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where is the visa issued?
If you go without a tour to Greece, where is the visa issued?
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strange .. and if I haven’t been anywhere and don’t know at all ... everything .... yes ... it happens in life ...
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answered 14 years ago
If this is your first trip to the countries of the Schengen zone, I would advise you to go first to a country where you can get a visa relatively easily. These are the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic.
And maybe, if you go for the first time, use the services of a travel agency. It might be better to take a tour.
And maybe, if you go for the first time, use the services of a travel agency. It might be better to take a tour.
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answered 14 years ago
not knowing at all that visas are issued at embassies-consulates is already bad manners!
for the first time in Greece itself, it is better not to risk it (especially based on your young age). or use an agency that will vouch for you. or ask for visas from the Finns, Czechs (what else is loyal to Russia)
for the first time in Greece itself, it is better not to risk it (especially based on your young age). or use an agency that will vouch for you. or ask for visas from the Finns, Czechs (what else is loyal to Russia)
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answered 14 years ago
I mean those .. who are EVIL and SIR .... do not write me answers ... they are not so far away
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answered 14 years ago
Tu Antonina60 If you have a clean passport (without visas), then not even a single agency will undertake to issue you a visa with a tour, you don’t want to do extra work and you run the risk of losing the consular fee, as in such embassies as Greece, France, Italy they see in young unmarried defectors. Moreover, you yourself will also not open. Advice to you: Go on a sightseeing tour to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, these embassies are more loyal to us. If you have at least one Schengen visa, it will be clear that you have returned, that you are a curious person, that you do not want to run away over the hill, you can apply for a visa to Greece after booking a hotel or buying a tour. Good luck to you!
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answered 14 years ago
in fact, by contacting the agency, you will be selected according to your desire and possibility of a tour. the tour package includes air charter tickets, which are cheaper than regular flights, a group transfer, which is cheaper than a taxi on your own, in any case, you pay for the bus fare in euros, and if you don’t eat alone. . , well, accommodation (they also have their own voluminous agreements), food, insurance, respectively. In your case, you need to clarify whether the visa denial is included in the insurance. If all your documents are in order, you are traveling as a family. . . I think there will be no problems, especially if the tour package. The basis for a visa is: hotel confirmation, air tickets, insurance. . . if you buy air tickets, then you may lose a high percentage upon return or even 100%, depending on what fare you will take. the hotel may also want 100% prepayment. . . My advice is to put yourself in the hands of a good agent. . . and he will really evaluate your chances of a trip to the beautiful country of Greece. your work will depend, where and by whom, what salary (a certificate of employment is submitted to the consulate), the availability of real estate and movable property - photocopies of property are welcomed by all Schengen embassies and the availability of money in the account - a bank statement, etc.
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answered 14 years ago
If you are visiting or on a fiancee visa, you can try without travel agencies. Then the inviting party is very reliable, wealthy should be.
If tourism, then it will be very difficult for you to make a Greek visa on your own. Based on your question, you have a very remote idea of u200bu200bwhat a Schengen visa is and what it is eaten with.
Good luck!
If tourism, then it will be very difficult for you to make a Greek visa on your own. Based on your question, you have a very remote idea of u200bu200bwhat a Schengen visa is and what it is eaten with.
Good luck!
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answered 14 years ago
Ellena, I still dare to object at some points: tickets for charters to Greece are freely sold without tours by Kiev TOs in the summer (from the mainland only Thessaloniki, however), all the same Kiev TOs tirelessly "soar" Halkidiki (well, some islands still) - and if a person is going to the mainland, then contacting TO is more expensive for himself and in general there is no point. IMHO. They will send a regular train to Athens and settle somewhere where not a single tourist has ever been sent ;-)
By the way, even cheap apartments booked through TO are much more expensive than just renting the same apartment upon arrival on your own or booking on the website of a particular villa. Halkidiki was full in 2010 of housing costing 25-30 euros for 4 (!!!) people. This is a 2-room apartment with a kitchen, no meals, on the sea. TO usually sell the same, on the same dates already for 50-80 euros. Which is not very expensive, but 2 times more expensive than booking on your own.
By the way, I have no idea about hotels in 4 * -5 * - perhaps it is really more profitable there.
Antonina immediately wrote that she wanted without a tour, but she didn’t know anything about visas at all.
Theoretically, this is real (there will be an air flight, book accommodation), but in practice, the most difficult thing for her will be to get a visa :-(
Good luck!
By the way, even cheap apartments booked through TO are much more expensive than just renting the same apartment upon arrival on your own or booking on the website of a particular villa. Halkidiki was full in 2010 of housing costing 25-30 euros for 4 (!!!) people. This is a 2-room apartment with a kitchen, no meals, on the sea. TO usually sell the same, on the same dates already for 50-80 euros. Which is not very expensive, but 2 times more expensive than booking on your own.
