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Vacation in Egypt. Regency Plaza 5* Sharm El Sheikh 25.12. 2018-04.01. 2019.
An old topic, a lot of reviews, youtube. The reviews are quite fair, except for those that put 10. We arrived on December 25th. Check-in is fast. We took two rooms side by side. There are double doors in the partition. You can only open your own from your room. For the passage, you should open the second of the second room. So convenient for a large family. The area is clean and big. You can choose three dinners in separate rooms in different styles, but the quality is the same. Meals are organized in two halls. Guide to the color of the bracelet. The first for Europeans plus scattered people. Waiters bring drinks and coffee. At first, the Raseans are offended, they look for a bar because they do not immediately understand how to explain themselves to the staff, and they are not allowed into the second hall. The second room for everyone else with a bar inside. There is a hotel guide from Russia. Animators are mostly from Ukraine. And 50 percent of vacationers are from Ukraine. The hotel is aimed at Russian speakers. Drinks are not stronger than 20%.
Often they poison the territory, so there is a smell of sexual mastic. At night, a mouse ran in the room, although cats are available. The wind drove the warm water away. There are no corals, almost no fish. Mango this year at the same price as in our stores, 3-4 bucks per kilo. For corals, they went by local minibuses to the southernmost bay of Sharma and, sending a watchman, brazenly walked through Albatross beach to a wild beach. There are still 2 passages left. Or go through the villas. To do this, you need to get off near the Metro store and go up the street between two Albatrosses. And then the streets to the sea and look for stairs down. In principle, the distance is almost the same. There are corals and the water is warmer. They take ships there for half a day for 35 bucks. The price of a one-way minibus ride to the old market is $ 1 from the nose. Drivers want more from tourists. You can bargain.
Those who did not plan trips organized by the tour operator do not go to the morning meeting with the guide.
And those who came, after an hour and a half advertising lecture performed by Sunday Adelaja, raise a cry. What for? Take your child and go sunbathing. Simply, if you really want to personally communicate with “your guide”, come back in an hour or two. Fill out the form for him. Its' his job. Just to avoid surprises, cross out the section of possible trips. And the guide has nothing to cover, and there is no conflict.
In 2019, and possibly in 2018, a new highlight appeared, namely: DEPARTURE from Egypt, which spoils the whole holiday (at the end of 2017, this was not yet the case). Just something for everything - in the port of Sharm El Sheikh appeared tricks with the schedule of departures. If regular flights are distributed over time, then charter flights for some reason form 5 or 6 flights per hour, which is ± 1500 people per hour (later there will be a pause or an empty control point altogether). In the meantime, these 1.500 people are being passed through two control posts, that is, 750 people through each.
If you spend 10 seconds per passenger, you get 2 hours, this is true in reality. If someone is more sneaky, then he seeps through the queue for an hour and a half. So imagine: you and your family, tired of rest, TWO HOURS! 120 MINUTES! stand in a long line. At first everything is calm, but as the time of your departure approaches, you begin to realize your powerlessness. You understand that you may not get on the flight because you have not yet overcome the first barrier on the way to the plane. At this time, messages are heard from the speakers that they are looking for someone and that the landing is ending. You see people who are not really on time, because they are behind you, and their departure time is earlier than yours. These unfortunates are easy to spot in a crowd by their panicky behavior. They are quickly taken under white arms, given an escort and led through VIP posts at a price of 20 bucks from the nose. By the way, there are two such VIP posts at the entrance and they are always free.
Eyes are burning, things and shoes are in the hands. The conveyor belt is littered with clothes, bags, belts, shoes and smartphones. Working with your elbows, you squeeze to the frame, you pass. You feel, gently touching the intimate areas. All. Did you succeed or not? Back the road is closed, so forward! Departure area, scoreboard... It becomes clear why the airport workers had so much fun throughout your journey. I wonder why they don't film this Run on their phones? Now it's clear - they understand the announcements from the speakers! They know that your flight is delayed for technical reasons! A little later, already calmly, I watched this frontier of frank humiliation of passengers. Who needs it? Obviously not tourists. Please note that Charm is empty even on New Year's Eve. For example, between Regency Plaza and Rixos Premium Seagate there are 4 five-star hotels. Of these, one has been closed for several years, and in the rest there were less than 10 tourists on the seashore.
