Hi everybody,  I need some advice and opinions on my up coming trip to India.  Primarily Delhi and Amritsar.
 
My wife and 2 kids (ages 3 and 5) will be ariving in Delhi via Continental airline and would expect to leave Delhi Airport at about 11:00pm.  Next day we plan to take an Indian Airlines flight to Amritsar.  That flight is scheduled to depart at 5:30pm.
 
My questions are as follows:
 
1.  Since we are traveling with small children, we would like to make this trip not too hard on the kids.   Is Indian Airlines the only airline that connects Delhi and Amritsar?   I have checked Jet and Sahara and found that they do not fly that route.
 
2.  Since we would be staying in Delhi one night, is there any hotel anyone can recomend.  We are looking for something safe and economical?  How about booking experience via Expedia?   Is the booking reliable and without any surprises?
 
3.  How are Indian Airlines schedules?  Do they stick to them?
 
4.   Are there any practical places to visit in Delhi?
 
I appreciate all respones
thanks
ravi

I checked out Air Deacan and found that their prices are good.    They have a checkin luggage limit of 15kg per person.    Since we are coming from Toronto, we are likely to have about 40kg per person.   They will charge  Rs 70 per kg (each way).   I will need to determine how much weight we are likely to have before making a decision.   Thanks for your help  
 
ravi

Dear Ravi,
 
1. Indian Airlines will stick with timings but you never know about flight timings. Even Singapore airlines cann't assure u about them. So they are as reliable as any other airlines. It is Indian not Indian Airlines !!!
 
2. Deccan, good if u r travelling without luggauge. Bad reputation for services but again budget airlines like easyjet of UK and Ryan air of Europe are having bad reputation. People use them for economical reasons. Not suitable to fly as a connecting flight along with international flight.  
 
3. Expedia is very reliable. I have used that for booking hotels in Europe and Arab and they are excellent. I always book flights with them. Little expensibe but much better than thieves like www.southalltravel.co.uk (owned and run by our own Indians from UK).
 
4. Air India flies from Delhi to Amritsar at around 3 am. So please check with them. If u land in Delhi at around 11 pm it should be best suited for you or your kids.
 
Hope this will help.
 
Guru Fateh

In order to start Amritsar-London flights, Jet Airways will launch a special flight from Delhi every Friday and return back on Mondays.
 
Here is the schedule :
AMRITSAR      DELHI            9W730      1      1335      1435      07/08/2006      23/10/2006
 
DELHI      AMRITSAR            9W729      5      1140      1240      04/08/2006      27/10/2006