Hi Yoko,

I’d like to thank you for efforts with our Thailand trip and thank you for being flexible and making some changes along the way.

We were very happy with the itinerary and the minor changes to the last day were very good for the team.

The accommodation and restaurants were excellent and several people remarked how easily the days flowed.

The crew in Thailand were very friendly and gave great assistance along the way.

Thanks again.

Regards.

Robert

Hi Clement,

I just wanted to send through a BIG Thank you to JTB and yourself for the most amazing opportunity to visit the Kyushu Region!

What a fabulous part of the world! The self drive was fantastic and not daunting, the towns/cities and the whole itinerary was superb.

I have been raving about the areas all week to clients – the live volcano, the mountains, rainforest, the hells – all amazing!

And the colour itinerary you put together was outstanding!

I will definitely visit this area again! I mentioned to Beth that I will be taking another group next October 2020, so a little while off, but will start looking at the itinerary soon.

Thank you again, Kind Regards Nicole

Hello Chris,

Thank you for your help with this booking.

My clients came in today and advised that everything was wonderful – transfers and hotels were great – so just letting you know the feedback as well.

Thanks again and have a good day,

Kind Regards,
Sabine

Hi Mikuyi,

Thank you for your assistance with a Japanese Holiday arrangements – we had a wonderful time.

Thank you

Nathalie

Hi Olivia,

Thanks for your welcome home.   We had a wonderful trip with both WalkJapan and ski-ing at Nozowa.   Thanks to you we had  VIP accommodation at Yudanaka ( to see the snow-monkeys ) and a great stay at Sakaya Ryokan at Nozowa.  The Keio in Tokyo was first class as usual ( and so close to Shinjuku station and some great restaurants ).

Thank you for your attention and organising both accommodation and travel. It made travelling so much easier.   

Next time we think we might go in the Spring or Autumn ( Japan does look bare in winter ). 

Regards,

Evan and Elaine.

Hi Hayley

I hope you are well.

My trip was amazing. The greatest month of my life!

everything you helped me book was amazing.

The rail pass worked perfect for us, no issues at all

the day tour was amazing like we had an amazing time 

all the tickets we had booked all worked perfectly.

I actually dont know how to thank you and JTB.

I was so stressed before but you guys really helped make our trip the best experience possible.

if you have any direct questions shoot them through! 

Thanks,

Emmaly

Thanks Miyuki.

We have received the refund and all the rest of the paperwork.

Thank you for your assistance with everything.

We really appreciate it.

We are also really looking forward to visiting Japan. Not long to go now!!

Really excited.

Thanks again for a great service!

Elise

Dear Miyuki,

I hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas and New Year!

I returned from my Japan trip last month, and I wanted to say a massive thank you for the generous prizes from JTB and your help with organising the trip! I got to experience so many new and exciting things on the trip. It was my mum’s and my first time to Kyoto, and we absolutely loved our stay there. The 7-day JR rail pass was especially useful and made arranging our transportation so much easier!

Back in Tokyo, the location of the Shiba Hotel could not be more convenient. My mum and I were very happy to find that there was even a complimentary buffet breakfast included for our stay!

It was also fabulous to see Mt Fuji for the first time on the Hakone tour. We were very fortunate to have good weather and even got to go up to the fourth station, where there was snow. Our guide was knowledgeable and organised and it was a very rewarding day.

Thank you again for the prizes and helping me with the organisation of this trip!

Kind regards,

Vicky

Hi Hayley

Thanks so much for your promo service which is outstanding
I’m heading in today to collect ?

Regards

Lesley

Hi Olivia :)

Trip was amazing!  Was thinking about sending you some feedback :)

We walked our feet off in all our stops. And managed the train system really well. 

Highlight of the trip (other than the skiing!) was accidentally walking into the once a year only presentation of the new Geisha (Maiko) in Kyoto. Paparazzo everywhere. Was full on! Amazing once in lifetime experience. Hyatt was great!

We all loved Tokyo!  Especially the vintage clothing districts!  We think Melbourne is good… but Tokyo is amazing for vintage/second hand gear!

Miyajima was gorgeous! Very relaxing. Futons a bit hard ? but manageable. Resort understated but lovely and the location,  WOW!!  It’s on the edge of an amazing forest and hike area. We climbed the mountain, did the cable car back etc. all this literally at our doorstep. The winding market streets amazing too. We all wore kimonos to dinner one night which was fun. Amazing young woman served us at dinner each night. Really worth letting them know how lovely she was, so I might send them note. We all did the Japanese breakfast thing here which was culturally interesting. We also did the back pack thing and sent our bags ahead onto the alps. Great suggestion :)

