Pumping money

I went on a sightseeing tour of Italy in September. I was met by a smiling Marina Onishchenko, who was accompanying me all the way. In general, the trip went well. But the main selection of hotels is just awful. The order went to 3 stars, but what is it, at best 1 star, well, maybe 1.5. Only one hotel was worthy of 3 stars, one of 2.5. The tour guides are all wonderful and give fascinating history, and information in terms of where to buy, where to look.

But Marina, our escort, was only busy pumping money, it’s understandable, she needs to bring profit to the company and herself, but there should be a limit to everything, or at least not to fool people so openly. She constantly led me to some expensive stores, saying that only here you can buy, the rest is all fake, in fact - you turn the corner - the same thing, but one and a half times cheaper. There is no information at all, and there was no time to relax, because.

will suck money in a moment. Fortunately, I remained vigilant, and took the most necessary set of excursions for me, which cost 194 euros, so not sickly, but Marina tried to convince me that if not with their company, then I wouldn’t see anything myself. Nevertheless, I had a great ride in Venice on the Grand Canal on my own for 7 euros, instead of 30 euros from the operator, I walked around Siena myself, for free instead of 25 euros, I rode the Gandola in peace, and not in the crowd of a group for 20 euros.

Everything would be fine, but on the way back, the last straw was a check-in at some grocery store (again, only here we can buy it), which was completely on the other side of the hotel, as a result, we arrived at check-in only at 21.40, instead of 20, 20.30.

And in terms of transfers and visas, everything is flawless. The bus driver, the most charming, smiling Italian - only he cheered up, and Italy itself, of course.

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