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Everything went well

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Hi Emerald,

Just back from Japan

Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for all of your organising and reorganising for our trip

Everything went well with transfers and pickups

Niseko was fantastic as was the Hilton

Thanks again and I will recommend JTB and Japan

Tony

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An Outstanding Time

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Dear Yoshi

My wife and I returned from our trip to Japan two weeks ago after having an outstanding time.

We would like to thank you and the JTB for the faultless service and first class organisation of our travel in Japan.

We hope to go back Japan next year.

Thank you

Regards

Graeme

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We had the most amazing time in Japan

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Hey Clem

Just wanted to write and say we had the most amazing time in Japan. It was so diverse everything we did. We loved the hotel in Kyoto great position and so nice….we felt grubby arriving there with a backpacks after a week snowboarding and staying in a hostel.

Everything with the transfer and JR Pass was easy to work out. The Mt Fuji trip was good too just a pity it was shy that day!! We also made it to Osaka and managed to get Sumo Tickets and it was a lot of fun to watch.

I even managed to eat more then just sushi with my allergies which was nice too haha

Kind Regards,

Sarah

Tags: Food, Hotel, JR Pass, Kyoto, Osaka, Skiing and Snow Boarding
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You will be the first person I call

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Hi Kathy’
I would also like to say thank you for what was an extremely well organised getaway. With respect to the destination and resort you matched the brief perfectly. Just as important the organisation was faultless with everything happening seamlessly. I have had the good fortune of hosting several of these trips in the past and all agreed this was the best –in fact the gauntlet was thrown down as to whether or not I could come up with anything in the future to equal or surpass it. I would also like to add that the people on the ground in Bali were very good—everything happened exactly as it should have.

Hopefully we will be doing the same thing next year and you will be the first person I call.

Regards,
John

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I really couldn't have done it without you

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Hi Clem, Hope all is well mate. Just a quick one to let you know that my passengers are rapt with the amendments you have made on the holiday and would now like to book it all in.Can you confirm once this is all booked in.Thanks again for all your hard work and effort on this I really couldn’t have done it without you.

Kind Regards,

James

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I would certainly recommend JTB Australia

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Hi Emerald,

We returned home this week from Furano.

We really enjoyed our time away and I wanted to thank you for your organisation of the trip. I would certainly recommend JTB Australia to others and if, in the future, we are able to return to Japan, you will be our first point of contact.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Glenys

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Thank you for your organisation

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Hi Clem,

We had a great time in Japan – thank you for your organisation – everything went well.

Snow depth 260cm which is great, no tow queues, fantastically good; except a couple at the weekends.

Skiing conditions: Shiga Kogen, could not ask for better snow or better grooming. Suited us fine as we could ski from one area to the next.

Accommodation: The Prince Hotel East branch was for us an up market hotel. The views from our room were great. We had taken the dinner meal package in the hope of being introduced to various Japanese meals. This part was disappointing as the Japanese meal was shabu shabu each night. However, there was a Japanese influence in the western food they served.

Hakuba: snow conditions not as good as Shiga Kogen as the skiing area is quite a bit lower, hence the snow was not so good for several days but then improved. A steeper area, and the westerners preferred to ski at Happo One, or those that like powder skied at Cortina. We skied other areas and you could count on one hand the number of non Japanese. There is a very good snow boarders park at Happo 47, and also this area was mainly skied by snow boarders. A down side to Hakuba from our point of view was that the resorts are not interlinked, and you need a different ticket for each area.

Now you know lots about skiing in Japan you can go.

A couple of general thoughts: Competence with chopsticks is essential, luckily not a problem for us, so we did not starve.

Warmed toilet seats are a great plus in ski areas. The whole toilet set up is a plumbers delight!

It was great to have some English translations, but surprisingly quite a number were so poor, you could not understand the message. Surprising because the Japanese are so precise and meticulous in all areas. I do not mean this as a criticism, because there is no reason why they should put up signs for foreigners.

Thank you once again Clem, we are sure we will visit Japan again.