Skiing was unbelievable! The accom was really good. However Damain and I upgraded from the booker 4 star wing to the 5, which was bigger and nicer. Left the boys as booked ? Worth noting that the resort has 3-4 different levels of accom. Also worth noting that the resort is a bit kooky! No bar opens before 7pm. Real issue for all staying. People couldn’t believe they couldn’t get a G & T or decent wine before 7. Only whisky and beer and cask

wine available in funny little corner areas before 7.  Food really expensive and average. But still was a very glamorous stay and so few people. Slopes and resort really quiet. We had it almost to ourselves at times. And the snow!!!  Such a bonus. Not sure how long this will last as the snow is def attracting the aussies. Some were saying that it’s better than Switzerland! We had a really lovely stay! Staff odd but nice. Not very sophisticated. Still worth recommending as a destination, just be good to warn future aussies about the food/cost and bar issue. We did go into town on shuttle one night for an average pizza but fun nonetheless. We did notice aussies going into town to get supplies a bit. Alcohol and water and snacks etc. Great cafe/bakery though for quite good coffee surprisingly and pastries and sandwiches at lunch time. The powder on the slope makes up for all the kookiness and other issue though haha 

Thanks for all your help and we will remember the trip forever!!

Tiff 

Hi Miyuki

Back safely from our superb holiday in Japan. Everything went perfectly and according to plan and we loved every minute. Thank you for your help and excellent service.

If i were to be extremely fussy, which i’m not, there were two minor details that maybe you can use as feedback. 

1. The Sunrise tour from Tokyo to Mt Fuji/Hakone was scheduled to have dropped us off at our accommodation at the end of the tour. However, we were left to catch a public bus when the bus stopped at the lakeside destination and we had to find our accommodation in complete darkness in the middle of nowhere with 4 suitcases!
2. Our Tokyo Hotel was excellent as we had renovated room for first 3 days at start of our holiday. However, we were booked into very substandard room on our return to the same hotel before flying home. The room was smelly and had very dirty carpets and clearly had not seen a renovator for years!

Otherwise all was of an excellent standard throughout our trip with no other hiccups and the JR ticket was very convenient and just about broke even with actual train costs we used.

Best wishes for a good holiday and great new year

David and Lea 

Hi Clement

Our clients have returned from Japan and had a fantastic holiday so wanted to share their feedback of the travel arrangements booked through JTB. 

“Had the most wonderful time! it was better than i possibly hoped it could be.

Arrival was smooth and how you described – the metro was very easy to use we put 5000 yen on our pasmo and that keep us beeping in and out of stations happily (the kids ones chirp like a baby bird).

The JTB tours were fantastic and they way the looked after us and made sure we got from point to point was very special (sending people in taxi’s to pick us up and ride the train with us)

The cooking class was great! I’m glad you included the directions or we would still be looking for it also it would be good to know it was called cooking sun – photo included)”

Kind regards

Amy

Hi Olivia

Thank you wonder woman….you consistently impress me with your efficiency. 

Regards

Alice

Dear Miyuki,

Currently at the Shangrila which is magnificent to return to after the 3 day tour to Kanazawa. I want to thank you very much for your understated and humble organisation, and like the wonderful culture of Japan that we have experienced. The different guides and facilitation by Sunrise/JTB was first class- amazing how they are there always ahead of time to meet you. All guides were good, most well understandable- a credit to them. The last on the 3 day tour , Kazuka was magnificent. Also Michi of Kyoto who took us to Himijei castle, went our of her way to find out where the photo I wanted was taken. She found out it was taken from the zoo, and allowed me to sidetrack.

It was worth it. I had the opportunity to talk to a visiting kindergarten group at the exhibit of the Kangaroos- very timely.

Will talk after we settle down at home. In our situation, I think the half day tours are good, and certainly you need a break between each full day tour. We were exhausted to start the  3rd  day of the 3 day tour and then, we saw the gardens of Kanazawa castle, which were absolutely breathtaking.

The Shangrila was a blessed respite for Voulette, with Daimaru downstairs.

You knew what you were doing. Keio Plaza Hotel is a wonderful experience as is Shangrila. The Kyoto Hotel put us in a standard room at first which we rejected, then temporarily in a double room which was smokey, the next day in a Superior room (smokey although non- smoking, and finally in a nice light Superior room, which nobody had fortunately smoked in. Was a great stay thereon, and the people were wonderful;.

Following is an extract from what I have sent to some friends.

God bless you and your family always,

Emil

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On a following 3 day tour from Kyoto We traversed the country from East Coast to the Japanese Alps (Takayama, the steep thatched farmhouse village of Shirakawa-go (every name has a meaning- house constructed like hands in

prayer)- where they grew silk worms in the upper levels fed om mulberry leaves). The new 200K highway has 40 tunnels through the mountains. Then finally to  Kanazawa on the coast- crabs, seafood and the Kanazawa Castle and Gardens- the best yet and magnificent autumn tints). The Shinkansen (bullet train now only takes 3 hours from West to east coast to Tokyo Yet, except for the mountains, populated all the way..  All amazing – Japanese ingenuity and technology, respect, humility and politeness. An Sydney lady from our group of 12 on this three day tour, fell and fractured her hip, requiring surgery. The immediate professional handling in the town of

Takayama was first class.    Forgive the solo photo, but unjustifiably,

Voulette is a reluctant subject

Best wishes, Emil