Customer reviews and what they say

The most important thing we can do to improve our service is listen to what our customers have to say, which is why you can now read their comments unedited on our website.

Upon returning from Southeast Asia all our clients are sent a review form and here you can see what they are saying about their experience of travel to the region and of the service we offered both during the trip planning process and in the build-up to the trip.

Search the reviews, check the image gallery and see for yourself how our clients rate the InsideAsia experience.

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Trays of vegetarian Japanese food at Koya temple
Martin L
Travelled to
6 months ago
★★

We were very excited to celebrate our 70th birthdays and thought we went to the most experienced travel company for...

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Overall
★★

We were very excited to celebrate our 70th birthdays and thought we went to the most experienced travel company for South Korea and Japan. We spoke at length to our agent about our interests and the kind of hotels we were looking at. We felt that many of our requests were not taken heed of. For example the size of beds and hotel star ratings, the areas they were in and some of the activities were wanted to do and places to see. We did not feel we were on a bespoke holiday. Nor were we given choices of places to stay.

Travel consultant
★★
Aaron Boothe

Aaron spoke to us and we told him what we wanted. He came back with a sample itinerary which we went through and said we were not happy with some of the hotels. He told us to pay the deposit to hold the flights, which we did, and he would change things for us. He did not and got our itinerary to us only a week before departure. He did not do his research and had us go to a pottery town on a day that everything was closed. This impacted on our end of trip and we had to cut out parts of it. He did not heed our bed and room requests and did not book our flight seats home so we were seated apart for the 14 hour flight home.

Accommodation
★★

There were no exceptional hotels in Korea except our last Hanok hotel in Seoul. In Japan we loved the ryokan we stayed in but other than the hotel in Osaka, Kyoto and our last stay in Tokyo,all the hotels were below par and dirty, which is a surprise in Japan where everything is so clean. Also some were booked in non central parts of cities.

Value for money
★★★
Information pack
★★★
Elephants in Kui Buri National Park, Thailand
Kathleen E
Travelled to
5 months 2 weeks ago
★★★★

The guides were mostly great. There were a number of 'Disneyland-esque' activities that we could have done without. In the...

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Ratings

Overall
★★★★

The guides were mostly great. There were a number of 'Disneyland-esque' activities that we could have done without. In the pre-planning we asked to not have them, yet they were left in. We were told we could negotiate them out with our guide, which didn't happen.

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Grant Ekelund

Grant worked well with us, including what we wanted, and not what we didn't. However, we specifically asked for no Disneyland activities, like the Community Village stupidity that we were forced to endure for 2 days. What a waste of time and money.
Our guide wouldn't take it out even though we were clearly agitated by it. These sorts of inclusions, without ability to remove up front or during, would make us question using InsideAsia again.

Accommodation
★★★★

They were over the top, unnecessarily so, and poorly located.

Value for money
★★★
Information pack
★★
Angkor Wat temple complex
Peter E
Travelled to
5 months ago
★★★★★

Inside Asia addressed our trip itinerary to include cultural, rural/local, and unique visits and experiences. We had a wide variety...

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Overall
★★★★★

Inside Asia addressed our trip itinerary to include cultural, rural/local, and unique visits and experiences.
We had a wide variety of temples, cuisine and regional social interactions

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Steph Holman

Steph followed up with us on our trip and was a great asset.

Accommodation
★★★★★

The accommodations were great. Sala Lodges in Siem Reap, in particular is a fantastic laid back, central city rest bit.

Value for money
★★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★
Bolaven Plateau
Belinda K
Travelled to
5 months 1 week ago
★★★★★

We had a great time. Good hotels and transfer arrangements .

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Overall
★★★★★

We had a great time. Good hotels and transfer arrangements .

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Jon Fisher

Jon arranged a great itinerary for us, listening to out ideas and making some good suggestions.

