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Alexandria, Va: I'm submitting early cause I have a meeting (sniff)

I will be in southern India in Feb and wanted to take a tour of Rajasthan while I was in India. However, all of the tours that I have found are going to end up costing me around 4,000 for a 10-12 day tour. Does that seem unreasonable? They seem to include mostly hotel, guides and flights between cities. And that terrible "single supplement". Am I just insane that I think 4 grand is far too much for that kind of tour. Palace on Wheels is not that much more expensive!

Should I just go it alone or pick destinations closer to my origination point of Bangalore (like Mumbai and Goa).

Thanks!