By the way, I have no idea about hotels in 4 * -5 * - perhaps it is really more profitable there.
Antonina immediately wrote that she wanted without a tour, but she didn’t know anything about visas at all.
Theoretically, this is real (there will be an air flight, book accommodation), but in practice, the most difficult thing for her will be to get a visa :-(
Good luck!
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answered 14 years ago
you can fly on your own to almost all countries of the world, the only question is the finances that they can lay out. and smart travel planning.
and it’s cheaper or more expensive than that of TO, this is the second question. :)
and it’s cheaper or more expensive than that of TO, this is the second question. :)
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answered 14 years ago
Stupid question, I don’t even want to answer, but still ... The Greeks are reliable in issuing visas, but if this is a tourist trip, i.e. from a travel agency. If it's your first time in the Schengen area, and the Schengen history suffers or is non-existent, then it's best not to risk it. They will refuse. The first trial trip to the Schengen zone is better supported by a tour voucher, or an invitation to enter the country.
And for the exchange of experience: Schengen France is the easiest to give out (but this is my experience, three times and everything is ok!)))) Have a nice holiday in Europe!!!
And for the exchange of experience: Schengen France is the easiest to give out (but this is my experience, three times and everything is ok!)))) Have a nice holiday in Europe!!!
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answered 14 years ago
Stanka, France for you, and Finland for us. We have been applying for a Schengen visa at the Finnish consulate for several years already, a multivisa for a year for 60 or 90 trips - and anywhere without any problems.
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answered 14 years ago
hatinka your stereotype works. it is possible that someone will vparit someone, but not everywhere, because. e. not a fact, as in any field. Tickets are indeed on sale. but as a rule they can be put up for sale at best a week before departure, and if you have a Schengen cartoon, then it’s super, take it and fly, if not, then tickets that suddenly appear do not make sense for you without a visa. If the operator sells tickets from the regular, then they have their own redeemed quota of seats, the price is usually lower. As for the hotel. Of course, a recommendation is important, but your eyes also see what you can do. No one sends you by force? well, if you have already driven, like a fly in the field, all agents by searching for a cheaper hotel. . . then you yourself understand, there are different 2 and 3 * hotels, even 4 and 5, and as a rule, a cheap fish is a rotten yushka. The choice is yours. You can do everything yourself, of course, you have a lot of time, and you can study everything. . . not a problem. The problem is that the loss on tickets and hotel reservations can be significant if a visa is denied. I agree with Anetka-gan that smart travel planning is important. . . and there, how, with whom, why. .. it's good when you have a choice :-) there are shop tours from operators in Greece, with the obligation to buy in general for 1 euro. . ;-) Have a good trip everyone!
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answered 14 years ago
The obligation to purchase is usually just that overpayment for a fur coat, which covers the operator for these short days of your stay at sea. You will be dragged only to well-fed fur coat shops, and they will give you a bargain just for the sake of appearances. Choose yourself. Although some experienced shoppers fly for 1 euro, they manage to break away from the guide and buy a fur coat on their own and inexpensively, and also swim in the sea for free for a couple of days. Such fighting women deserve all our male respect =))))
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answered 14 years ago
Ellena, booking without prepayment is usually (if not on a Russian-language site, book with the owner with a Russian wife ;-)
You buy a green card for a typewriter, photocopy a registration certificate and you don’t need to attach all plane tickets. Buy later, when the visa is)))
Although, SITA sold charters to Thessaloniki for the whole season, with and without tours.
Or, booking a motorhome...
In general, there can be many options, it would be a desire to do it yourself.
I mean, the topicaster wants no tour. This is not a problem, in principle. But this particular topic may have problems, since knowledge is 0, experience is 0.
I contacted travel agencies several times, only the first experience was successful, and this is only calculated on the fact that you yourself do not know how to collect a package of documents and, for example, choose a hotel on booking. That's it, the manager's work is over ;-)
There are a lot of people who do not want to collect documents themselves and order something there - they buy this service from TO. But there are many more of those who believe that travel agencies have no failures - they have an unshakable reputation and any rogue with a travel agency automatically turns into a welcome guest.
And that it is more difficult to assemble a package of docks on your own.
The difference is only in the voucher and that's it)
You buy a green card for a typewriter, photocopy a registration certificate and you don’t need to attach all plane tickets. Buy later, when the visa is)))
Although, SITA sold charters to Thessaloniki for the whole season, with and without tours.
Or, booking a motorhome...
In general, there can be many options, it would be a desire to do it yourself.
