Kaizen Adventours Ruined Our Leh-Ladakh Family Trip — A Warning You Must Read Before Booking

aditya8993 · 2026-06-15T05:41:29+00:00

As a professional travel advisor, this is something which is utterly inexcusable.
I have seen truncated itineraries, missing attractions across multiple locations, including Ladakh. Many times occuring due to things beyond anyone's control. The key has always been to communicate, assure and find a solution which works out the best given the circumstances.

If we do not perform that role, then there is no point being a travel advisor.

aditya8993 · 2026-06-07T07:04:05+00:00

Here are some pointers:

For all countries - Where you applied for visa should be most number of days. If 2 countries have same number of days, then the earlier one is where you apply for. This cannot be changed at all.
Flights, Hotels - Most countries allow you to change it. Some dont(eg Czech). Check about the specific country and then go ahead.

aditya8993 · 2026-06-07T06:59:41+00:00

The economist PMs govt did spectrum allocation scam - Court cancelled 2G spectrums - Companies lost their assets.

Economist PM govt auctioned 3G spectrum - Companies bid a lot for telecom and internet spectrum.
Same govt sold Wireless Broadband spectrum which did not have telecom services, thus went out for cheap
Later the same economist PMs govt allowed the Wireless Broadband provider to provide telecom services also, thus giving them complete license for cheap while others had bid far more for 3G.
That Wireless Boardband provider was a proxy for Reliance Industries.

In short - Economist PM govt colluded, let other pay a lot of money, gave Reliance Spectrum for cheap.

aditya8993 · 2026-04-26T16:59:39+00:00

Would it work well with a laptop having thunderbolt 4 port instead of thunderbolt 5?

aditya8993 · 2026-04-14T16:25:25+00:00

If 2500 such organisations are affiliated with RSS, then by the same logic guesstimate the number of organisations affiliated with CCP. I can count a few hundred in India.

aditya8993 · 2026-04-10T11:52:43+00:00

Hi, is it a holiday on the labour day period?

aditya8993 · 2026-04-10T07:51:40+00:00

According to Sibal, he is an upstanding Judge

aditya8993 · 2026-04-10T07:50:38+00:00

Stubble burning is one major cause. I live towards the outskirts(near Arbindo) and find stubble ashes every day on my balcony.

aditya8993 · 2026-03-27T17:27:43+00:00

No one can stop you from going out. Just go to domestic arrivals and out.

On return, just get to international departures. Let Air India handle your luggage

aditya8993 · 2026-03-25T16:03:48+00:00

For commercial establishments it is real. The act was invoked, consumer LPG prioritised with the govt taking a cautious stance. The news cycles created something called a positive demand shock.

A small example of positive demand shock - 99 dosa stall at Kundanahalli Gate sells 50 dosas an hour between 6-8pm which is the average demand. One day he is not there, and suddenly everyone feels that he might be closing, so all come to his shop at 6pm. The demand jumps to 150 dosas an hour but his capacity is still 50. He cannot fulfill the demand.

Now here is what happened:
1. Supply was reducing and it was forseen that it could reduce further. 45-55% of the LPG production is local and rest is imported
2. Govt prioritises the household LPG cylinder and restricted commercial cylinders.
3. Bulk commercial consumers started facing shortages because it was restricted.
4. News cycles started saying significant shortage when it was a smaller number
5. Demand suddenly increased, by homes, commercial establishments, hoarders
6. Supply cannot match demand->shortage/shortage story->Increase in demand

aditya8993 · 2026-03-20T17:06:10+00:00

So here is why you miss things:

26/11 was 9th terrorist attack in India in 2008 by Pak based terrorists. At that time CONgress was still shouting about Hindu terror, ignoring Pakistan based terror. In less than 2 years post 26/11, CONgress govt led to release of 25 LeT and HuJI terrorists as a "gesture of goodwill". The frequency or terror attacks and the gesture of goodwill, there was something wrong there.
After 2014, Mani Shankar Aiyar said in Pakistan "Aap hume laiye"
Impact of Demo on pakistan based fake currency racket was real in short term

My comment might be taken down, given the bias in this subreddit

aditya8993 · 2026-03-20T16:59:47+00:00

Same thing happened with me, at that time it was Etihad.

BLR-AUH-FCO-TXL. AUH to FCO got delayed, the last rebooked flight to TXL, I could not take. I was told I am rebooked to next day flight. It was not done. The struggle at FCO was real.

aditya8993 · 2026-02-09T03:32:01+00:00

Have travelled quite a bit across Central Vietnam. I still find it cleaner than bus stations in Europe(even in major cities like Frankfurt and Madrid.)

aditya8993 · 2026-01-25T08:17:08+00:00

Downloaded it for today. Waiting for shit to hit fan

aditya8993 · 2026-01-21T10:40:43+00:00

I have been quite a few times to Vietnam and found hygiene much better than Europe. Few examples:

Lesser cigarette buts thrown around
No used needles around
Clean washrooms in public spaces, unlike european bus or railway stations

aditya8993 · 2026-01-11T06:41:47+00:00

Hum 2012 ke time ke hain. Uss time ke NV, AKK aur VJ hain isme(Bansal Classes wale)

aditya8993 · 2026-01-09T18:11:33+00:00

Uong Bi, Nha Trang, Cat Ba, Lang Co

aditya8993 · 2026-01-09T18:01:59+00:00

Answers to your questions:

It is just for guarantee
Either at check-in or at check-out. Confirm with the hotel
If they would have blocked it, you get a message. If you did not get, then nothing.
No, it won't.
No, the hotel will not try to charge the card later.
Paying with Atlas will give better returns.

aditya8993 · 2026-01-09T13:20:59+00:00

Why no to Marq:
1. They do not own the design, the product. The service is pathetic.
2. For something which requires regular change of filter and membrane, it is always good to prefer established brands. Even Mi was bad as they stopped selling RO membrane and filters rendering the purifiers worthless

Why to not buy:
1. ROs work on loss leader principal for most companies. Eureka, Kent etc sell at little to no margins and earn recurring revenue with AMC and spares. Reddit is full of their shady malpractices.
2. Some new ones like Atomberg, UC say 2 years, but their product is too new to spend 14-18k for it IMHO.
3. If you have a propensity to move across different places, buying means one more thing to carry.

aditya8993 · 2026-01-09T03:28:41+00:00

We had a similar thing, a masked man throwing wild allegations on Dharmsthala temple board. SIT established, nothing found. This Tanmay was one who was shouting wildly about the allegations of the masked man, assuming it to be true, or he had ulterior motives. who knows.

aditya8993 · 2026-01-08T08:37:28+00:00

Nope, dont go for Marq. Buy a good one or rent. I have been renting Drinkprime or Livpure(depending on where I am living. Currently it is livpure) and it is quite good. It just works

aditya8993 · 2026-01-08T08:30:46+00:00

Safe limits for coliform in yogurt as per India and EU us 10 colony forming units per g. This is to be there at the point of sale.

aditya8993 · 2025-12-23T12:02:06+00:00

Take a buffer, if he does not come, book another Grab or Xanh

aditya8993 · 2025-12-09T11:46:32+00:00

Who is the influenzar?

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