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Do I need to go to the guide now due to Covid-19 or skip the appointment as usual?
Do I need to go to the guide now due to Covid-19 or skip the appointment as usual?
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Came back from EG a month ago.
In connection with the pandemic, we decided to go for the first time to meet with the guide)).
And they regretted it. I had to, after a pool of an hour-long triad about excursions, just get up and leave.
Naturally with a scandal.
They shouted at our back that he would not put us on a plane, and in general he would put us on the wanted list with the police ....
The naive thought that on the 11th visit to the EG we would get scared.
In general ... don't go. Nothing has changed.
In connection with the pandemic, we decided to go for the first time to meet with the guide)).
And they regretted it. I had to, after a pool of an hour-long triad about excursions, just get up and leave.
Naturally with a scandal.
They shouted at our back that he would not put us on a plane, and in general he would put us on the wanted list with the police ....
The naive thought that on the 11th visit to the EG we would get scared.
In general ... don't go. Nothing has changed.
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answered 4 years ago
meeting with guides - stupid divorce, as it was and remains ...
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answered 4 years ago
With rare, rare exceptions, the guides are completely useless (but I personally somehow came across a student from Cairo in Sharm who told a lot of interesting things - it would seem, what can be of interest to a person living in Egypt who came to swim with fish? He could). Don't waste your time in general. Apart from this accidental case, I have not come across any more positive in this regard.
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answered 4 years ago
In October, when there was still enough "in the fog", there was practically zero information, what and how is not entirely clear, we took tests at Hurghada airport and naturally decided to go to a meeting to get information on holidays during the covid period and find out how things are there things with the test. The guide was surprised at our naivety, and said that if he had some kind of infa, he would ALWAYS inform us, but in general with these questions to the manager at the reception. if you don't have any special questions - DO NOT GO!!!! Rest to your heart's content!
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answered 4 years ago
I always recommend to all tourists to always NOT go to meet the guide, regardless of the covid situation.
At this meeting, tourists are bred for money.
At this meeting, tourists are bred for money.
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answered 4 years ago
We usually do better. If we arrive during the working hours of the guides (they are not at night or not very early in the morning or not very late in the evening), then we immediately catch the guide (they sit in the lobby) and report that we all know, the tenth in Egypt, we know the hotel, there are no questions, excursions in connection with the covid we are not considering (it generally works 100%) and in general we do not plan to climb outside the hotel, again because of the covid. We do all this with a smile, peacefully, amicably, the husband also knows a little Arabic (this is especially captivating) and we put an end to this.
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answered 4 years ago
Many thanks to everyone for your generosity! As I thought, not with a foot to the guide)
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answered 4 years ago
and also give the guide a chocolate bar and say bad bukra insha Allah :)
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answered 4 years ago
We were hosted by Tez tour last September. At the airport, a guide with a sign was nowhere to be found, they themselves ran looking for a bus.
At the hotel, the guide also didn’t get caught, we received information about the departure at the last moment (we contacted the TA in Kyiv, because in our hotel someone from the TO transferred the flight).
The only "+" from our hotel guide - signed up for a free tour of Hurghada. There really was such a good boy. Everything was told and told.
We received so much information for the tour, including a lot of new things.
So you can go if you want to go to the store, for example, for fruit.
At the hotel, the guide also didn’t get caught, we received information about the departure at the last moment (we contacted the TA in Kyiv, because in our hotel someone from the TO transferred the flight).
The only "+" from our hotel guide - signed up for a free tour of Hurghada. There really was such a good boy. Everything was told and told.
We received so much information for the tour, including a lot of new things.
So you can go if you want to go to the store, for example, for fruit.
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answered 4 years ago
I had a week ago, it was generally interesting. The transfer guide, having heard from me that we don’t even remember how many times in Egypt, said that the hotel guide would contact us via viber. I even got a number. I'm still waiting to be cheered up :)
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answered 4 years ago
We were in Sharm El Sheikh for the first time, we went to meet the guide. I tried to make as many excursions as possible. Then after 2 days he disappeared and did not appear. Everyone learned about the plane, etc. at reception. I highly DO NOT recommend a city tour (a complete scam for money, nothing interesting).
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answered 4 years ago
Strange wording of the question. During an epidemic, on the contrary, as few mass meetings as possible should be attended. There, in addition to the guide, there will also be a crowd of freshly arrived tourists, if you are afraid of covid, it would be logical to skip such gatherings.
