Talk:Palace on Wheels

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[edit] Official website?

I've removed the link to http://www.palaceonwheels.net/, pending some evidence that it is an 'official site'. Note that the front page says 'This is the site of Palace On Wheels Inc., a travel company selling tours aboard Palace on Wheels in India'. There are lots of other such companies and websites, selling on commission for the high value product that a booking on this train is. Indian companies are limited (Ltd.) companies, not incorporated (Inc.). Imc 23:00, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I was taking it as the 'official site' because that is where you arrive if you follow through from the official Indian Railways site (via Trains/Luxury Trains/Palace on Wheel Train(sic)). I agree, though, I don't know why it is Inc. And the site does have a detailed description and pictures of the train, which may be of interest despite the questionable English. Carbonix 21:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Note the faint text at the base of palaceonwheels.net below the credit card logos - 'This is the site of a travel company selling tours aboard the luxury train in India'. Raildwar.com (an IR links collection) says that the official site is http://www.palaceonwheelsindia.com/ which says 'THIS SITE IS UNDER UPDATION'. Imc

[edit] Inclusion of travel agency links

I've been repeatedly removing single links added by various anon users. These include those users with IP 24.149.191.163 , 61.247.238.186 , and 67.188.42.56 . Most of their edits are for the addition of these websites; http://www.palaceonwheels.net/ and http://www.palacewheels.com/, with some claims that these are the 'official' website. I see no evidence that these are other than commercial agents seeking to use Wikipedia to drive traffic toward them. I invite them to provide such evidence here. Imc 15:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)