Travel agency review Сакумс (Kyiv)

One swindle

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Date of purchase: 20 december 2013
Written: 13 january 2014
3.0
Travel agency: Сакумс (Kyiv)
Service type: экскурсионный тур

It seems that they did not rest well, but the swindle of the Sakums travel agency disappoints. When buying train tickets (a group ticket was bought for a group), we were told that there were no children's tickets and we were sold for children (three children were traveling with us) adult tickets.

When boarding the train, the conductor slows down adult aunts with children's tickets. Then the conductor with a guide walked around the car, counted all the children (although the children bought adult tickets) and the number of children's tickets converged with the number of children. The travel agency pocketed the difference in cost between adult and children's tickets. and we aim for Europe with swindle at every turn. This is the third swindle of the tourist company. When traveling on the "Introduction to Italy" tour, tourists were offered a set lunch worth 15 euros. On the menu, the cost of this lunch was 4.50 euros. A good profit from scratch: 10.50 euros per tourist.

The company is a front for hiding taxes, the main income is obtained by swindling tourists and at the same time not paying taxes.

It's time to contact the "Consumer Protection" and conduct a tax audit.




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аватар Taras.Kuziv
Taras.Kuziv

Hello dear Tourist!

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.
We understand your indignation about railway tickets, but unfortunately you see an incomplete picture.
Our company sends more than one bus to Europe on peak dates, so there are not just one wagon with our tourists on the trains, but several wagons. Railway ticket offices, to simplify the procedure for issuing tickets, knock out all children's tickets in one carriage. The number of children's tickets depends on how many children under 14 were on our list 45 days before the start of the tour, all other tickets are adults. Sometimes it happens like in your case: the number of children in the carriage matches or exceeds the number of children's tickets. And if not, then the curator needs to provide information to the conductor in which other cars the children are traveling in adult seats and check this information on the radio with other conductors. In any of the tours, the tourist has a choice: buy a ticket from us or buy it yourself.

As for the set lunch: the price of 4.5 euros can only be found in Poland, and only for the second course (for example, potatoes + chop), and then you still need to look for such a place.
Regardless, we still make money. Tour operator SACUMS is not a charitable foundation, but a commercial organization. We support the composition of competent employees who need to pay salaries, train them, pay rent and utilities, advertising, pay taxes, this is in addition to direct costs for hotels, transport, guides and other things that are directly related to the tour. Every tourist wants a competent leader, a comfortable bus, good hotels, interesting guides, a well-planned tour. To organize high-quality travel, a considerable staff of competent employees is needed: tour sales managers (for each direction), booking managers (for each direction), visa managers, logisticians, group leaders, as well as other specialists. You have to pay for all this.
In any case, please contact us on any of the office phones. You will receive answers to all your questions.

Sincerely,
Taras Kuziv,
Senior manager

Tue, 14 Jan 2014, 11:22
аватар prazdnik2013
prazdnik2013

Pot about complex lunches: The menu clearly coincided with what was brought to us. After the indignation of the tourists, they added more pancakes to us and returned 5 euros each.
Everyone earns, but all the above expenses are included in the cost of the tour, not a single organization will work to its own detriment. And besides all the expenses and profits that are included in the package, you are still trying to squeeze something out of the tourist.

Wed, 15 Jan 2014, 00:39
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