"Trip to remember!
Whenever I had a question, someone was always at the end of a phone to answer it. There were no difficulties with booking or payment and everyone I contacted was friendly & helpful.
There was a good combination of sight-seeing and textile experiences. We went to places and had hands-on experiences that we could not have arranged for ourselves had we been travelling solo. Mandy was an excellent organiser and facilitator and our local guide was knowledgeable and very helpful. I’ll never forget the kimono museum and the quilt festival itself was quite astonishing, more so than I expected, and a wonderful finish to the trip."
"The tour was well organised and researched. The guide was full of interesting information and he was very friendly and helpful. The accommodation was of a very high standard as was the food. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip. Thank you."
"Everyone was very helpful - I booked the land package with Arena and booked my own air travel as I was going onto Australia after the Vietnam tour. Arena, even arranged a driver and guide to pick me up and take me to the airport at the end of the tour as my flight was 3 hours earlier than the group who were returning to London.
A well arranged trip with outstanding experiences. The specialist, Pat who accompanied us was great fun and made the trip worthwhile. Our local guides were outstanding. This is the second trip I have done with Arena and I will definitely book with them again."
"I think this was Arena's first visit to India as well as mine. It was a wonderful initiation into the culture and textiles of this colourful country. Arena always have a local guide on the tours and ours was outstanding in his knowledge of the history and textiles of the areas we visited."
"Excellent in all respects - itinerary, accommodation, experts and local guide. The local guide, Nagendra Singh, was wonderful and really gave a superb dimension to the holiday with his in-depth knowledge of Indian textiles and his willingness to talk to us about any and all aspects of life in India."
"Really good holidays, excellent service from staff, friendly and most helpful. Standard high at hotels, good local guides and tour leaders. Been with them for many years, already booked for two more holidays and I do tell my friends."
"The hotels were excellent,with the exception of the Queens at Oudtshoorn.Our guide and driver,Sarah and Isaak were exceptional.Everything was well organised and Karin looked after us wonderfully.I would ( and do) recommend any holiday with Karin in charge."
"The fact that only 4 out of 18 on the trip were new comers to Arena, speaks volumes about the company. SA was my 3rd holiday with Arena and I love their Stitchtopia trips. The holidays are very interesting, extremely well planned, we are extremely well looked after without being smothered. It is ideal to holiday with like minded people, and so we generally all get on well together"
"Excellent company to deal with, second holiday and have booked future third holiday. Easily reached on phone, personal touch, concerns dealt with and holiday tailored to needs. May seem expensive but having priced hotel and travel separately Arena cost less and included more ie small group size, guide and tutors."
"Gave much more than I expected. Great admin staff,very supportive and knowledgable The tour guide,Lynne,was very knowledgable about Shetland and liked it there."
"Personal service, easy to contact by phone, all questions answered. Excellent tour manager, calm, efficient, caring, friendly. Every day was a delight, choice of visits excellent. Thank you Lynne for the best knitting holiday ever."
"Everything was well prepared and the guides were very good. The only not so nice thing was the dinner at the end of the trip. the food was cold and exactly the same as on the first evening meal. Otherwise I would recommend this trip and this agency to my friends."
"Fascinating experience. Accommodations and food fine, although many meals were on our own. Knitting instructor Kristina Geil was exceptional— good communicator, excellent teacher with excellent command of knitting techniques, very personable. Made time with her (and especially the visit to Nolstoy) very meaningful."
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