I mean, the topicaster wants no tour. This is not a problem, in principle. But this particular topic may have problems, since knowledge is 0, experience is 0.
I contacted travel agencies several times, only the first experience was successful, and this is only calculated on the fact that you yourself do not know how to collect a package of documents and, for example, choose a hotel on booking. That's it, the manager's work is over ;-)
There are a lot of people who do not want to collect documents themselves and order something there - they buy this service from TO. But there are many more of those who believe that travel agencies have no failures - they have an unshakable reputation and any rogue with a travel agency automatically turns into a welcome guest.
And that it is more difficult to assemble a package of docks on your own.
The difference is only in the voucher and that's it)
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answered 14 years ago
In addition, you don’t need a lot of mind to go with a travel agency, just money is enough ;-)
It's a pity that you just buy a tour and don't worry about anything - not everyone succeeds)))
Yes, the fur coat tour for ONLY a euro made me especially happy. Here is the rest!!!
It's a pity that you just buy a tour and don't worry about anything - not everyone succeeds)))
Yes, the fur coat tour for ONLY a euro made me especially happy. Here is the rest!!!
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answered 14 years ago
And, there are still campsites, you can pay for camping in the mountains for the entire period and attach your route-hiking in the mountains, they say trekking is my everything)))
It will be 5 euros per day for you - the original will be sent from the campsite and faxed to the consulate.
Calculate the overpayment yourself what)
It will be 5 euros per day for you - the original will be sent from the campsite and faxed to the consulate.
Calculate the overpayment yourself what)
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answered 14 years ago
largely agree. but there is such a moment, for the main part of the trip it is a vacation - buying a vacation, without a mother. you have a lot of time and effort if you choose to collect on your own, contact the hotel, go for a visa, simple in line. some actively rest, maybe you are one of them .and say campsites .. with a Russian-speaking wife ... well, probably not for me ... maybe someday, I don’t rule it out. a trip for a fur coat, maybe a vacation. the main thing is to relax :-) and not try to do everything yourself: grow a mink, score, process the skin, sew a fur coat :-) a joke of course. me. You probably still need to apply the mind in everything. Moreover, the philosophy of the Greeks in this regard is very interesting ... On a fur coat tour (with meals, flights, transfers) you are not required to travel to all factories, you can take a tour, or go to a thermal resort for a swim , or just take a walk .. well, to each his own. you are an adult tourist, well done. although reservations are usually prepaid. efharisto for advice.
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answered 14 years ago
ParakalO. I agree. If you are already trying to save money, you can stupidly drink vodka in the country. And fly another time, when the money in your pocket rustles. Correspondence with questions about how much it costs to have dinner, or how not to pay for something, but still eat (or drive, or something else ...) always touches. Rest is always associated with parting with money. Always.
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answered 14 years ago
yes, sure. I completely agree. Money should be treated lightly and with pleasure :-) the main thing is that the mani rustled in your pocket. But you intrigued me with an independent route. If possible, I will contact you for advice.
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answered 14 years ago
Independent rest is often more expensive, but only because you always try to see more and in your 10-12 days you try to fit the immensity and stay in a cool place for longer. I liked it and stayed. Didn't like it - left.
And how much better ;-)
How many amazing places where they don’t do tours at all! For example, in the same Greece there are two amazing narrow-gauge railways - one in Pelion (it was not there), the second Kalavryta-Dyakofto through the gorge. And it seems that they take them to Kalavryta to the monasteries, but no one knows about the little train. It's a shame, but after all, for 2 weeks in Greece, I liked Meteora, Delphi and the narrow gauge railway most of all.
In the same Meteora in Greece, all excursions were a couple of hours (and in my opinion 70 euros, while they traveled 5 hours one way) - the people watched at best two monasteries. Damn, I didn't have enough days there! If I had gone on a tour, I would not have seen the rest of the monasteries, all running, running. And I would never know what I missed ;-(
Just an independent tour will be expensive, but intense. Well, I have. I don’t really like the sea to fall, so my advice will not work for many)
You are right, I have a lot of free time ;-)
And how much better ;-)
How many amazing places where they don’t do tours at all! For example, in the same Greece there are two amazing narrow-gauge railways - one in Pelion (it was not there), the second Kalavryta-Dyakofto through the gorge. And it seems that they take them to Kalavryta to the monasteries, but no one knows about the little train. It's a shame, but after all, for 2 weeks in Greece, I liked Meteora, Delphi and the narrow gauge railway most of all.
