Hi mate, Wise to ask if your first adventure. I am using Maxims at the moment without a problem whatsoever for two months...helpful towards any questions I have ask.
There are two more agencies in Yoshkar-Ola...nicebride.com and also marriage-4u.com. I have used both of these agencies and have visited them both while I was in Y/O a while ago. Of the two I think marriage-4u came out the best in my eyes anyway. always made me more than welcome when I visited them...every day for two weeks...cups of tea..use of Internet..nothing was a problem for them. Nicebride was OK..very nice people that worked there..but the other one had the edge on them. I booked my apartment through nicebride and the lady I met was from marriage-4u.
I did have a problem with nicebride and my apartment cost which I never realized until I returned home...It took me two weeks with emails but eventually I got the refund I was owed..but it was not easy. I just would not give up as I knew I was right.
The other thing you should be aware of is if you go there and you visit places out of town DO NOT ALLOW any agency to organise your trips for you...YOU will pay TREBLE the real cost at least..Get your lady to help you organise any trips..She will know where you are going and the cheapest way to get there. Just be on your toes all the time with any agency that you use..They want your money thats all. Good luck mate...But don`t let any of this put you off going. It is a trip worth doing and you will never forget it (specially if you marry a Russian lady)