypt” tour with Pack2Egypt. We both give it 10/10. The tour manager, representatives at each site and the tour guides were all friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable. The accommodation was definitely above the standers that we were expecting. We felt safe and were always with a small group. We were always able to ask questions or add to our itinerary.
The tour was exactly what we were looking for: small group, with flexibility, within our budget and allowing us to see as much of the highlights of Egypt.
Thank you to everyone who made our tour a wonderful experience. Your tour allowed us to enjoy Egypt, the culture, history, people food, land and transportation without any worries.
Everything was just perfect. We will definitely recommend it to our friends.
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Firstly, I thought the “Egypt Holiday” was exceptionally good value for money. The same holiday booked through one of my local travel agents would have cost double the price. The itinerary included everything that I and any regular tourist would wish to see.... and more! Although it was jam-packed with adventure, I also found it relaxing as there was still plenty of time to "chill out".
As a lone female traveler, on the few occasions when I wasn't with a group (when I visited the Light and Sound shows and the Nile Dinner Cruise), I found it particularly comforting when your guide escorted me to the entrance and was waiting to collect me again at the exit. I felt safe at all times.
Mostly importantly to me, is the fact that you kept all your promises. Your guides were honorable, informative and arrived when and where expected.
I have no hesitation in recommending your company to other travelers - indeed; I have already done so to a few of my work colleagues who are thinking of traveling to Egypt! If I decided to do the Lake Nasser cruise in the future, you'll be the one and only person I'll contact!
Kind regards,
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I had a really great time from the first meeting at the airport to the last action packed hours before flying out.
I’d just like to say a huge thank you to all at Pack2Egypt for an amazing experience which has left me wanting more. I’ll definitely be recommending your company to all I meet in my travels.
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Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for putting together a wonderful tour for us. We all had so much fun. The guides and everyone who worked for Pack2Egypt was so helpful and nice.
We all loved Egypt so much because of your tour. I was a life changing experience. Shokran, Heather |
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I just wanted to thank you for our recent experiences in touring Egypt with our company. We felt very secure and happy with your arrangements and with your kindness to us.
I have recommended your tours and services to my travel agent in Melbourne, “Passport Travel”. We hope things continue to go well for you.
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I really want to thank “pack2egypt”, but most of all to Shadi Saad for all his time and effort… It was honestly the best time ever… The hotels, the tour guides, the cruise and the coordination of every single trip were outstanding. You with
NO DOUBT get value for money. I will highly recommend “pack2egypt” to any one planning to travel there. Many thanks again and I hope to see you soon.
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Many thanks to Shadi and “Pack2Egypt” for the wonderful hospitality and the great time… I highly recommend their trips to anyone from every part of the world. They treat you exceptional well and give you the best service ever. Many thanks again!!!! |
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I just wanted to say what an AMAZING time my college friends and I had in Egypt and it wouldn't have been possible without everyone at Pack2Egypt. The service was above and beyond my expectations. From the moment we got off the plane our needs were catered to every step of the way. The 7 of us were driven around in private vans with our own tour guide, which was a refreshing change from the large buses used by other tour companies. We were constantly given personal attention and someone was almost always with us at every point of the trip. I highly recommend the “Gone with the Wind” package. We stayed in 3, 4, and 5 star hotels and spent an unforgettable two nights on the felucca. We saw everything from the Great Pyramids at Giza to Abu Simbel south of Aswan. We also saw many parts of Egypt that most tourists don't get a chance to see (I won't spoil the surprises). I know I would have never seen so much if I relied on just a guide book. Truly amazing service; once in a lifetime experience. |
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Hi Shadi
You asked for feedback about the trip - one we will remember for a long time – even better than we imagined.
We loved the variety, the incredible places we visited, having very small groups, standard of accommodation, knowledgeable guides (Mina was particularly good), people were friendly and helpful and it was good value for money.
All the negatives were small compared to the many positives and overall it was well organized and we would love to do it again!
Regards,
Peter and Ann Lundin |
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Dearest Shadi --
You took great care of the entire group, not just for the eclipse, but for our entire visit to
Egypt. It was obvious that our comfort, and success, and every aspect of our tour in Egypt, was of great importance to you.
My group of five people -- Barry, Hank, Rita, Marcy and myself -- kept speaking of you during our long trip home. You really won our hearts. There is absolutely nothing you could have done better than you did. In addition to the eclipse, which was spectacular, every day of our 8-days in Egypt was crammed with fabulous sights and adventures. There was so much, that the only thing to cut out to fit it all in, was sleep!
Making it even nicer was something you could not control: The fact that Egyptians are the friendliest people on the planet, with hearts the size of the moon. Everywhere we went, people made us feel welcome.
I only wish you could soon come to visit us in the U.S. -- I'd take you flying here in the mountains, and try to show you a little of this country the way you did of yours.
We will certainly see you again in the future, God willing.
With love and best wishes.
