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Tell me, is it not dangerous to choose a tour, a hotel and fly like that. What discounts are provided if On-Line? And in general, how is it better? Thank you!
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If you are not a travel agent, then you will not be able to book anything online. Alas.
There are tour operators, those who make a tourist product, and there are travel agencies that sell it.
Travel agencies have access to operator booking systems and they can book a tour for you. You can simply go to the websites of tour operators, set criteria in the selection of a tour and see prices
Online discounts are again more related to the work of a travel agent and tour operator.
A travel agency-agent can give you a discount when buying a tour from them - usually it is 3-7% of the cost of the tour
Usually tourists do this: they either surf the Internet looking for and choosing a hotel. Then they find out the cost for it at the agency when they decide (which is not very convenient, since the price can go off scale for the budget)
Or vice versa - they tell the agent their budget and already choose from what was offered
How best to decide for you.
If you are a beginner and do not know something, it is better to contact the agency for advice, they will prompt and advise you exactly what suits your needs and finances
There are tour operators, those who make a tourist product, and there are travel agencies that sell it.
Travel agencies have access to operator booking systems and they can book a tour for you. You can simply go to the websites of tour operators, set criteria in the selection of a tour and see prices
Online discounts are again more related to the work of a travel agent and tour operator.
A travel agency-agent can give you a discount when buying a tour from them - usually it is 3-7% of the cost of the tour
Usually tourists do this: they either surf the Internet looking for and choosing a hotel. Then they find out the cost for it at the agency when they decide (which is not very convenient, since the price can go off scale for the budget)
Or vice versa - they tell the agent their budget and already choose from what was offered
How best to decide for you.
If you are a beginner and do not know something, it is better to contact the agency for advice, they will prompt and advise you exactly what suits your needs and finances
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answered 15 years ago
The main problem here is the aircraft. Booking a hotel is a couple of trifles, for this there are booking systems and hotel websites. But how to get to Sharm? You can fly to Cairo and from there to Sharm, or try to buy a charter ticket from a travel company.
But, no matter what the travel agents say, booking a hotel on your own, applying for a visa and buying tickets is much more reliable than trusting agent girls who may simply not pay for your hotels on time and you will be left on the street in a foreign country.
But, no matter what the travel agents say, booking a hotel on your own, applying for a visa and buying tickets is much more reliable than trusting agent girls who may simply not pay for your hotels on time and you will be left on the street in a foreign country.
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answered 15 years ago
Without payment, the tour operator simply will not issue a voucher for settlement and tickets, if you received them in your hands - this is a guarantee that everything is paid
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answered 15 years ago
It is not necessary to book through a travel agency!
actually everything is easy:
- book a hotel on the official website of the hotel.
- book a flight (for example, budget airlines fly from Ukraine and the cost of the flight is not so high)
- buy insurance
- order a transfer for yourself (either at the airport or in advance when booking a hotel)
that's all!
just how cost effective it is! - UNFAVORABLE!
so it's cheaper to book through a travel agency!!!!
actually everything is easy:
- book a hotel on the official website of the hotel.
- book a flight (for example, budget airlines fly from Ukraine and the cost of the flight is not so high)
- buy insurance
- order a transfer for yourself (either at the airport or in advance when booking a hotel)
that's all!
just how cost effective it is! - UNFAVORABLE!
so it's cheaper to book through a travel agency!!!!
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answered 15 years ago
2 PlyusheMonstr: could you tell me which airlines fly from Kyiv to Hurghada? I'm looking and looking and I can't find it :-( There are no regular direct flights. I would be very grateful to you. My only question is about the flight. Everything else is no problem :-)
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answered 15 years ago
this spring there was a Wizzair charter - as far as I remember only to Sharm El Sheikh
but perhaps Hurghada will appear by the fall
unfortunately not earlier
in summer they make charters to Antalya
but perhaps Hurghada will appear by the fall
unfortunately not earlier
in summer they make charters to Antalya
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answered 15 years ago
2 Mariya25: Yes, you don't need a tour operator at all :-) The hotel is paid directly to the owner, the confirmation of the reservation comes to soap or fax, if the country is a visa country, then the confirmation of the reservation comes to the post office. Insurance is bought at any agency directly from the embassy (if, again, a visa country). And if the country does not have a visa, then no problem at all :-) The hotel is booked on the Internet, tickets, insurance are bought and go :-) Transfer is also not required, in Greece (for example) it is better to rent a car (again on the Internet) and she will be waiting at the airport in the parking lot. It is even better to make a visa WITHOUT an agency, cheaper and cheaper. If you fly to the city with regular flights (Budapest, Vienna, Athens, Istanbul .. and so on), then the tour operator is not needed here at all - extra overpayments. You can do everything yourself, faster, more reliably, cheaper.
