Rashi Jakhete

We had a great trip and appreciate the help and responsiveness provided by Rashi. The most important crieria for our trip was 1) the choice of bike routes selected for our trip 2) the quality of the bikes and 3) the appeal of the accomodations. I would give each of these 5 stars.

The critique I have of the experience however was the separation of the planning aspects of the trip between Rashi and the person whom she connected with for the details on the bikes. On our first day getting the bikes we learned that the bikes did not come with water bottles or a holder for the phone on the front handlebars. We had to go a few miles out of our way the first morning to purchase these items. It would have been better if there was a checklist for us to ensure we brought all these things along- in a previous experience bike touring bikes came with those features. We would have been happy to bring them had we know. The other disconnect was for the Mt. Ventoux bike. It noted on my itinerary that I could pick up the bike the evening before. When I tried to do so the person at the bike shop said I could not pick it up until 8:00 the following morning. Due to the hot weather and need for an early start i decided it was best not to wait and so was sorry not to have that particular bike for the climb. At the end of the trip we were informed that the bike rental people would not have a pedal wrench to take off our pedals--we tried numerous places to try to bring the bikes and spent a couple hours doing so- to no avail. The next morning he did show up with one-- was a bummer to spend the time after arrival in seach of a tool that was used initially by the bike rental place.

It also would have been helpful to provide details about trains from Paris, distance to hotels when arrival into Orange, etc. NOt a big deal- but why not?

We loved our trip and grateful for the wonderful routing, hotels, and overall itinerary. I would just suggest however that in the future when you have the major component of the trip contingent upon details with the bikes and logistics- that there be a much more seamless approach.

Thank you very much.

The TMB has become a top hiker’s destination, therefore, accommodations can be difficult to arrange. When we decided we would finally make the trip, Rashi shared that the accommodations would be difficult considering our shorter “lead time”. Shortly thereafter, she reached out to offer an itinerary from a couple who canceled their trip, but would require date changes. We were delighted with the news!
Rashi and Thomas were able to make some tweaks to this itinerary to customize the trip for us, e.g.; we added a couple days in Geneva on the front end, added a couple on the backend and were able to build in a break day after each 3 days of hiking. We hiked 9 days, around 100 miles overall and wouldn’t change a thing!
Rashi offered suggestions of “things to do and see” for each of our non-hiking days, which was helpful and gave us options.

We were overall pleased with our accommodations which ranged from 4/5 star rated boutique hotels to (a) shared dorm with bunkbeds and shared bathrooms. Most of the mountain huts have both dorms and select private rooms. We were pleasantly surprised to find most of our private rooms also had en suite bathroom facilities. We were expecting to share in these locations. I’m not sure if that was a special request from Rashi and Thomas on our behalf, or if we were just lucky?!

We chose the luggage service which I would HIGHLY recommend for this trek! It was worth every penny to know we didn’t have to carry everything on our backs, nor did we have to “go without” certain items.

This is the 2nd time using Kimkim for International travel with great results! They work with local experts, like Rashi and Thomas from Allibert Trekking, to handle the logistics AND there is peace of mind knowing there’s someone local to contact if in need.

Thanks rashi for organising this trip at last minute - it was really well planned and we cannot thank you enough!