Accommodation
★★★★★

I opted for basic room at Maison Dalabua - no balcony and this was fine. Although balconies look nice I never saw anyone sitting on theirs as either by pool or out and about!

Mandala Ou was just our thing.

La Folie had a great setting. Restaurant much more expensive than anywhere else but in comparison to UK prices still cheap.

Value for money
★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★
Angkor Wat by day
Paul E
Travelled to
5 months 1 week ago
★★★★★

Another excellent adventure ! Superb guides which always make a journey very special.

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Overall
★★★★★

Another excellent adventure ! Superb guides which always make a journey very special.

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Liam Koehler

Produced an excellent ittinary by listening to what we were after and making the effort to keep fine tuning things untill they were just right for us. Although we were continually changing bits here and there nothing was too much trouble and the result was exactly what we wanted.

Accommodation
★★★★★
Value for money
★★★★
Information pack
★★★★

Photos from the trip

David G
Travelled to
5 months 2 weeks ago
★★★★★

We had a wonderful trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore arranged by Jessica Williams at Inside Asia. The itinerary was...

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Overall
★★★★★

We had a wonderful trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore arranged by Jessica Williams at Inside Asia.
The itinerary was superb and all accommodation and guides were brilliant. Flights went very well with drivers & guides waiting on our arrival at each airport with no hiccups whatsoever.
We would thoroughly recommend Inside Asia for a personalised experience.

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Jessica Williams

Thanks Jessica. It was a fabulous holiday with no problems whatsoever.
The itinerary was great, giving us time to relax and explore on our own in between tours with experienced knowledgeable guides to wonderful venues.

Accommodation
★★★★★

All the hotels we used were wonderful with staff being so friendly and accommodating.

Value for money
★★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★
Rice paddies in Ha Giang
Nicola S
Travelled to
5 months 1 week ago
★★★★★

Liam ( our representative from Inside Asia) sent us a plan that matched all our requests. We saw so much...

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Overall
★★★★★

Liam ( our representative from Inside Asia) sent us a plan that matched all our requests. We saw so much of Vietnam and meet some great people. The different trips we had gave us a wide experience of life in Vietnam. Each of our guides were so knowledgeable and easy to chat to with advice of shops and restaurants to visit during our stay .

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Liam Koehler

Easy to talk too, listened well and planned a trip to match all our requirements . He kept in contact with updates we needed to know about . Liam answered emails and questions quickly and in depth .

Accommodation
★★★★★
Value for money
★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★
Gibbon at Cardamom Tented Camp in Botum Sakor National Park
Andrew S
5 months 2 weeks ago
★★★★

I had a good experience.

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Overall
★★★★

I had a good experience.

Travel consultant
★★★★
Grant Ekelund
Accommodation
★★★

A couple of the hotels i had were not good. For the price i paid, i expected better hotels.

Value for money
★★
Information pack
★★★★
Douglas N
Travelled to
5 months 2 weeks ago
★★★★★

Absolutely fabulous.

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Overall
★★★★★

Absolutely fabulous.

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Liam Koehler

Thank you, Liam. You were really good at listening to us and planning the holiday around our particular likes. You were also excellent at keeping us informed before the the holiday started and at checking in on us shortly after it began. Huge thanks!

Accommodation
★★★★★

Really good accommodation, that had character.

Value for money
★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★

Photos from the trip

Red demons
Gail S
Travelled to
6 months ago
★★★★★

We went with Inside Japan to make sense of our wish list of places to visit and ta organise hotels

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Ratings

Overall
★★★★★

We went with Inside Japan to make sense of our wish list of places to visit and ta organise hotels

Travel consultant
★★★★★
Holly Brown

We appreciated Holly’s cheerful, positive attitude even when we gave her incorrect dates for our self-bought airline tickets! Her knowledge from having lived in both Japan and Korea helped shape our choices

Accommodation
★★★★★

All hotels were appropriate for 80 plus travellers and some were fabulous

Value for money
★★★★
Information pack
★★★★★