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Do I need to attend a meeting with a guide? We rested in Hurghada in February - the guide, it seems, spoke of the mandatory medical insurance introduced and put the stamp "no excursions" on the voucher.
Do I need to attend a meeting with a guide? We rested in Hurghada in February - the guide, it seems, spoke of the mandatory medical insurance introduced and put the stamp "no excursions" on the voucher.
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Meeting with a guide is always optional. Although I think it's worth looking into. Although he is worthless, he is a link with the host.
Neither the tour operator nor the meeting party has anything to do with insurance, not to mention the hotel guide. The fact that I do standard insurance for you at a travel agency is just a convenient service, like insurance made at a car dealership when buying a car.
If something worries you, then contact your insurance company before departure and ask questions that interest you, at the same time specify what your insurance covers. Very often it is a discovery for people that poisoning is covered by their insurance, but riding a slide in a water park or on a scooter is no longer there.
Personally, I always do either extended or, in addition to standard insurance, I also issue an additional accident coverage. Depending on what I plan to do in the host country.
Neither the tour operator nor the meeting party has anything to do with insurance, not to mention the hotel guide. The fact that I do standard insurance for you at a travel agency is just a convenient service, like insurance made at a car dealership when buying a car.
If something worries you, then contact your insurance company before departure and ask questions that interest you, at the same time specify what your insurance covers. Very often it is a discovery for people that poisoning is covered by their insurance, but riding a slide in a water park or on a scooter is no longer there.
Personally, I always do either extended or, in addition to standard insurance, I also issue an additional accident coverage. Depending on what I plan to do in the host country.
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answered 9 years ago
There was an example of how a tourist was going to be punished with intimacy just because she lost the hotel bracelet from her hand, and then there was already a meeting with the guide ... Better not to risk it! Well, unless you are afraid / accustomed to this type of punishment.
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answered 9 years ago
Wow, what resourceful guides have become :) Psychologists! They know that a stamp scares our man more than any words.
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answered 9 years ago
I agree with Pachok, the stamp is a show-off.
The guide needs you to come and make excursions, and also hang your significance.)
Although I still think that it is desirable to know your hotel guide in person)
The guide needs you to come and make excursions, and also hang your significance.)
Although I still think that it is desirable to know your hotel guide in person)
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answered 9 years ago
Well, whoever else is the first time before the guide is sure to hang noodles on their ears.
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answered 9 years ago
Meeting with a guide is not mandatory, but it is worth going to it. You can get answers to questions about the hotel, surrounding places, etc.
I thought that the imposition of excursions from TO is a relic of the past, we have not encountered such a thing for a long time ...
I thought that the imposition of excursions from TO is a relic of the past, we have not encountered such a thing for a long time ...
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answered 9 years ago
I think that it is necessary to come to the meeting, ask about the hotel what and how. And about excursions, you need to read in advance on the website of the travel agency what they are and think a little in advance. It’s better not to listen to horror stories about going out into the city and buying excursions from him. Just turn on a little brain on vacation and that's it. Egypt has excellent sea and weather, and no one will spoil it.
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answered 9 years ago
And he will also say - Allah forbid you buy a tour not from him, but somewhere in the city agency. Then the most severe punishments, fines and contempt of society await you... :))
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answered 9 years ago
As another guide once told us, all questions about the hotel should be directed to the guesthouses or read the leaflet with the concept. And here I am doing something else.
So we do. The only thing they ask is the voucher number. I don't know why, really.
So we do. The only thing they ask is the voucher number. I don't know why, really.
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answered 9 years ago
Thank you! The fact of the matter is that we just don’t want to waste our time - 45 minutes to talk about excursions, then wait until the guide talks to everything individually, then while we are fed up about excursions - well, we don’t want to go on them - send half an hour to think, take the voucher, put a stamp, as a result, time - we didn’t get enough sleep, we listened to unnecessary information in the conference room to the screams of children (they asked EVERYONE who was marked on the voucher to come), we were late for breakfast, do we need it?
And the voucher number, maybe for statistics?
And the voucher number, maybe for statistics?
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answered 9 years ago
Well, don't go! Do you have a contract for tourist services that says that "the tourist is obliged to appear at the meeting"? Not? They go through the forest.
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answered 9 years ago
Once I was in Marsa Alam Santido orient while riding in a bus, they gave me a phone number. The guide "if you call from the reception" and there were no more questions ... And the question arose at the end of the holiday when we fly away? Our lists were not found ... to Hurghada airport, 3.5 hours away.
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answered 9 years ago
We were in Taba this year, so we saw a guide in Sharm upon arrival, and on the day of departure at the airport. This is for 15 days of rest. They sneeze at these tourists.
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answered 9 years ago
The purpose of the meeting with the guide is to shove you ecucursions at double the price. All. Information about the hotel, about the country, etc. is all bullshit to attract naive tourists to the event.
So don't go, don't waste your time and money.
So don't go, don't waste your time and money.
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answered 9 years ago
The only time faced with the imposition of excursions in 2010 in Turkey. The guide from Pegasus with its aggressive marketing was correctly and clearly explained that we were interested in the sea and the sun. She tried to put pressure on us, we got up and left. Upon my return, I sent a claim to the TO indicating the name of this guide.