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answered 15 years ago
2 PlyusheMonstr: thank you so much!! :-) I have already found a flight to Crete - a great thing :-) Maybe Hurghada will not be needed anymore ..
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answered 15 years ago
trespass - everything is right
only this does not apply to Turkey and Egypt, and possibly Tunisia
a package tour is cheaper than a national team (i.e. the one we described)
only this does not apply to Turkey and Egypt, and possibly Tunisia
a package tour is cheaper than a national team (i.e. the one we described)
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answered 15 years ago
I agree, that is why I will go to Egi through a tour operator. Still, cheap flights with companies like Wizzair are something like a minibus :-( With appropriate service. But to Europe only regular and on your own :-)
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answered 15 years ago
trespass, I meant mass referrals, it’s more convenient through an agency. And I often do the rest myself for tourists on my own and come out inexpensively
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answered 15 years ago
If charter tickets were available, then it would be much more profitable to fly to Sharm without travel agents :-) Why would someone overpay if you can do everything yourself? In general, I shield travel agents with unnecessary intermediaries, they don’t need to drive. The tour operator creates a product and can sell it, either in whole or separately tickets, insurance. I think the crisis will do the trick :-)
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answered 15 years ago
and railway ticket offices are not needed. Go to the station and buy the third shelf from the conductor.
Or to the Ministry of Transport - and buys a whole train.
And for the refrigerator you need to go directly to Germany. And for a package of milk at the dairy.
I am hinting at some - do not consider yourself smarter than others, but especially smarter than the market and the economy of creating a product.
By the way, all hotels accept bookings directly. Forward!!!
Or to the Ministry of Transport - and buys a whole train.
And for the refrigerator you need to go directly to Germany. And for a package of milk at the dairy.
I am hinting at some - do not consider yourself smarter than others, but especially smarter than the market and the economy of creating a product.
By the way, all hotels accept bookings directly. Forward!!!
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answered 15 years ago
Dear PlusheMonsrt! Have you confused anything? Visa Air does not have flights from Ukraine to Hurghada and Sharm. There is in Antalya. And it's not charters at all - regular flights.
trespass, Visa Air's service is excellent and the plane is new. I recommend, especially for Europe.
Package tours to Turkey and Egypt are cheaper than self-organized ones. At the same time, we have all the accompanying jambs - overbooks, worse numbers, indifferent guides and driving through the shops on the way to the airport. For other directions - inverse relationship.
trespass, Visa Air's service is excellent and the plane is new. I recommend, especially for Europe.
Package tours to Turkey and Egypt are cheaper than self-organized ones. At the same time, we have all the accompanying jambs - overbooks, worse numbers, indifferent guides and driving through the shops on the way to the airport. For other directions - inverse relationship.
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok, Wizz Air makes flights to Egypt on the order of the tour operator Anex Tour and this is a charter
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok - first charters at Anex tour
and secondly - even if these are regular flights (I made a mistake in the name), but as soon as Antalya ends, Sharm will return again :)
and secondly - even if these are regular flights (I made a mistake in the name), but as soon as Antalya ends, Sharm will return again :)
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answered 15 years ago
Thanks, I didn't know about Anex Tour. Is it possible to buy these tickets separately from the tour?
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answered 15 years ago
In principle, given that flights to Egypt are not particularly well loaded in summer, there is an opportunity to buy. Anex does not work with individuals, that is, you should contact any agency and ask them to make a request from all operators to buy a flight separately from a tour package. I think which is possible but a couple of days before departure. In season it is harder
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answered 15 years ago