I do not know on whose conscience such manipulations with the schedule. Carrier or airport? At least the port staff gets the entertainment to the fullest. The tour operator remained without our attention. Most likely - this is his intrigue. For example, a tour operator allows options such as an early/late departure surcharge, which creates conflicts in hotels. You are usually settled after 14, and evicted before 12. But, you paid, as it were, for something else. Who was paid? Carrier (read tour operator), but not the hotel. There is another marketing ploy of the tour operator, or maybe it is at the mercy of agencies - this is a "surcharge for the New Year's party. " The hotel does not receive such a surcharge, just its price for this period is slightly higher and it is indicated on advertising sites. The agency announces the additional payment to you. We sat at the New Year's party at the same table and shared who paid extra. The difference is from 50 to 125 dollars per person. The cheapest were from Zaporozhye.
Hotel managers were surprised by this focus of the tour operator in earnest. And there was this operator "Anex Tour".
We draw conclusions: 1. Decide on a travel agent? - a contract for the provision of services will not be superfluous. 2. Have you checked the tour operator? - we recall the latest adventures of tourists in airports. 3. Deal with surcharges. Any surcharges are marketing tricks and no guarantees. 4. Analyze the return flight schedule, although you have not yet figured out how to do this.
Who can do it? It seems to me that this should be done by travel agencies that work with the end user and are an intermediary between us and the tour operator. These agencies may have at their disposal the most up-to-date and objective assessments from us naives. It is the agencies that must inform the operator of breakdowns and inconveniences. In the meantime, without such a study, somehow it doesn’t pull you to go, especially to Sharm with its jokes in the port.
Notes 2018:
one.
Prices for goods in duty-free zones are higher than in retail stores. For example, five years ago I bought a liter Khortytsya for 3 euros, now for 5-6 euros. It used to be cheaper than retail, now it's more expensive.
2. I try to highlight my baggage with something bright, catchy. Every time I catch myself thinking: how easy it is to leave the airport terminal with someone else's suitcase. Why is there no reconciliation of baggage receipts at the exits, at least sometimes, at least selectively?
3. Kazakhs got one and a half times more expensive than Ukrainians. China, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam are closer to them. And they are in Egypt. Scouts.
4. The Raseans wept over the route through Israel. Any little thing can slow down or prohibit the advance to Egypt. They still take risks. Sometimes it takes almost a day to arrive. How not to break away upon arrival?
5. Didn't take the boombox? So it is not necessary. Half of the rasians in the whole hotel twist Cords for their small children on their boomboxes.
An old topic, a lot of reviews, youtube. The reviews are quite fair, except for those that put 10. We arrived on December 25th. Check-in is fast. We took two rooms side by side. There are double doors in the partition. You can only open your own from your room. For the passage, you should open the second of the second room. So convenient for a large family. The area is clean and big. You can choose three dinners in separate rooms in different styles, but the quality is the same. Meals are organized in two halls. Guide to the color of the bracelet. The first for Europeans plus scattered people. Waiters bring drinks and coffee. At first, the Raseans are offended, they look for a bar because they do not immediately understand how to explain themselves to the staff, and they are not allowed into the second hall. The second room for everyone else with a bar inside. There is a hotel guide from Russia. Animators are mostly from Ukraine. And 50 percent of vacationers are from Ukraine. The hotel is aimed at Russian speakers. Drinks are not stronger than 20%.
Often they poison the territory, so there is a smell of sexual mastic. At night, a mouse ran in the room, although cats are available. The wind drove the warm water away. There are no corals, almost no fish. Mango this year at the same price as in our stores, 3-4 bucks per kilo. For corals, they went by local minibuses to the southernmost bay of Sharma and, sending a watchman, brazenly walked through Albatross beach to a wild beach. There are still 2 passages left. Or go through the villas. To do this, you need to get off near the Metro store and go up the street between two Albatrosses. And then the streets to the sea and look for stairs down. In principle, the distance is almost the same. There are corals and the water is warmer. They take ships there for half a day for 35 bucks. The price of a one-way minibus ride to the old market is $ 1 from the nose. Drivers want more from tourists. You can bargain.
Those who did not plan trips organized by the tour operator do not go to the morning meeting with the guide.
And those who came, after an hour and a half advertising lecture performed by Sunday Adelaja, raise a cry. What for? Take your child and go sunbathing. Simply, if you really want to personally communicate with “your guide”, come back in an hour or two. Fill out the form for him. Its' his job. Just to avoid surprises, cross out the section of possible trips. And the guide has nothing to cover, and there is no conflict.
