"Service, service, service!"

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The staff were of ‘seven star’ standard and nothing – absolutely nothing – was ever too much trouble. For example, when we arrived in India we completed a brief questionnaire from the ground agents, Travel Inn. I indicated that I preferred to avoid garlic. We arrived at Camp Mewar at 8.00pm and the proprietor was waiting to welcome us at the entrance with a couple of ‘boys’ (actually grown men) to take our luggage. He told us that dinner was ready so why did we not come straight through. In the open-air dining room, his wife took me to one side and explained that I should not have any of the options from the buffet as they all contained garlic– my meal was in the seven separate dishes which had been individually cooked without garlic. At each main meal thereafter, at least one separate dish was brought to the table for me. One of the waiters even chased across the dining area when he saw me putting dressing on my salad – the dressing contained garlic so, in the twinkling of an eye, a fresh salad appeared!
Hot water bottles were placed in the beds each evening. and rugs were provided for the game drives . As an example of the standard of service provided there were 12 tents, each usually with two people who stayed for between one and four nights. There was, therefore, a reasonable turnover of guests but we were never once asked for a name or room number. All twenty staff obviously knew each of the guests by sight.