AND SOME EMAILS FROM FORMER
CLIENTS NOW FRIENDS
Many did take our classic
package or variants here
All
the messages below where received by e-mail and we have so many more
that we can not keep up, we love to feel we made a difference with all
this guys to enjoy Guatemala it´s nice to be good in something and it´s
iven better to see how it shows in our clients positive travel
experience. We really enjoy that!!!
Dec 24 2007
Dear Sanchinelli´s
I am sorry that I am writing this so
long after my stay, but I wanted to say, "Thank you very much" for my
stay at the Posada Belen this past September. I was fortunate to stay
at the Posada for one night, on my way out to Santiago Atitlan, and then
for a few days around Independence Day.
You have a wonderful staff at the
Posada, so I wanted to say thanks to Daniel, Rafael, Nilo, and of
course, to "Chef" Juan. Good service was always available, the food was
always very good, and the hot chocolates ... excellent ! And, of
course, thank you to Maria, who not only kept my room looking fantastic,
but returned my clothes from the laundry folded and pressed.
Thanks also to everyone for being so
patient with me on my last few days, when it seems I caught a cold that
would not leave me alone. The poor taxi drivers that got stuck with me
- a gringo with a stuffy nose, who could never remember whether he had
paid for the cab at the hotel, or whether he needed to pay the driver !
On my next visit, I will know better, and will be better prepared.
A Merry Christmas to you all, and I
hope to see you again in the future,
i Feliz Navidad !
Eric Donnelly
June 2007
Hola Francesca & Rene,
I wanted to write and thank you and your staff for your
hospitality...I'm home safely in Vancouver! I'm sorry that I missed you
on my last night through on the way home. San Marcos La Laguna was
amazing--I completed my Indian head massage course and the place just
quieted my soul and I feel centred and healthy and happy.
I stayed at Posada Belen both on my first and last nights in Guatemala
City. I got in late from the airport on Day 1 so I had to wait to sample
your full dinner until my last night and I was not disappointed in the
least. It was a homecooked meal served with flair and with caring. Your
staff (Rafael, Nilo, Juan) were hospitable around the clock and I felt
like I was staying in someone's home instead of just a room in an
impersonal hotel. My friends at home loved the photos I took of the
little garden, an oasis in the jumble of smoke belching buses and
speeding cars in Zona 1.
It was wonderful to meet you both as well as your staff...I most
definitely will recommend guests to you without hesitation and return
myself in the future.
Take good care,
Karen Ho
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dear Rene &
Francesca:
Allow me to
thank you once again for your valiant and complicated work in helping me
achieve the impossible—that is visit every site that I wanted to see in
Guatemala within the short time I was there!
I got lots of
good stories for the news paper that I write for and will send them
along to you . I know that my travelling companion Ernst from the Riu
Hotel in CanCun is sending you clients too.
Guatemala
still holds the mystery in a shell. Who REALLY were these first Mayans
and how do they come about their complicated way of being (influenced by
the Chinese? Egyptians? Olmecs?
I fondly look
back over the 2000 digital fotos that I captured and can’t believe I
actually saw all those places—totally to the thanks of yourselves and
fulfilling the complicated schedule I had to complete. It all went like
clock work.
Thanks again,
Ric Polansky
Ps/ you can
see some of the stories also on my website
www.ric-polansky.com
dear Rene and Francescait was most wonderful to have had the
opportunity to have spent time at your most wonderful posada. we will
remember it fondly.
until later...best regards...gary Jan 2007
Bonjour Muy buenas dias ! I spent a couple of days in
Posada Belen. I
really enjoy the place ... and most of all the very nice people of
Posada Belen. The food is excellent Bravo to the chefs !!! Denis
(Ulysse's Guide book on Guatemala) should be there this week. I spend 3
weeks with him. Denis is working very hard to build this tribute to the
culture of Guatemala. Muchas gracias Saludos a todos (y Denis) pierre
daigle
Dear Rene and Francesca,
Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know
that we all arrived home safely. The flights home were uneventful and
all were on time.
We can't begin to tell you how much we all
appreciate the time and effort you spent in planning our tour and
caring for us during the time we spent at the Posada Belen. The way
our tour was requested, we returned twice to the Posada Belen and each
time it was like coming home and putting on a pair of comfortable
slippers. Your staff could not have been more caring. They went the
extra mile for us many times. The food was the best in Guatemala, and
the Posada Belen was charming. Please make sure to tell them all how
much we appreciated them.
Hope to see you all again soon,
George, Alice, Piper, Jonathan, Mason and
Valerie
Hi Francesca and Rene,
Thanks so much for a great tour I had this last Feb.28 to March 8,
2006. It was just right.
The Hotel Posada Belen, is a great place to stay and relax. It is a
perfect place to stay in Guatemala City.
Thank you for arranging a well organized tour of Copan, Quirigua, Rio
Dulce, Tikal, Chichicastenango, Lake Atitlan and Antigua. I think I
visited all of the places I wanted to see in Guatemala in such a short
period of time. The hotels and their location are very well placed. I
particularly like the Hotel Jungle Lodge in Tikal. It is walking
distace to the Tikal ruins, making it possible for me to see the
sunset in El Mundo Perdido and sunrise in Temple IV. They are both
memorable scenes.