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answered 4 years ago
Hmm ... According to the stories of tourists, it is felt that the hotel guides are impudent before our eyes ... The crisis, here they are tearing money from tourists almost from the throat. A few years ago, the hotel guide also forced me to sign some kind of silly letter that we undertake (!!!) for our own safety (oh you!) Not to buy excursions in street travel agencies, in connection with which he was sent, began to swell, I had to this paper break, only then he was taken aback and calmed down. But then the hotel guides had not yet pestered with such a "service" as shopping for tourists in stores. "grow" in their impudence. Soon, without their goodwill, it will be impossible to go to the toilet)))
About a month and a half ago, there was even a statement from some Egyptian government official that tourists should in no case follow the lead of hotel guides. Woke up, itizh him. But all the same, there is still no normal regulation of this problem, TO do not have leverage, the host side washes its hands, and why do they need an extra smut.
TS, let me know how it went when you get back.
About a month and a half ago, there was even a statement from some Egyptian government official that tourists should in no case follow the lead of hotel guides. Woke up, itizh him. But all the same, there is still no normal regulation of this problem, TO do not have leverage, the host side washes its hands, and why do they need an extra smut.
TS, let me know how it went when you get back.
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answered 4 years ago
I generally have a good experience with a hotel guide in Egypt. I quickly rattled off information on excursions, sold it to whoever needed it, and dumped it. No intimidation or tantrums. I also provided information on the return transfer in printed form.
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answered 4 years ago
I didn't have any super negative emotions either. There were two hysterical guides once, they cried that they needed to feed the children (but that was a long time ago), they were upset that they needed to go to a meeting at a time that was inconvenient for our rest, and we began to resolve this issue at a time convenient for us. Guides can be useful in terms of information (new country, resort), you don’t know the area and there are many questions where to go, buy, eat, etc. It was like that the guide was no longer happy with us))) (it was not in Egypt). And it was so that the guide got to know each other so much that they arranged an introductory tour of local institutions together (it was in Montenegro). But in Egypt and Turkey, the guides are the most annoying, that is, that is.
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answered 4 years ago
I can answer my own question: I did not go to the guide, I met him, he said that he had been many times and I was not interested in excursions. He was offended but said he understood well. In general, nothing new. So you don't have to go to the guide if you don't want to.
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answered 4 years ago
Ha ha, I would also be offended if I were the guide. After all, you have been on the beach many times, but don’t say about the beach that it’s not interesting))).
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answered 4 years ago
I think he was not very offended) I gave him a milk chocolate bar.
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answered 4 years ago
I once came across a unique guide, I think so. He asked how many times who was in Egypt, we answered, and at that time the previous train was a month ago and he said that he understands that we don’t need anything from him :))) and he has nothing to say. Just handsome))
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answered 4 years ago
I do not believe! (c) (Egyptian guides).
This handsome man, most likely, had to be fired. I do not believe the Egyptians from the resort area. If even earlier, at least five years ago, they, not seeing interest in their commerce, cooled down and could see in you just a man, not a tourist, now I read all the complaints of tourists about persistent bargaining. Of course, I could be wrong! I don't have a 100 percent sample, and there are normal people everywhere. But no matter what reports are written about hotel guides, they always mention their focus, I have never seen such a thing before, although I regularly read reports about Egypt for years. I have Egyptian friends, but not from the tourist zone, they live in Cairo, here is heaven and earth, decent behavior. And you can already smell these ugly workers.
This handsome man, most likely, had to be fired. I do not believe the Egyptians from the resort area. If even earlier, at least five years ago, they, not seeing interest in their commerce, cooled down and could see in you just a man, not a tourist, now I read all the complaints of tourists about persistent bargaining. Of course, I could be wrong! I don't have a 100 percent sample, and there are normal people everywhere. But no matter what reports are written about hotel guides, they always mention their focus, I have never seen such a thing before, although I regularly read reports about Egypt for years. I have Egyptian friends, but not from the tourist zone, they live in Cairo, here is heaven and earth, decent behavior. And you can already smell these ugly workers.
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answered 4 years ago
in.ki,, no, he didn’t dump, he remained sitting in place. This happens
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answered 4 years ago