May 13th, 2007 
Sheila Simkin Today’s Sunday newspaper Travel section had an article detailing a expedition to a remote area of Ladakh, priced at $4,195 a person. I’d like someone to please explain why anyone would want to spend $4,195 a person to travel through Ladakh when you can easily see the same sights and book a group trip through Footloose Travel or SkyWalker Travel at about $1,100 A PERSON! We’ve arranged three customized trips with Footloose Travel (for not much more) and, no…they do not comp me or give a discount because I am recommending them. Footloose does a wonderful job and will include every single item the pricey $4,195/person organizer does for one-quarter of the cost. Don’t want to hike? Fine…..sightsee and your costs go down because a trek is more costly.
I’d like to explain a little about traveling in India. Backpackers usually arrive in India and organize a tour on the spot for $400/person but we like a little more structure while traveling and are willing to spend a little more. That’s how inexpensive India travel can be and:
- There are no luxury hotels anywhere in Ladakh;
- The guesthouses in Leh are uniformly clean, fairly similar in room size (some with bathrooms, some without), and food offered at breakfast;
- It’s difficult to spend $8.00 for dinner – that’s for two people – even that price is considered a ***Michelin restaurant in this part of the world;
- All the tour organizers hand-off to the same trekking companies in Leh, AND follow the same routes.
Ladakh is cheap…cheaper…and cheapest…ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I could not possible afford to travel often if every trip ran over $11,000 for two persons including air. Trust me on this…and don’t pay through the nose! Travel is my passion and I hate to see anyone overpay.
For more details, read about two of our experiences with Footloose, Where Is The Himachal Pradesh?,4/23/07 and Ladakh, India – A Summer Destination, 3/31/06… Contact Tomas, at Footloose and go….
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Thanks a lot blogger for such a nice post about Ladakh tourist places .Ladakh, popularly known as ‘the Moon Land’,is one of the most popular tourist destinations of India, situated in the Jammu and Kashmir.The well-known Hemis Festival is a key tourist attraction and is marked by chaams or sacred dances performed by elaborately masked Buddhist monks and colored by exhibitions. Perched on remote high peaks, Ladakh brings into you the feel of belonging to the highlands of the Earth and it is refreshing and rejuvenating. This land will surprise you with its splendor and natural beauty.