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If in 5 * only breakfast and dinner, how with alcohol and drinks? Is it possible to have a snack for free on the beach or near the pool during the day?
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If there is HB, then no free snacks and drinks are provided (only tea, coffee and UPI at breakfast). Well, all inclusive is snacks, lunch, tea, coffee, juices, and local alcohol all day long.
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answered 15 years ago
Half board includes breakfast and dinner only, no snacks or drinks outside of breakfast and dinner. And for a fee, please: and by the pool, and a snack ...
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answered 15 years ago
The most unpleasant thing about half board is that there are no drinks at dinner and in order to drink sweets, you need to order more than one cup of tea or coffee
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answered 15 years ago
and if you are also going to a hotel that also offers full board, then watching others bathe in an abundance of drinks and food is simply murder. And in the evening you want to drink something, after dinner, you have to buy 10 times more expensive than in the city, because. not every hotel is allowed to bring drinks and fruits from the city. Be sure to ask before your trip. In general, the supplement for full board is usually not very large, but this must be done immediately, and not upon arrival at the hotel.
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answered 15 years ago
And here"nice-unpleasant ". You might think that half board was invented by some monsters for the torment of Slavic tourists. He is what he is. The price of the tour includes only meals for breakfast and dinner. Drinks at dinner are usually chargeable. Breakfast is usually free non-alcoholic. It does not depend on the star rating of the hotel. For our Slavic tourists, such a regime is economically feasible only if they are going to have an active holiday. Or they chose a hotel that does not have an "all inclusive" mode. Can you imagine, such"torturers " still exist.
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answered 15 years ago
for hotlines. It's clear that you've never tried it yourself. And I was on such conditions when everyone around lives without tension, and I, like a fool with my family, look at all this and lick my saliva. And all this because of the squeezed 200 dollars due to the wrong advice from a travel agent. Do you advise tourists the same? Of course, you can advise, but you need to warn about it. And if you don’t do this, then I don’t know how tourists buy tours from you in general. I would not advise anyone to go to such an agency, where the main task is to sell the tour, and not to please the client, warning about all the minuses. Interestingly, do you always relax on HB in hotels where ALL is, since you like it so much?
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answered 15 years ago
I completely agree with Amir1, you feel uncomfortable, and instead of saving money, you end up twice when you have to buy beer or water. Better pay for everything.
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answered 15 years ago
Breakfast with drinks, juices, tea, etc. dinner without drinks, but you can take your own, we bought it in the store and brought it, I recommend HB only if you take excursions of the kidney in each excursion lunch is included in the price, and we also went to the supermarket, it was not far and everyone bought what they needed there)) And it cost us a lot less.
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answered 15 years ago
In Egypt, it is better to buy all-inclusive, because there are most hotels with good infrastructure and it is inexpensive.
Tours with breakfasts or breakfasts and dinners should be bought if you live in a resort town (Europe-Asia) in a hotel where there are a huge number of restaurants-bars outside the doors of your hotel and the beach across the road with the purchase of a sunbed and umbrella for euros-baksiks .. ..
We choose a CAREFREE REST on the seas in EGYPT and TURKEY because there you can find a quality hotel with excellent infrastructure (guarded well-groomed territory + food + entertainment + sports) for affordable reasonable money! FORGET ABOUT THE WALLET! pay only for excursions, spa treatments, buy souvenirs and please with a tip ... LIVE UNDER "COMMUNISM"
I note that not all Europeans can afford "all inclusive" in Turkey and Egypt because of the high cost of air travel....
half board in EGYPT is a troublesome business...
there's plenty to do besides looking for "where to eat"
only FULL BOARD!!! AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY!!!!
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY, PROBLEM-FREE REST ON THE BEAUTIFUL RED SEA!!!
Tours with breakfasts or breakfasts and dinners should be bought if you live in a resort town (Europe-Asia) in a hotel where there are a huge number of restaurants-bars outside the doors of your hotel and the beach across the road with the purchase of a sunbed and umbrella for euros-baksiks .. ..