In the same Meteora in Greece, all excursions were a couple of hours (and in my opinion 70 euros, while they traveled 5 hours one way) - the people watched at best two monasteries. Damn, I didn't have enough days there! If I had gone on a tour, I would not have seen the rest of the monasteries, all running, running. And I would never know what I missed ;-(
Just an independent tour will be expensive, but intense. Well, I have. I don’t really like the sea to fall, so my advice will not work for many)
You are right, I have a lot of free time ;-)
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answered 14 years ago
In a fur coat tour for euros, you definitely need to buy a fur coat (not a hat, not a collar), they usually say, like, buy a fur coat from 1000 euros.
If you don't buy it, you'll pay a fine (you'll pay for the tour).
So if you don't need a fur coat...
And I wrote about camping - you book it, buy it out and don’t go there at all))) You will stop where the night catches)))
And one more thing + in the direction of "self-staying" - you can apply for a visa very early (this often makes it possible to settle everything from "convey such a certificate" to refusal and a second application), received a visa and changed the route (if anything, then the country will be different, not enough whether cheap air tickets will appear).
With MOT, the visa is back to back, I didn’t get it, you don’t know almost before departure, if I didn’t get it - 99% got on the air, and with some MOT, for the whole tour).
If you tell me who insures the refusal of a visa from Kiev firms, I will be very, very grateful)))
TO is an intermediary, and in my particular case, not necessary. From personal experience, I create problems.
I got all my friends hooked on caravanning, now we all completely forgot about MOT.
Wow, I messed up...
Well, in general That and self-staying are two different concepts, both have the right to life.
Antonina60 - choose)))
If you don't buy it, you'll pay a fine (you'll pay for the tour).
So if you don't need a fur coat...
And I wrote about camping - you book it, buy it out and don’t go there at all))) You will stop where the night catches)))
And one more thing + in the direction of "self-staying" - you can apply for a visa very early (this often makes it possible to settle everything from "convey such a certificate" to refusal and a second application), received a visa and changed the route (if anything, then the country will be different, not enough whether cheap air tickets will appear).
With MOT, the visa is back to back, I didn’t get it, you don’t know almost before departure, if I didn’t get it - 99% got on the air, and with some MOT, for the whole tour).
If you tell me who insures the refusal of a visa from Kiev firms, I will be very, very grateful)))
TO is an intermediary, and in my particular case, not necessary. From personal experience, I create problems.
I got all my friends hooked on caravanning, now we all completely forgot about MOT.
Wow, I messed up...
Well, in general That and self-staying are two different concepts, both have the right to life.
Antonina60 - choose)))
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answered 14 years ago
And the last thing, it so happened (for me) that communication with TO about collecting documents for a visa + miscalculating the tour in time took more than independent bookings and collecting docks.
I wanted to save time with the help of TO, it turned out much longer and a visa the day before departure.
For me, the fact that a visa is obtained a day or two before departure makes any cooperation with TO impossible at all (they promised 10 days after filing the docks, in fact, a day before departure, 1.5 months!).
I wanted to save time with the help of TO, it turned out much longer and a visa the day before departure.
For me, the fact that a visa is obtained a day or two before departure makes any cooperation with TO impossible at all (they promised 10 days after filing the docks, in fact, a day before departure, 1.5 months!).
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answered 14 years ago
hatinka, here you are completely right. You definitely need to get a visa yourself, and it is better to have a multivisa for a year. I don’t know how it is in Ukraine, but here all St. Petersburg residents take a Finnish visa (there are no refusals as a phenomenon in general), they drive them to Finland by car once or twice to go shopping without spending the night, and then all of Europe is open. And that's great.
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answered 14 years ago
Dear experts and tourists! Have you read the question you are answering? "Where is a visa issued? to Greece!" Is it really necessary to insert my five cents off topic. Some answer this way: "Oh, such a stupid question, I don’t even want to answer ... But okay, I’ll answer ...." If there is already a good, clearly accessible answer to the question. Why additionally confirm these answers in monosyllables? Answer on the topic, argue, argue will be elsewhere! If I see that there is already a correct answer to the question, then why duplicate it? What will people who are waiting for an answer to their specific question think of you? Maybe there is some kind of competition in the number of answers? maybe I don't understand something? But for example, it’s wild for me to read such monosyllabic answers and the answers are off topic!
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answered 14 years ago
oresta52, In my opinion, you did not ask the question. And Antonina60, as it were, does not mind, reading the correspondence here, maybe it will be useful for her to learn something, they do not offend her here and try to help. Be angry elsewhere, positive-minded people communicate here =))))
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answered 14 years ago
I'm not an evil person at all, but being in Antonina60's place I would have given up a long time ago and thought that I wouldn't wait for anything sensible! There is no time to re-read all this, I don’t need all this now! You just need to communicate on the topic, because there are enough places where you can just talk to each other! Isn't it the same?
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