If you have your hard-earned money in spare and in excess lying about in your bank or house then take it and flush it drown the drain. That experience is more value for money than going anywhere with STC, Bangalore.
1) Till you dont make the payment, Ravindra(the guy who operates this slimy tour) will call you up regularly and follow-up with you. Once you make the payment, you will keep calling him to inquire about your package status: hotel, bus booking, sight-seeing schedule, etc etc. If he answers well and good, or else he will simply disconnect on your face while you are still talking.
2) No guarantee about the hotel either. There were passengers(who also happened to be senior citizens) with us who had to stay out in the freezing cold of Ooty in December at night for 3-4 hours because rooms for them were not booked on schedule.
3) They ask you to be ready for sight-seeing at 9 in the morning. They do not turn up with the mini bus till 12 and encourage you to spend as long as possible on the first and the second tourist spot and then blame you for not being able to see the other spots. When other passengers ask people to hurry up, they shout at them saying they should let everyone enjoy.
4) When we were taken to only Connor and not Ooty for sight-seeing as promised, they told the passengers it was their fault. They try to hide their late-coming and their disinterest in showing all the places by shouting at passengers, having no regards for women-folk either.
5) They never even fulfill the days/nights of the package as promised. We were supposed to be back in Bangalore on Sunday morning, we were back at 1 am in the night. Imagine, 3/4th of a day we were supposed to sight-see, we spent in coming back home.
Throw your money, donate your money, burn your money but don't travel with STC, Bangalore

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