Never again, in any other country, did not encounter such a thing. And how can I impose something if I have my own plans? To make plans, I read about the country, about excursions before the trip. At meetings with the guide, I ask questions myself and benefit for myself from a slight loss of time.
Never again, in any other country, did not encounter such a thing. And how can I impose something if I have my own plans? To make plans, I read about the country, about excursions before the trip. At meetings with the guide, I ask questions myself and benefit for myself from a slight loss of time.
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answered 9 years ago
This is more common in Egypt than in Turkey. Seeing that hotel guides have less and less desire to take excursions, they go to various tricks.
So, I wrote, on pieces of paper from the host they are required to sign that they are not responsible, that the police can detain if we walk ourselves, in general, all sorts of nonsense. This is the same as they "help" to issue visas upon arrival
and people crowd around them, and you just need to go to the window of the bank.
In general, a scammer.
So, I wrote, on pieces of paper from the host they are required to sign that they are not responsible, that the police can detain if we walk ourselves, in general, all sorts of nonsense. This is the same as they "help" to issue visas upon arrival
and people crowd around them, and you just need to go to the window of the bank.
In general, a scammer.
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answered 9 years ago
Well, there have already been given exhaustive answers, to which it is difficult to add anything else.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the so-called. guides, but, in fact, just representatives of tour operators, do not have information that could be of any use to tourists. The task and the most important task of such "guides" is the sale of excursions, which brings them the main income. Much better - to establish contact with gestreleyshens. It is they who will help you deal with the infrastructure of the hotel, signing up for alacarta, and transfer to the city center. In addition, it is the employees of this service, if necessary, who will help you extend the number or call a taxi to the airport.
Immediately specify where the information desk is located in your hotel, i.e. a place where tour operators post lists with charter departure times and airport transfer times. These lists are received by the hotel by fax or e-mail and your relationship with the guide cannot and should not affect your knowledge of the time of departure from the hotel.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the so-called. guides, but, in fact, just representatives of tour operators, do not have information that could be of any use to tourists. The task and the most important task of such "guides" is the sale of excursions, which brings them the main income. Much better - to establish contact with gestreleyshens. It is they who will help you deal with the infrastructure of the hotel, signing up for alacarta, and transfer to the city center. In addition, it is the employees of this service, if necessary, who will help you extend the number or call a taxi to the airport.
Immediately specify where the information desk is located in your hotel, i.e. a place where tour operators post lists with charter departure times and airport transfer times. These lists are received by the hotel by fax or e-mail and your relationship with the guide cannot and should not affect your knowledge of the time of departure from the hotel.
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answered 9 years ago
And further. If the guide forces you to do something against your will, requires you to hand over insurance, vouchers, passports, threatens not to tell you the time of departure, and so on, look for the local contact number of the tour operator in the ticket and do not hesitate to call the reception there. The local hotline of all tour operators must have Russian-speaking staff. Believe me, any guide is afraid to fly out of work. Because the departure before the end of the contract is at your own expense. And with a salary of $200, saving up $500 for a ticket, as you understand, is problematic. We allow ourselves to behave this way. If the guide of the German Tui or Cook would have tried to allow him to threaten his German tourist with the lack of information about the departure or some other punishment for "disobedience" - and he would have been fired from work or would have been heavily fined.
Do not let yourself be intimidated and remember - the guide is for you, not you for the guide.
Do not let yourself be intimidated and remember - the guide is for you, not you for the guide.
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answered 9 years ago
Yes, the guides are inventive from year to year))))) But many are being conducted, if not strange. It all depends on what kind of ubbl you get. You will not see someone practically during the rest, and someone, in aerobatics, will intimidate tourists: "do not walk to the left of the company" and go only with him. Anything happens. It is better to come to the meeting to listen, nod and leave calmly. Or the phrase always works: I don’t want anything here 10 times))))))
AND HAVE A GOOD REST
AND HAVE A GOOD REST
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answered 9 years ago
By the way, they correctly pointed out here - ONLY RUSSIAN-SPEAKING TOURISTS ARE SCARED. The rest know their rights and any comment and pressure will cost the company money. The pros in this business are the British - it is they who take the biggest compensation. Moreover, they do not tolerate not only the rudeness of guides, but also the slightest discrepancies in the description of the hotel. Applied - submit. And they knock out spa treatments for free, like compensation or an improved room or money. We are still children compared to them in this matter and we all need to grow up)))))
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answered 9 years ago
By the way, they always give a leaflet with a hotline for calls and you can always not get on your nerves, but just call and your whole conversation will be taken into account and brought up for discussion with this guide. More complaints and that's it - this "tavarisch" will not work in the company. So, please do not tolerate rudeness - complain!!!
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answered 9 years ago
No one except you and the reception needs a voucher number))) Your official document is a passport and you are not obliged to give anything to anyone for storage (read control). Speaking of insurance: how will they understand that you are you? They won't even serve you without a passport. Is your photo on the voucher? So prove that the voucher is yours, not your neighbor...........
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answered 9 years ago