Our Travels: Genesis. SPAIN ,PORTUGAL,MOROCCO TRIP.THE GENESIS.

Genesis . SPAIN ,PORTUGAL,MOROCCO TRIP.THE GENESIS

Ulka Kulkarni is very dear neice of Priti . They had planned a trip to Mrocco , Spain and Portugal during the month of May 2017 with Kesari tours.
In March 2017 one day when they were chatting on the phone,Ulka informed Priti abourt their forthcoming trip and said why don't we also join them . Priti readily agreed . We went to Kesari office the same day and booked our trip .
That is how our Mrocco,Spain and Portugal Trip came about.

The Costs .
1. Cost per head ................... 175000 . Total for 2 = 3,50.000/-
2. Insurance P M V.................................................. 4312/-
3. Insurance Priti..........................................................1753/-
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Total ...................3,56.065/-
4. Taxes.................................................................. 16023/-
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Total tour Cost for both of us *.................................................... 3,72,088/-
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Discounts : 1. Loyalty , Senior Citizen discounts of ₹4000/- per head (2000+2000)was also available .
2. Discount of ₹ 18,000/- per head was offered if payment was made in one lump sum .
This costing:- Includes Euro component of 3060 /- euro .

*This costing is AFTER a discount of ₹ 36,000/-availed by us .

For reasons beyond their control,Ulka had to cancel their trip at a later date.There was not enough warning to ask any of our friends whether they would like to join us. So unlike two previous trips, on this trip we did not have any of our air force friends with us.
As per itinerary given to us we were to meet tour Manager Sagar Dhumal,on
06 May 2017 at 10:00 PM at Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport,near magnificently tall and majestic Tri Colour.Our flight to Doha was at 04:10 Am on 07 May2017.After the tour arrival back at Mumbai was at 02:40 AM on 19 May 2017.Hence tour duration from 7 to 19 May2017. As we were starting from Nagpur,effectively we were away from home from 6 May to 20 May2017.
Sagar Dhumal turned out to be a good human being and an exceptionally good Tour Manager and Guide.The best so far in all the international trips we have done with Cox & King , Thmos Cook and four with Kesari we have done since 2009.

There were 35 people in this trip.Most of them good company. Some with big heart and equally big pockets to match 😊. Vivel Palkar, man after our heart, deserves special mention. A man with as big a heart as a house 😄 .
A group photo was taken at Santuactury of Our Lady Fatima, at Fatima,in Portugal.We have not got copy of it from Kesari as yet . However I have snapped a photo of the Ladies of our Group.

This is the first blog on the trip. Future blogs will give you the complete trip at a glance through Google map. Future blog will then cover tour progress day by day.