My husband and I have recently returned from the most amazing trip to Egypt. We were on an 8 day tour including Cairo and a Nile cruise with our personal guide, driver and air-conditioned car. In our opinion this is the best way to travel as time management is more flexible.
From the first planning stages the Ask Aladdin website was very informative and user friendly. The more questions we had we found the emails with Bassem Saad to be very helpfull and the his replys quick.
When we landed in Cairo our luggage didn't, and having an Ask Aladdin agent there eased our stress after a very long flight, as he handled everything expertly.His name is Ramadan Saber Eid Rajab and a big thank-you to him. Right from the start we felt at ease as everyone was so friendly.
We have travelled the world and the accomodations in Cairo and on the boat for the cruise would definitely be considered 5 star by European standards. I would suggest asking for a hotel in Cairo with a view of the pyramids. The service on the cruise was excellent, the food great and the boat was very clean.
We would be remiss in not mentioning our tour guide, Ahmed Khalifa, He really knows his Egyptian history and his knowledge and love of Egypt made us appreciate the country more. He is very personable and humourous. Also, on our tour our cruise was shortened to 2 nights from the 4 we expected. Initially, this was a worry to us but Ahmed was able to organize everything so that we didn't miss a thing on our planned itinerary and even managed to fit in a few more excursions. You would be very fortunate to get him as a guide.
Before we left on our trip every one of our friends and family couldn't understand why we would go to Egypt when it was so soon after the revolution and only a couple of days after the US ambassador was shot in Libya over a YouTube film. Their worry was unnecessary as we felt very safe and the local people friendly. We have travelled to other countries and have not felt as comfortable.
Our only regret on the trip as a whole is we should have planned to stay longer. Maybe next time. Thank-you once again to everyone at Ask Aladdin we interacted with.
Janet and Brent from Canada