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A year in the planning, Singapore & Malaysia
A year in the planning to celebrate our Golden wedding anniversary, it was a fabulous 3 week trip taking in Singapore and Malaysia. Mat Hall the Southeast Asia senior specialist at Audley together with Kay Cross at Kuoni in Norwich worked closely together preparing a dream package of locations and events. We were guided in our recommended choice of activities and locations but always felt that we were listened to about what we were interested in doing so it was a bespoke package just for us, not a group standard off the shelf holiday. Attention to detail was very evident all the way through, with both advisors offering practical guidance based on experience. We wanted a blend of organised activities as well as time to do our own thing based on the different locations on our trip, which worked brilliantly. We stayed a maximum of 4 nights and a minimum of 2 nights at 6 different 5 star hotels, travelling through the west coast of Malaysia starting in Singapore. Mat at Audley arranged all of the flights, the rail travel journey (that we requested) and executive cars moving between destinations, all with English speaking drivers and personal guides. We would not have had the experiences we did had we tried to arrange this holiday ourselves, the in depth knowledge from Audley and Kuoni was invaluable. This trip was to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary and all 6 hotels made a special effort with flowers, cake and cards to celebrate with us, we even had a bottle of champagne on ice waiting for us at the Datai in Langkowi. These "treats" were because Audley had forewarned each hotel that we were celebrating a special occasion. The filofax book we received before travelling containing our travel itinerary was incredibly detailed. All our travel, hotel information and organised activities as well as local contacts is all in that folder. Even useful travel information from getting local currency to tipping and things to consider doing when we had no scheduled activity arranged. Having returned home with hundreds of photos, together with this lovely filofax, it will help remember the locations and experiences for years to come. It's also a great starting point for our next special trip, thank you Mat and Kay, you were both brilliant and we would highly recommend you both for anyone planning a special trip