We choose a CAREFREE REST on the seas in EGYPT and TURKEY because there you can find a quality hotel with excellent infrastructure (guarded well-groomed territory + food + entertainment + sports) for affordable reasonable money! FORGET ABOUT THE WALLET! pay only for excursions, spa treatments, buy souvenirs and please with a tip ... LIVE UNDER "COMMUNISM"
I note that not all Europeans can afford "all inclusive" in Turkey and Egypt because of the high cost of air travel....
half board in EGYPT is a troublesome business...
there's plenty to do besides looking for "where to eat"
only FULL BOARD!!! AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY!!!!
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY, PROBLEM-FREE REST ON THE BEAUTIFUL RED SEA!!!
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answered 15 years ago
You feel completely comfortable on HB ... until you feel all the charms of "olla". I had many trips to HB - I did not die of thirst and hunger, all the more it is advisable on the first trips to Egypt when you visit long-distance excursions. But once we went to a hotel that did not work on HB, since then we have only been going to all, and this year to ultra-all. How can you relax for 2 weeks without free cocktails, lunch, pancakes and pizza after it, ice cream and espresso, I can’t imagine ... although I vaguely remember that you can relax without all this, and even have a great vacation!!!
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answered 15 years ago
to Amir1. I know what I'm writing about. I will not give estimates to the representative of the travel agency, who has a license for 2 months. I just ask you not to attribute to me what I did not write. I can repeat once again - "For our Slavic tourists, such a regime (half board) is economically feasible only if they are going to have an active holiday. Or they have chosen a hotel in which there is no "all inclusive" mode.
For"cool experts " I will give an example. Tourists come with an intensive excursion program -2 days Cairo + Alexandria, 2-day diving program. If at the same time they want to save on accommodation, they don't need "all inclusive". Another example. One of my favorite hotels in Sharm is Jolie Ville Movenpick Golf & Resort (now called MARITIM JOLIE VILLE GOLF & RESORT). So, when he was Movenpick, he did not give the "all inclusive " mode at all. A tourist wants super service, a water park, a very green area, and excellent animation. And we had such tourists who chose this hotel and, of course, were satisfied.
Because they knew where and why they were going.
For"cool experts " I will give an example. Tourists come with an intensive excursion program -2 days Cairo + Alexandria, 2-day diving program. If at the same time they want to save on accommodation, they don't need "all inclusive". Another example. One of my favorite hotels in Sharm is Jolie Ville Movenpick Golf & Resort (now called MARITIM JOLIE VILLE GOLF & RESORT). So, when he was Movenpick, he did not give the "all inclusive " mode at all. A tourist wants super service, a water park, a very green area, and excellent animation. And we had such tourists who chose this hotel and, of course, were satisfied.
Because they knew where and why they were going.
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answered 15 years ago
By the way. Another situation. After this hotel switched to the MARITIM chain, he got the "ultra all inclusive" mode. But a week-long half-board tour for two costs $1337, and the same on ultra - $2765. And it's up to the tourist to decide whether it's worth it or not.
And I also wrote about the reasons. Think again - if there is such a diet, then it makes some sense. Not so stupid people run hotels. Especially network. So there are situations in which HB is suitable for a tourist.
And I also wrote about the reasons. Think again - if there is such a diet, then it makes some sense. Not so stupid people run hotels. Especially network. So there are situations in which HB is suitable for a tourist.
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answered 15 years ago
to hotline. It makes no sense to go to the desert for half board without drinks ... (well, in extreme cases, only on a sightseeing tour) In Sharm, gradually all hotels are switching to full board. Until recently (4 years ago) in Sharm, almost all hotels were on BB and HB without drinks ... We abandoned our beloved Domina Coral Bay (Aquamarine Beach) due to imperfect nutrition and drinks, because in order to drink tea or coffee in the afternoon - in the evening you need to spend a lot of money (3-4 euros per cup) and this was included in the bill and when paying at check-out, it could not do without scandal because of immodest postscripts - the rest turned out to be unreasonably golden ... Even according to the breakfast-lunch-dinner system there we will not go, because for that kind of money (and even cheaper) you can have a great rest, for example, in the cheerful SIERRA or ROYAL ROJANA on "all inclusive " and not bathe with a wallet in your mouth"where to drink juice or tea ", I'm not talking about an afternoon snack on the beach or in NAAMA BAY. Warn tourists about this!
