Published on Mar, 2025
Shakeer was a very personable and fun guide during our time in Jaipur. He had an eccentric sense of humor and made us feel like we were traveling with a friend. We appreciated that he took the extra time to visit our hotel in advance of our tour pick up since it was brand new and wanted to make sure he gave us a smooth experience. He also pulled off a last minute food tour for us and helped us put down a deposit on a restaurant we wanted to go to when it wasn’t working on our phones. While our fitting for some of our outfits ran long, he stayed with us to make sure we got what we needed even though it made him delayed for an appointment. If we’re ever in Jaipur again we’ll be sure to connect with Shakeer.
For the shopping tour specifically, anticipate set shopping destinations that offer a demonstration and shopping opportunity. On our tour it did not appear we visited places where locals shop. The demonstrations were informative and interesting and the shop owners were all very nice and inviting. We were offered tea and water in every shop and at some shops Shakeer got us food because he knew we hadn’t eaten in a while. We also got trinkets from most of the stores at the end.
While I highly recommend Shakeer, if I could go back I would not have used this tour to purchase clothes, shoes, and accessories for a three day Indian wedding. The garment shops we went to did not have sample examples of lenghas or sarees and all of our outfits lacked any embellishments despite the example photos we provided for the making of our custom items having embellishments (example picture of one of the items I asked for vs. what I got included). We were only shown more expensive Indian accessories made of real gems so I could only afford one set instead of the three I was hoping to purchase. And at the shoe store we went to I was only given about four options due to my foot size (us 9.5) and none were particularly festive for a wedding. All in all I paid at least double what I anticipated on outfits and they weren’t really as I wanted. We also needed to go back to the stores the next day for fittings which limited the sightseeing we were able to do and honestly some of the garments still didn’t fit that well despite the second fitting (side photo of saree with ill fitting/uncomfortable top included). I still recommend the tour but would have personally went to different shops entirely for Indian wedding clothes (perhaps these really were the best shops in Jaipur - I’m not an expert - but if that’s the case I think we should have shopped for wedding clothes in Delhi).
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