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Is it possible to buy excursions from Taba not from a hotel guide ???
I plan to go on vacation to NG MOEVENPICK RESORT TABA, Pegasus tour operator - all excursions are twice as expensive for him. Accordingly, the question arose, is it possible to save? Excursions are as follows: Israel, diving, quad bikes, Mount Moses + monastery. knowledgeable people who have already rested in Taba will advise pliz - where can I buy ???
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There are no street agencies. Just got back from Taba. We went from Turtes. Prices for e-excursions from Taba go off scale for all operators. To Israel 190-200 USD, to Jordan 240 USD The difference between tour operators is small 10-20 USD. But from Taba it is easier to transfer the trip, because. Sharm is 3 hours away.
Have a nice holiday.
Have a nice holiday.
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answered 16 years ago
I don't recommend going to Israel on Friday. Saturday is a day off, and Friday is a short day and everything closes early! And also on religious holidays.
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answered 16 years ago
Can. Although there is a risk of being deceived, I guess. I don't know about your hotel, but at Holiday, we saved 40 USD. for 2 on a trip on a boat with a transparent bottom, and even to Israel, they say, you can save almost 2 times. And, indeed, no one is immune from"sabbath " and a long passage of customs (with us, one tour passed customs to the Jews for more than 5 hours - the Arab side let the Arabs through).
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answered 16 years ago
There is no city, there are no streets, in the end there are no street agencies that can provide a normal trip. There are people who somehow organize trips on their own, but they do not have the necessary support either at customs or on the road. Because of this, there may be problems. I would recommend going to Sharm. There hotels are an order of magnitude higher, excursions at the same price, a little longer to go, but a lot of rest! it is better.
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answered 16 years ago
Do not save - greedy to pay twice .. safety is more expensive, in a foreign country why take risks because of some 10 dollars .. take it from your guides
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answered 16 years ago
try to negotiate with the guides of other operators. their prices for excursions are posted on the 1st floor, near the bar.
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answered 16 years ago
As far as I know, Taba is not Hurghada or Sharm, there are problems with street agencies. Therefore, you will not have much choice, either your tour operator, or what other tour operators working with this hotel offer. But still try to bargain. Although hotel guides say that their prices for excursions are fixed, everything happens with skillful bargaining.
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answered 16 years ago
This is only possible if you know English or Arabic. You can negotiate with taxi drivers. Even in the Hilton at the reception there is a local tour operator Max with him, too, you can bargain a lot, especially if you are 3 or more.
I hired a car for a trip to St. Catherine + Dahab. I paid the same money that Pegas-Turtess wanted, but I planned my own time and the necessary stops. liturgy in the monastery of St. Catherine at 6 am, and then go to the mountain. Dahab has more of everything and is more diverse and cheaper, but you still need to get there.
I wouldn’t risk it in Israel - people were driving from Turtesse and their bus broke down, so after half an hour they gave a new one, but it won’t work with the left. Another minus of the left is not very good knowledge of English and the absolute absence of Russian, so you don’t have a guide will.
I hired a car for a trip to St. Catherine + Dahab. I paid the same money that Pegas-Turtess wanted, but I planned my own time and the necessary stops. liturgy in the monastery of St. Catherine at 6 am, and then go to the mountain. Dahab has more of everything and is more diverse and cheaper, but you still need to get there.
I wouldn’t risk it in Israel - people were driving from Turtesse and their bus broke down, so after half an hour they gave a new one, but it won’t work with the left. Another minus of the left is not very good knowledge of English and the absolute absence of Russian, so you don’t have a guide will.
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answered 16 years ago
You know the joke: "Daddy-daddy, but you can eat fly agarics, you can sonny, but you will die ... (sorry for the black humor). I was in Taba, I also went on excursions, but after each one we were not satisfied, but the guides to the most. ..In Giza, we didn’t have a trip along the Nile, we brought it to the market where mangoes cost $ 5 and the price is $ 1-2, and much more ... On the tour of St. Catherine, the Colored Canyon + shopping Dahab shopping is not at all it was, we were told that there was no bazaar there, only one store, as it later turned out to be a Pegasus store (for example: a hookah cost $ 150, which I bought in Giza for $ 20). We concluded for ourselves what is the difference between tour operators - monopolists (only in Taba) and small tour operators in Egypt, they decided: small ones are better, they are at least much cheaper :)
They paid 230 for Jerusalem, although my friend from Sharm traveled for $ 190, then she found out that for this money she could take an air tour there.
I told my story, it's up to you...
P.S. By the way?
from Taba you can get to Nuweiba (30 minutes), and there is a ferry to Jordan, a visa is opened like in Egypt (if you eat with your husband or brother there should be no problems), and there you can get to Petra (and Petra is not the only sights of Jordan ).Good luck! And have a good rest :)
They paid 230 for Jerusalem, although my friend from Sharm traveled for $ 190, then she found out that for this money she could take an air tour there.
I told my story, it's up to you...
P.S. By the way?
from Taba you can get to Nuweiba (30 minutes), and there is a ferry to Jordan, a visa is opened like in Egypt (if you eat with your husband or brother there should be no problems), and there you can get to Petra (and Petra is not the only sights of Jordan ).Good luck! And have a good rest :)
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answered 16 years ago
You can buy and they have already learned Russian. In the hotel, Chen is 30 percent more expensive, but there is no difference!
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answered 16 years ago
