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Is it possible to buy a package tour and not live in a hotel?
We are going to Pattaya for NG. Is it possible to buy a package tour and not use transfers, hotel accommodation, etc.? We want to live with friends in a villa. The tour operator says that in this case they will deprive us of return tickets. Is such a statement legal? And what should we do?
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Some nonsense.
You will pay for the hotel, but you will not live in it.
So the operator will only be happy.
Can't you just buy round trip tickets?
You will pay for the hotel, but you will not live in it.
So the operator will only be happy.
Can't you just buy round trip tickets?
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answered 12 years ago
The tour costs 55 thousand rubles, just the cheapest tickets are 58 thousand rubles, but the travel time is 19 hours. That's why we chose the tour.
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answered 12 years ago
This is clear.
Another thing is not clear: why deprive you of return tickets?
Another thing is not clear: why deprive you of return tickets?
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answered 12 years ago
And not only is it incomprehensible! Read your contract with TO, although I’m not sure if it’s a tour operator, such sanctions are in the contract or not, and if not, then what the hell does it matter to them where you will relax, in a hotel or all nights on the beach, you will eat at the hotel or not, ride the bus or order a limousine. And why do you explain all this to them? By the way, you should have tickets for the return trip, how can they deprive you of the tickets you bought?! So don’t explain too much, it’s profitable for you to buy a tour - buy and carefully read the contract that TO will conclude with you.
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answered 12 years ago
It's all about the visa. At the airport, you issue a TOURIST VISA on the basis of hotel vouchers. If you did not come to the transfer and / and did not register at the hotel, you are a potential illegal immigrant. And the receiving company is obliged to notify the migration service about this and at the same time claims are made to the sending side, sometimes in the form of a fine.
So, if you don’t want to live in a hotel, don’t live, but at the same time you need to register for a transfer, go through check-in and check-out at the hotel.
So, if you don’t want to live in a hotel, don’t live, but at the same time you need to register for a transfer, go through check-in and check-out at the hotel.
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answered 12 years ago
Well, I’m talking about it! Check it out and go for a walk! And I don’t think, Natasha, that they, like you, explained it that way.
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answered 12 years ago
A lot of tourists from Russia do just that - they take the cheapest tour, which is cheaper than an air ticket. Never heard of anyone having problems. If the operator starts talking nonsense here, just don't tell him about your plans. Upon arrival, go to the transfer guide and explain the situation. It is possible that you will indeed be asked to register at the hotel.
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answered 12 years ago
A tourist visa is issued not on the basis of vouchers! The immigration card indicates the hotel or any other address - and that's it, no vouchers to do with it. A million people fly without armor at all, they are already looking for housing on the spot, the border guards do not care, if there would be a return ticket.
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answered 12 years ago
A tourist from Russia, you don’t need to apply for a visa at the airport. My friend has an apartment in Pattaya. She flies several times a year on last-minute tours. Never had any problems. phone just in case: for example, an earlier departure.
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answered 12 years ago
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for a visa on arrival, the main thing is to present the tickets. and have insurance
for a visa on arrival, the main thing is to present the tickets. and have insurance
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answered 12 years ago
This is your business, but I repeat, when you arrive in Thailand, you need to check in with the transfer guide (give him a voucher and explain that you won’t go to the hotel, you also need to get the hotel guide’s phone from him - charter flights are often rescheduled, departure times may change, and you need to get there!) I myself sometimes take a cheap tour for the same reason as you, but as a rule I check into a hotel, then leave and appear in it by the end of the tour, i.e. I always use a transfer, it’s easier than running around the airport and looking for which terminal to fly from, and we flew from Thailand in 2011, so the return flight was transferred to the small Pattaya airport instead of Bangkok (we found out when the transfer brought us there) - and this happens.
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answered 12 years ago
no one needs to be tagged!!!! These are inventions of guides to lure a tourist to a meeting, nothing more. No one cares with whom you flew here and where you will live. A visa at the airport is free and is opened to all citizens of Russia indiscriminately for a period of 1 month. It is up to you where and how you will live. The package tour includes a 2-way flight, transfer to the hotel and hotel accommodation. The tourist has the right to dispose of which of these services he will use and which not. The immigration police don't care. It is important for them that you do not overstay your visa and nothing more. If you leave in a month and move in again, you can live on. No guide is required. Do you really think that hundreds of Russian citizens who live here for more than one year constantly go to check in with a guide???? And most importantly, to what? There are no hotel guides in hotels in Thailand. There are transfer guides who meet at the airport, guides who sell excursions (they are the ones who lie about some kind of registration in order to lure you to a meeting and sell expensive excursions) and guides who conduct excursions. That's it, there are no more guides. And no one registers anywhere. Transfers and hotels have all the data about the tourist even before the arrival of the tourist.
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answered 12 years ago
air tickets are also booked in advance and you can come to the airport yourself and check in for the flight using your passport and ticket, which will be given to you with the tour package. The main thing is to find out when the return flight. To do this, you need to come to the hotel on the last day and see when you will be picked up from it. Or check the flight schedule on the airline's website. It's even more reliable if you don't want to use the transfer.
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answered 12 years ago
You can of course, you can use the storage room if you like =)
Now many people do this, take a cheap flight and accommodation and spend a maximum of two nights in a hotel, and productively fill the rest of the time with excursions or independent trips.
Now many people do this, take a cheap flight and accommodation and spend a maximum of two nights in a hotel, and productively fill the rest of the time with excursions or independent trips.
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answered 12 years ago