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answered 15 years ago
answer to the question asked: HB - then strictly breakfast + dinner (perhaps without drinks at all, or tea + coffee + yuppies will add a glass of wine or beer to dinner)
In addition, in some hotels where "all inclusive" is not accepted, it is forbidden to carry drinks and food purchased outside the hotel - they check tourists' bags at the entrance !!! Yes!!! Dear HotLine, "Can you imagine, such"torturers of Slavic tourists" still exist". And inform your tourists about this too!
In addition, in some hotels where "all inclusive" is not accepted, it is forbidden to carry drinks and food purchased outside the hotel - they check tourists' bags at the entrance !!! Yes!!! Dear HotLine, "Can you imagine, such"torturers of Slavic tourists" still exist". And inform your tourists about this too!
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answered 15 years ago
to hotline. Firstly, the term of the license of a new agency does not mean that a person is engaged in this only this term. Secondly, a person who has seen only Egypt and Turkey in his life cannot call himself a "cool expert". Thirdly, you sometimes have very practical advice, and even I very often take something for myself from them. It's called"live and learn," but to call yourself a"cool expert, " just because to consider yourself a know-it-all does not seem quite reasonable to me. You, too, have something to learn from everyone who is here on the site, as we do from you. Believe me, you are not the smartest here and please respect other people's opinions, even if they are wrong. By the way, this will help you in your work. Take this as advice to a "cool expert" from a "newbie" who has been in the tourism business for over 10 years.
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to hotline. Otherwise, you are right about HB, and no one argued about this. My answer began with the phrase "and if you are also going to a hotel that also offers full board" and such a "cool expert", how could you not notice this. Then why these examples of hotels where only HB? And the tourist does not say in the question that he will go on excursions, but asks where you can have a bite to eat. Read the question and answer carefully.
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answered 15 years ago
The choice of food is a matter of taste for everyone. I always take HB, and if the hotel is all inclusive, I don't go out for dinner. Friends, let's look at ourselves critically, because most of us generally need to recommend fasting not days, but months. I dine only with exotic fruits from the market and this is enough, I swim a lot, and during the day and evening I have to walk 7-8 km, I arrive in excellent shape. I know for myself that having unlimited access to food, I constantly want to chew something. It must be remembered that rest is rest for the body and not load it with excess food, especially when the choice is great and you want to try everything.
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answered 15 years ago
to Amir1. You set the tone for the argument and the tone of the argument. I quote your expert answer - “It’s immediately obvious that you yourself have never tried this ... And if you don’t, then I don’t know how tourists buy tours from you in general. I would not advise anyone to go to such an agency, where the main task is to sell the tour ... ”I had to put your competence in place. And don't judge my trips by my travel truth profile. For example, I was in states that simply do not exist anymore. In West Berlin, when it was a separate administrative territory. In Saigon, when South Vietnam was separate from North Vietnam. But I'm not here to show off, but to answer people competently. And I really know Egypt and Turkey better than most of those present here. Because this is my profession.
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answered 15 years ago
Now on topic. Agree with the previous answerer. We have similar tourists. For this option in Sharm, I advise you to buy hotels near the old city bazaar (old city, Hadaba).
And I draw your attention to two points.
1. "Full board" and "all inclusive" are different diets. On the "full board" communism does not work out - the same problems with drinks, bars, afternoon snacks.
2. Half board is not some kind of lure and setup. This is a conscious choice. You can change your diet at ANY time. You pay extra on the spot at the hotel and you are given new bracelets. And it will not be significantly more expensive than buying from the operator. I don’t understand why some experts with 10 years of experience “licked saliva”.
And I draw your attention to two points.
1. "Full board" and "all inclusive" are different diets. On the "full board" communism does not work out - the same problems with drinks, bars, afternoon snacks.
2. Half board is not some kind of lure and setup. This is a conscious choice. You can change your diet at ANY time. You pay extra on the spot at the hotel and you are given new bracelets. And it will not be significantly more expensive than buying from the operator. I don’t understand why some experts with 10 years of experience “licked saliva”.
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answered 15 years ago
As a matter of fact: half board is for that and half board, that in addition to the paid breakfast and dinner, everything else (drinks, alcohol, snacks on the beach, etc.) is for an additional fee. Such a choice is quite justified if you are planning an active holiday and will spend most of your time outside the hotel: on the road, on excursions, etc. If you are planning a beach holiday, then take "All Inclusive" - it's definitely worth it.
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answered 15 years ago