In 2019, and possibly in 2018, a new highlight appeared, namely: DEPARTURE from Egypt, which spoils the whole holiday (at the end of 2017, this was not yet the case). Just something for everything - in the port of Sharm El Sheikh appeared tricks with the schedule of departures. If regular flights are distributed over time, then charter flights for some reason form 5 or 6 flights per hour, which is ± 1500 people per hour (later there will be a pause or an empty control point altogether). In the meantime, these 1.500 people are being passed through two control posts, that is, 750 people through each.
If you spend 10 seconds per passenger, you get 2 hours, this is true in reality. If someone is more sneaky, then he seeps through the queue for an hour and a half. So imagine: you and your family, tired of rest, TWO HOURS! 120 MINUTES! stand in a long line. At first everything is calm, but as the time of your departure approaches, you begin to realize your powerlessness. You understand that you may not get on the flight because you have not yet overcome the first barrier on the way to the plane. At this time, messages are heard from the speakers that they are looking for someone and that the landing is ending. You see people who are not really on time, because they are behind you, and their departure time is earlier than yours. These unfortunates are easy to spot in a crowd by their panicky behavior. They are quickly taken under white arms, given an escort and led through VIP posts at a price of 20 bucks from the nose. By the way, there are two such VIP posts at the entrance and they are always free.
Eyes are burning, things and shoes are in the hands. The conveyor belt is littered with clothes, bags, belts, shoes and smartphones. Working with your elbows, you squeeze to the frame, you pass. You feel, gently touching the intimate areas. All. Did you succeed or not? Back the road is closed, so forward! Departure area, scoreboard... It becomes clear why the airport workers had so much fun throughout your journey. I wonder why they don't film this Run on their phones? Now it's clear - they understand the announcements from the speakers! They know that your flight is delayed for technical reasons! A little later, already calmly, I watched this frontier of frank humiliation of passengers. Who needs it? Obviously not tourists. Please note that Charm is empty even on New Year's Eve. For example, between Regency Plaza and Rixos Premium Seagate there are 4 five-star hotels. Of these, one has been closed for several years, and in the rest there were less than 10 tourists on the seashore.
I do not know on whose conscience such manipulations with the schedule. Carrier or airport? At least the port staff gets the entertainment to the fullest. The tour operator remained without our attention. Most likely - this is his intrigue. For example, a tour operator allows options such as an early/late departure surcharge, which creates conflicts in hotels. You are usually settled after 14, and evicted before 12. But, you paid, as it were, for something else. Who was paid? Carrier (read tour operator), but not the hotel. There is another marketing ploy of the tour operator, or maybe it is at the mercy of agencies - this is a "surcharge for the New Year's party. " The hotel does not receive such a surcharge, just its price for this period is slightly higher and it is indicated on advertising sites. The agency announces the additional payment to you. We sat at the New Year's party at the same table and shared who paid extra. The difference is from 50 to 125 dollars per person. The cheapest were from Zaporozhye.
Hotel managers were surprised by this focus of the tour operator in earnest. And there was this operator "Anex Tour".
We draw conclusions: 1. Decide on a travel agent? - a contract for the provision of services will not be superfluous. 2. Have you checked the tour operator? - we recall the latest adventures of tourists in airports. 3. Deal with surcharges. Any surcharges are marketing tricks and no guarantees. 4. Analyze the return flight schedule, although you have not yet figured out how to do this.
Who can do it? It seems to me that this should be done by travel agencies that work with the end user and are an intermediary between us and the tour operator. These agencies may have at their disposal the most up-to-date and objective assessments from us naives. It is the agencies that must inform the operator of breakdowns and inconveniences. In the meantime, without such a study, somehow it doesn’t pull you to go, especially to Sharm with its jokes in the port.
Notes 2018:
one.
Prices for goods in duty-free zones are higher than in retail stores. For example, five years ago I bought a liter Khortytsya for 3 euros, now for 5-6 euros. It used to be cheaper than retail, now it's more expensive.
2. I try to highlight my baggage with something bright, catchy. Every time I catch myself thinking: how easy it is to leave the airport terminal with someone else's suitcase. Why is there no reconciliation of baggage receipts at the exits, at least sometimes, at least selectively?
3. Kazakhs got one and a half times more expensive than Ukrainians. China, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam are closer to them. And they are in Egypt. Scouts.
4. The Raseans wept over the route through Israel. Any little thing can slow down or prohibit the advance to Egypt. They still take risks. Sometimes it takes almost a day to arrive. How not to break away upon arrival?
5. Didn't take the boombox? So it is not necessary. Half of the rasians in the whole hotel twist Cords for their small children on their boomboxes.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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