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Media and Reviews

Myanmar Shalom Travels has been featured in Travel & Leisure, National Geographic, Action Asia magazine, ASTA and ABTA country guide, and many Jewish newspapers.  Sammy Samuels, Founder of Myanmar Shalom Travels has been chronicled in articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, and numerous other newspapers.

Client Testimonial

First-time travelers to Myanmar
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As first-time travelers to Myanmar, we were so grateful that we had Myanmar Shalom to help us with the details.  From the amazing hotels to the lovely excursions, we certainly had a memorable trip.

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First-time travelers to Myanmar

Family Trip: Amazing service
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We are a family of five and Shalom Travel organized an excellent tour lasting 8 days. We went to Yangon, Bagan, Inle and Ngapali. We also visited an Elephant Camp (Green Valley - near Inle) - again excellent.   Each tour guide (Zar, Dara and Pan) were nothing less than superb. Sammy together with Rebecca and their team, made the whole thing a wonderful and seamless experience. Thank you for a truly magical and memorable visit. We loved it!

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Family Trip: Amazing service

Excellent Guides
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Thank you for your email. We should be thanking you for one of the best trips we’ve taken.   Our guide Win Win was a real delight.  She was warm, knowledgeable and knew how to work the system to get things done.  Our group really loved her and she has our highest recommendation. Thank you for all your efforts.

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Excellent Guides

Visiting Myanmar to trace my roots

Visiting Myanmar to trace my roots

I was born in Burma and our family left when we were very young.  So this is my first trip returning back to Burma and to see the Synagogue.  Sammy did an amazing job in organizing my travel within Myanmar.  I was able to visit my family old house and neighborhood.  Everything ran smoothly. The guides were exceptional and very patient.  Highly Recommended

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Highly recommended

We had been warned that in a country like Myanmar we should be prepared for glitches in our travel but our travel was as smooth and problem free as it could have been. I hope to return to Myanmar in the future to see more of your fascinating country and rest assured we will use Myanmar Shalom to plan our trip.

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Wonderful Country - amazing service

What a wonderful experience we had during our Myanmar visit, something that we never cease talking about to our friends. We are fortunate to have travelled to many countries in all parts of the world, but nothing even begins to equal the wonder and beauty of our visit to Myanmar, truly an unforgettable experience.   So much of our enjoyment was a result of the care and planning of Myanmar Shalom and of the Samuels, and of their excellent team of guides.  We hope you can manage to look after the synagogue and protect that magnificent Torah.

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Great company and great tour guide

I booked the private tour in Myanmar with Myanmar Shalom travels. I spent 6 days in Myanmar with great tour guide Soe Yee, he gave us a lot of history information and very friendly, helpful and kindness, their services very excellent and very good like hotel, restaurant, driver.

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Visiting Myanmar to trace my roots

I was born in Burma and our family left when we were very young.  So this is my first trip returning back to Burma and to see the Synagogue.  Sammy did an amazing job in organizing my travel within Myanmar.  I was able to visit my family old house and neighborhood.  Everything ran smoothly. The guides were exceptional and very patient.  Highly Recommended

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Exceeded our Expectations in every regard

Excellent 9-day trip with Myanmar Shalom in October 2019. I was skeptical based on what I thought were overly glowing reviews but now understood it is merited.   Service deluxe- Pickups were on time.  Guides and drivers were well trained. Cars were clean.
Itinerary- Well planned. I also liked how flexible they were- presenting options for different price points.  Efficient response- I appreciated Sarah’s quick and thorough responses.  Thank you Sarah for organizing everything perfectly!

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Excellent Guides

Thank you for your email. We should be thanking you for one of the best trips we’ve taken.   Our guide Win Win was a real delight.  She was warm, knowledgeable and knew how to work the system to get things done.  Our group really loved her and she has our highest recommendation. Thank you for all your efforts.

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Oceania Cruise Yangon Excursion

We are the ones to say thank you.  Myanmar Shalom was the BEST tour company on our 35 day trip cruise. You have the best guide and your company was first class all the way. Thank you. I was going to write this earlier but jet lag took some time to get over. We would like to visit Myanmar again, and would use your company.  THANK YOU.

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A top agent with long experience in Myanmar

Your leadership role in the Jewish community of Myanmar and your ability to well manage your travel agent is truly amazing. Sammy, it was such an hour to meet you in Yangon as we have been reading about you and the community in newspapers. We had amazing trip. Your guides & office staff took such a good care for us in each city. Please share our thanks & appreciation to them.

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Trustworthy, Efficient Cost saving and Seamless

Thank you for all your help with organizing our recent trip to Myanmar. I usually would do the trip planning myself, however your professional advice, itinerary, tour cost and excellent communication has made me think again. The trip was fabulous! Our guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. Truly a special country with incredible sights to behold. 

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Family Trip: Amazing service

We are a family of five and Shalom Travel organized an excellent tour lasting 8 days. We went to Yangon, Bagan, Inle and Ngapali. We also visited an Elephant Camp (Green Valley - near Inle) - again excellent.   Each tour guide (Zar, Dara and Pan) were nothing less than superb. Sammy together with Rebecca and their team, made the whole thing a wonderful and seamless experience. Thank you for a truly magical and memorable visit. We loved it!

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First-time travelers to Myanmar

As first-time travelers to Myanmar, we were so grateful that we had Myanmar Shalom to help us with the details.  From the amazing hotels to the lovely excursions, we certainly had a memorable trip.

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An absolutely wonderful experience

They listened carefully to our desires, kept us informed, and developed a perfect itinerary! We were able to make adjustments and suggestions along the way

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