Cheers

Carla

Tags: Hotel, Skiing and Snow Boarding
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Thank you for organising our holiday to Japan

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Hi Yoshi,

Just wanted to say thank you for organising our holiday to Japan.

We loved Japan. Had a great holiday and enjoyed every minute we were away.

We loved Tokyo and the skiing in Zao. You were right, there was lots of snow.

Going on the trains worked out really well. We found the Japan pass really good and easy to organise seats and get around on the train was a great way to travel. All the extra information was really good knowing where to go on the different train stations, so thank you for that.

We loved our japanese style room in Zao. We loved Zao and the skiing. The hotel was really good. We loved that it was ski in and out, perfect for us. And we walked from the hotel into town, not far at all.

Anyway thank you for everything you organised and organising our bus transfer tickets/vouchers when we were there. We had a great time. We would love to go back to Japan some time, with the kids. So will get in touch when that time comes.

Thank you again.

Kind Regards

Karyn & Brad

Tags: Hotel, Skiing and Snow Boarding, Tokyo
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Thank you once again

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Hi Yuichi,
Thank you once again…. what would I do without you? :-)
Marylynne

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You are brilliant

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Hi Clement!!

You are brilliant, thank you :) Angie and Lynne are SUPER appreciative
of all the attention put into their itinerary!

Amy

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Everything went really well

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Hi Olivia,

We are back now from a highly enjoyable ski trip to Myoko. Everything went really well. My only piece of feedback for new travellers is to take the phone number for the Myoko tourist office with them (they have english speakers).

We got stuck in Nagano because the trains were not running to Myoko because of heavy snow. I placed a call to the Myoko tourist office from Nagano and they were able to advise me to get on the train to Kurohime (most of the way to Myoko) and from there they had arranged for the Hotel Alp owners and other tourist office staff to drive new arrivals to their accommodation. Fantastic, otherwise we were stuck in Nagano instead of skiing. Taxis were very hard to get because of the snow conditions and demand.

thanks and regards
Michael

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Thank you for an excellent holiday

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Dear Yoshi

A belated thank you for an excellent holiday.

All went very well and the arrangements were smooth. The Japanese people seemed even more polite than before, if that is possible, and we greatly enjoyed our trip. There was a lot of snow in Nozawa – actually, it pretty much snowed the whole time we were there, and we really enjoyed both the Grand Hotel and the other Hotel to which we moved.

So, thanks again for all your work on this. We appreciated your assistance and advice.

Thanks :-)

Neville and Karen

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A credit to JTB

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Thanks Olivia!
You would have to be the most efficient person we have dealt with while planning this trip!!!(and we’ve planned it twice as it was cancelled last year!!)
You are a true professional and a credit to JTB!!!
Kind regards

Trish & Adrian

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Trip was great

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Thanks Olivia.

Trip was great, thanks for all your help.

Lots and lots and lots of snow….

Toby

Tags: Skiing and Snow Boarding
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Everything was fantastic

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Hi Clem,

I just thought I would drop you a quick line with feedback on my trip to Korea which Scott put together for me.

Everything was fantastic, Seoul was freezing cold but a very interesting place.

Ramada Hotel and Suites, great location, walked to the market and even the N Seoul Tower, very limited English spoken

Within the Hotel which was a bit frustrating but overall I would stay there again.

DMZ Tour – on the itinerary this was a Seoul City Tour & DMZ, however it was just DMZ and worked very well, we had a Great Guide, Sophie and a fantastic lunch.

Lotte World Hotel was amazing very well appointed with lots of shopping around it and of course Lotte World which was Cute but strange ! We enjoyed our visit though.

The only suggestion that I have for new bookings is to try and get transfers included, as a family of 5 we paid $100.00 approx. In each direction, so that was 4 times, would have been nice to have had that prepaid . Incheon is such a long way out and the Traffic in Seoul is horrendous !

I hope that helps for future bookings,we had a great time.

Now its back to business and saving for the next trip !

Thank you to Scott for working that all out for us.

Many thanks
Elizabeth

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