In 26 years of travel, I had never been to India. I could advise on it. I could sell the Golden Triangle with reasonable confidence. But I had never stood in it, felt the pace of it, or understood what it actually is to a traveller who goes looking for more than the obvious.
That changed in April. I travelled with Vivek Angra and the team at Trail Blazer Tours India across 11 nights: Delhi, Jaipur, Chambal, Agra and Lucknow, finishing with two days at the Tres luxury travel conference in New Delhi. It was a fam trip built for agents who want to sell India properly. I came back a different adviser.
Here is what I learned.