Bob Berman
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I am still high as a kite from our tour and still blown away from the eclipse. It was wonderful getting to know you and your caring and professional (not to mention your poetic :-)) nature.
Again let me say how truly magnificent our eclipse tour was. I'm still finding it difficult to fully readjust to the routine of being home. Thank you so much for my most memorable travel experience.
Hank (Henry)
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What a great number of experiences during our tour of Egypt, thanks to you. The eclipse and the pyramids were as if I were walking up to the Grand Canyon for the first time. We had a good group of people to share and travel with and we’re going to keep in touch with. The warmth of your people was quite noticeable and welcome.
Until our next tour or when our paths cross again, take care and keep in touch.
Barry Knight. |
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It was a great week with you, and I shall always remember how hard you worked and how much you cared about our trip.
I think I promised I'd send an evaluation as well. Now that a bit of time has passed, I have these impressions about the tour:
You did wonderfully under difficult circumstances. The hotel in the north was a blessing even if they weren't prepared for us. Otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see so much of the area along the Mediterranean. Also the fact that we were allowed up onto the plateau region for the eclipse was great, but even greater was your decision to go back to the bus--how perfect was that!!!
My main criticism of you would be that you are too nice. By that I mean that you try to accommodate everyone, which is impossible. By trying to please a small group who have special demands - unscheduled trips to the beach, special restaurants, late arrivals, lingering rest stops, etc. - it makes it hard to stick to the scheduled events for the rest of the tour. Each day that small group came late at each stop and asked for special privileges, and that put our schedule later and later. We missed meals and were forced to eat very late every day. We arrived late at our hotel, too. I would say that you need to practice Tough Love, which is probably an American concept, but which means that you have to put your foot down and set limits on people's behavior. You just can't let the difficult people take over the tour!
I hope this is helpful to you. It doesn't in any way take away from my enjoyment of our tour, and I would travel with you again. Thank you for your thoughtful work.
Fondly, Janet |
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Thank you again for co-creating a most magical experience with all of us. I appreciate your leadership, your service, and you caring for all of us on the Solaris tour.
You asked for feedback about the tour. So let me start by saying that it exceeded expectations. It's been 20 years since I did a tour. I had forgotten how nice it was to have someone else just handle everything. :-) I appreciate that while we were all on vacation, you were working. You did your best to accommodate our needs. You anticipated problems, and if anything wasn't right, you did your best to fix it; from making sure we had towels in Marsa Matrouh to working on the toilet in the bus. Although you had no control over the weather in Salloum, the fact that everything came together so perfectly for the eclipse contributed greatly to a grand experience.
The tour guides: Mina had a beautiful open heart. I get his enthusiasm and love for his work.
Zeina was great. Her enthusiasm was apparent, especially in the museum. She has a great breath and depth of knowledge. Also, she adjusted our schedule so that we could grab a quick snack mid-day, helped us order in Arabic. She was great. Zahra was outstanding. In addition to her fantastic lectures about the history of El Alamein and Alexandria, I also learned about Egyptian culture from her. She was so helpful and accessible. I hope she enjoyed being with us as much as we enjoyed being with her.
The Hotels: The staff at the Zayed was a 5-star staff.
I loved how they helped out with everything we needed.
I love the Egyptian hospitality, all smiles. At St. George, we were barely there, and I know they opened just for us. I enjoyed being at a family run hotel, and it didn't matter if they didn't speak English. :-) They made us feel at home.
All in all, the tour was just great. And I know I must return someday... I want to re-visit Alexandria for sure.
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Shadi, I want to thank you for an amazing tour. Not only did we get to see a solar eclipse in a country which used to worship the sun as a God, but we got to see part of amazing Egypt as well. The people in your country are so friendly, the food is so tasty, the history is so amazing and the traffic is so crazy! And I love it all! Thanks to you and Pack2Egypt my experience in Egypt has been unforgettable. You were always available to handle any issues that came up and you worked tirelessly to ensure we were all comfortable and happy. I really appreciate, and I’m sure everyone else in the group does too, all the hard work you have done to make this tour so successful.
I am sorting through Dad's and my photos and I will send you some when I get back to Brisbane so you can put them on your website.
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Shadi, I wanted to tell you again how much I enjoyed my time in Egypt and how much I appreciated the time and effort you put in to all the details that made this the trip of a lifetime! I will never forget 'Misr' or you or all the wonderful friends I made during these 2 weeks!
Again, I had a wonderful time, and coming back home to Greece was very sad....!
Trish
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Dear Shadi,
How are you? Hopefully busy but not too stressed out.
I arrived home safely and am back to my books to continue studying for my upcoming exams. But Egypt has given me a lot of power to continue now. Even though we slept so little and were always up to something I feel as relaxed as I haven't in a year or two ;)
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Dear Shadi,
wish to thank you for all you and your company had done for the eclipse trip. All the moments will remain embedded in my mind for a long time to come. I hope we will maintain contact.
Shukran,
Zaffar Sheriff |
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