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We three aging ladies were delighted with our "visa free" trip to St. Petersburg as arranged by East-West tours. Thank you, Alex. We had a gorgeous sunny day in Helsinki before getting on the Princess Maria ferry that afternoon. Being shipboard was fun, room and beds comfortable, nice food and a lovely smooth trip to St. Petersburg. Maria met us and we immediately felt welcomed and comfortable in the hands of a true professional. The hotel was luxurious and convenient. Loved the breakfast. Maria managed our tours with efficiency, never forgetting our "personal" requirements, but ensuring we saw and learned as much as possible in our limited time. We would have been lost without her trying to cope with the crowds on our own. She is a treasure and we were delighted to get to know her. We did some exploring and wandering on our own in the evenings and felt quite safe in that extraordinary city. Thank you for making this terrific excursion possible.

Everything was great; we had no issues and nothing negative to say about the trip! Our guides in Moscow and St. Petersburg were wonderful! If we ever return (and it would be nice to do so!!!) we would love to have them as our guides! All the drivers were courteous and professional! Thank you for planning and executing a wonderful trip to Russia!!

I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our St. Petersburg tour. Everything about it was really excellent, particularly Masha, our tour guide. She was always in good spirits, intelligent, helpful, and exceptionally well informed. We both thought she was a particular asset to represent your company because she had so many admirable qualities and was so nice to be around. The bus driver was also a very safe and cautious driver. We could never have done this on our own in the amount of time we had there. The logistics for getting us into various museums, palaces and so on must have been hair raising since the city was so crowded with tourists. Our hotel was really nice and we actually ate there a couple of nights because we were too exhausted to go out. The food was very good, the hotel was extremely comfortable, and the location was great. We did get a 3 year Russian visa because we're interested in taking the Trans-Siberian rail trip from Moscow to Beijing next year. I'll explore the options for that a bit later. Thanks again for the experience. We are still enjoying reliving our trip there.

I contacted East West Tours to discuss tour options to Stockholm and neighboring countries. Bobby (Rajiv Sawhney) from East West contacted me immediately and was very helpful in planning my trip to include all the places and sights my husband and I wanted to visit. He arranged all the details of our ferry to Tallinn, Estonia; on overnight in St. Petersburg, Russia; ferry to Helsinki, Finland; and ferry back to Stockholm. All the costs were clearly outlined. He provided recommendations regarding tours. Every part of our trip was amazing. We had no problems during any of our stops. Our private guide and driver in St. Petersberg were so professional and knowledgeable. Our hotel, The W, in St. Petersberg could not have been nicer. I highly recommend East West and Bobby and will definitely use them again.

We traveled in small groups with our knowledgeable guide, Margarita, leading us every step of the way. She never hesitated to answer our questions, offer suggestions and directions on where to shop, eat and explore other interesting sites. Her stories and anecdotes often flavored with humor kept us alert on long distant rides across the beautiful countryside of the Baltic countries. We not only saw the historical highlights of each country, but we also had time to relax, attend concerts and meet many local people. Our East-West travel specialist, Alex, was an expert travel agent, because we did not encounter any problems while traveling. Yes, we will travel with East-West Tours again. The Stragiers, world travelers

We recently returned from a two week vacation to Russia and Lithuania that was arranged by East West Tours. Alex, who was our travel agent with East West Tours, did an excellent job of both helping us to create our trip, as well as ensuring that the implementation of it was quite successful. We did not encounter a single problem with our travel,hotels or tour guides. Alex made recommendations of some places that we were not familiar with and included a few unusual sites that we requested. The tour guides we had, one each for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vilnius , were all fantastic ( Masha in St. Petersburg and Iga in Vilnius were amazing tour guides). Each of the three guides were very knowledgeable about history and art and were open to answering all of our questions. They modified the day's activities for the very few times that we wanted to add a site or not spend as much time as originally planned with other sites. I would highly recommend Alex and the East West Tours.

Alex, We wanted to let you know what a wonderful time we had in Russia! It was a fantastic trip and we really appreciate all of your hard work. All the accommodations and excursions were great! We especially enjoyed having Marsha as our tour guide in St. Petersburg! She was really fantastic, knowledgeable and friendly. Thank you for your recommendation to go to Pushkin Cafe -- we loved it! In the tour, Moscow and St. Petersburg really came alive for us! We really appreciate how well organized the trip was -- this allowed us to enjoy the trip without worrying about the details and paperwork. Thank you again for making our trip so wonderful! Thank you

Thank you for an excellent experience. All went as planned, the guides (Nadia in Moscow, Masha in St Petersburg) , drivers, hotels and restaurants were excellent. The people we traveled with were a delight. We learned so much about your country, about each other. It was a most memorable experience. We would be happy to speak or email any future clients about this great trip.