I also like the tour in Copan and Quirigua. I have plenty of time to
see the ruins with a guide and also on my own.
I particularly like my boat tour of Lake Atitlan. I have learned a lot
about the Mayan way of life and traditions. I am also amazed by the
market day at Chichitenango. I describe it as "organized chaos", a
dynamic market place.
Lastly, I like my stay in Antigua. The people at Hotel Posada de Los
Bucaros are very friendly and helpful. I have a wonderful walking tour
of Antigua and I visited all of the places I listed that I wanted to
see there.
Again, thanks for a wonderful stay in Posada Belen. My regards to all
the staff.
Thanks again for a Guatemala Classic Tour!
Regards,
Felino
New Jersey, USA
Dear Rene and Francesca, When we said
goodbye, I told you that I would write you an e-mail as soon as we got
home and got our business back in order. It has taken a little over a
week but now I have time to express my feelings about our trip and
wonderful stay with you. The itinerary that you put together for us
was more than we expected. This was our eleventh trip to Central
America and I can state without any equivocation, that this was our
BEST.
To begin, I want to restate that your
website www.guatemalaweb.com got my attention, in my opinion it is the best site on
Guatemala, available. I was a little leary about the eight
night-seven day tour that you had put together, but it proved to be
more than we expected. I am not trying to get you to go up on your
charges by I thought it was to inexpensive to give the transportation
and accommodations that we desired. I was delighted to be incorrect.
I hope you can use this letter and you have
my permission to use it on your website, as a recommendation to anyone
that is considering a trip to your wonderful country. Even if they are
not interested in touring the country or seeing the Mayan ruins,
staying at your wonderful home is a treat in its self. You and your
great staff could not have done more to make us comfortable and give
us a feeling of home away from home. If anyone else is reading this, I
want to state that we had the free run of this beautiful home, it was
like we owned the place. The four of us are still talking about how
great it was to sit in you garden at night and drink wine and relive
the days adventures, it is indescribable. We enjoyed the other
guest that we met while we were there and I know that they were as
comfortable as we were.
Ann and I are planning another trip to
Guatemala in about six months and we will be booking everything with
you, that is a promise. We want to take a Spanish course on our next
trip and I know that you can set it up for us.
It gives us a comfortable feeling to know
that we have friends in Guatemala that we can trust and have complete
confidence in, to handle our every need.
I only have one suggestion, Get some
bigger pillows, people from the USA like big fluffy pillows,
everything else was perfect. If I could think of anything else to
complain about I would. Really the pillows were not that bad, I was
just trying to find something that was less than perfect. I did not
want to sound like I was on your payroll.
I can not end this letter without telling
you how much we enjoyed the driver that you arranged for us, Victor
was great, infact we tried to get him to go home with us. Man, what a
gentleman, and his English was better than mine. I hope we didn't
raise the price for drivers, but we could not help but tip him above
what you were paying, but we fell in love with him, he was great and
the credit goes to you.
RENE--------FRANCESCA--------THANK YOU for
a GREAT EXPERIENCE, My wife and I work hard and we need a break every
now and then. In business you get all of the disappointments that
you need, so when you get the opportunity to get away, you really
don't need a hassle, thank you for seeing that this didn't happen. If
you use this letter and anyone wants to contact me, fill free to give
them my e-mail address, I will be happy to respond, in fact I would
love to tell people about the great accommodations that you arranged
for us at Lake Atitlan, Tikal, and Rio Hondo. I have staid at hotels
that cost ten times as much in other Central American countries that
did not have the comfort, beauty, food and service that we enjoyed
with your itinerary.
I can't spell it but the hotel in
Panahachell, sp, might have been the most pleasant stay we have ever
experienced in our life. I think we could lived out our lives
there. Jose, made the best Margaritas that Mary jean and Ann have ever
had, and when you make my wife happy, Son, You have made me happy,
they even had Jack Daniels there.
Dear Friends, I could go on, but I would
be repeating myself, We needed this trip, we needed a rest, we needed
an adventure, and thank you for arranging our trip to the orphanage.
Seeing the children and the Nuns and the wonderful dinner that we had
with them was the climax to a dream come true. God bless the two of
you and your endeavors, it is so nice to meet honest people. See you
soon, Jay and Ann Mitchell-- Dick and Mary jean Roach
Dear Francesca and Rene:
I am so sorry this letter is so late. However, I want you to
know how much Liz and I loved your wonderful hotel and all the
special people associated with it. The hotel is charming and the
staff is so friendly and helpful in every day. Our room was charming
and we also loved the patio and the sound of the fountain. Every time
we returned, it was like coming home.
The arrangements you made for our trip around Guatemala were
also outstanding; from the small boutique hotels to special
arrangements for different itineraries. You made sure that the entire
trip ran smoothly and we were able to see everything we requested.
I would heartily recommend both your hotel and travel services
to anyone wishing to visit your beautiful country. I sincerely hope
that I will come to visit you all in the future.
Thank you again you helping to make our trip to Guatemala
extraordinary.
Sincerely, Nancy Parker , US
