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Where is the best place to buy tours in Egypt????
Can you please tell me if it is safe to buy excursions on the beach or on the street??? What are the guarantees that we will not be thrown??? What documents give???
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You can and should buy on the street if you do not want to overpay money.
But only in trusted travel agencies.
I can recommend in Naama such an agency as Luna Rosa. All tourists are happy.
Another opposite is Italy-Itali.
These do not throw.
But only in trusted travel agencies.
I can recommend in Naama such an agency as Luna Rosa. All tourists are happy.
Another opposite is Italy-Itali.
These do not throw.
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answered 15 years ago
Throw not throw, but in unforeseen circumstances - no guarantees. So some of our friends went on ATVs to the "Bedouins" from Hurghada, on the way the uncle fell out of the vehicle, having previously flown about five meters. The Arabs ran up to him, saying that it's okay, you still need to go to the Bedouins, they will do a miraculous massage there and everything will pass. Why he agreed, I do not know, but they got to the dirty campground, there they crushed him well, it got even worse. The Arabs quickly threw him into the hotel and "goodbye." By morning, he began to choke, his insurance wife called an ambulance, we went to the hospital - a fracture of three ribs and a severe contusion of the diaphragm. How he was treated is another story.
I don’t know if this could have happened if the tour had been from the operator, but this is exactly what happened with the street agency.
I don’t know if this could have happened if the tour had been from the operator, but this is exactly what happened with the street agency.
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok do the same on excursions from tour operators. They are not responsible for your health, for this there is insurance that you buy along with the tour. And they don't want problems either. There is no difference between tour operators. on the street, you just buy a tour not from your own tour operator (who brought you to the hotel). But it’s not a fact that your tour operator is better than the street one, and often much worse. I always go with street agents. And about checked it yes. It is better to ask around who went from whom and how the operator serviced it. Just keep in mind that the street agency sells tours of more than one operator. You need to ask for a review not about the agency, but about the tour operator who took tourists on an excursion. Almost nothing depends on the agency, only the price.
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answered 15 years ago
I meant that the insurance is bought along with the tour to the hotel. Additional insurance with an excursion is bought only for extreme sports (for example, rafting). Injuries received in extreme sports are not included in general insurance. Here you need to ask if there is additional insurance or not. And also keep in mind that if you are injured and contact the insurance company, then they take your blood for analysis. And if alcohol is found there, then the insurance company has every right to refuse to pay insurance.
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answered 15 years ago
more about documents. They are not given at all. More precisely, they give only a small receipt, where it is written where and when you are going and the time when you will be picked up from the hotel. such papers are given both in the hotel and in the street agency, no difference. No more documents are given. In street agencies, they can also give different booklets with descriptions of excursions. in general, the tourist service there is better than in the hotel, because they are trying to win over the client, and in the hotel they are stupidly bred for money, they scare them with all sorts of nonsense and that's it.
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answered 15 years ago
Amir, not everyone takes blood for alcohol, you need to read it in the insurance right away (the uncle, by the way, was absolutely sober). ATVs just require additional insurance. We went twice with our "Pegasus" to Luxor and El Gouna, we gave not a receipt, but a stamped voucher. And when asked about ATVs, we were told that the tour includes additional insurance. Among other things, the difference in price with street agencies was simply ridiculous (I don’t remember exactly, 15 dollars, I think, for Luxor and up to 10 for El Gouna).
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answered 15 years ago
But everyone chooses for himself. In many countries, we took excursions on the street, and at a more conscious age, and without excursions, we began to go to sights ... But not in Egypt :))
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok if you had additional insurance, then you should have been given a policy for this insurance.
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answered 15 years ago
And I personally do not trust street agencies. 99% of accidents are made by drivers of buses, street agencies.
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answered 15 years ago
I think that you need to take excursions only from your tour operator. A completely different service. In addition, it is safer.
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok, I saw how people flew from quads and camels, they were picked up, put on the same quads and allegedly taken to the hospital ... these people bought excursions to tour operators. no guarantees, no extras. insurance and all. "Street" tourists and tour operator tourists often go on excursions together in the same bus. And "street" tours are cheaper.
You can move around Yegi on your own. There is nothing terrible. Are our drivers any better?
nadin_20, I indicated 2 good agencies in the first post. It's in Sharm. For quads, I give a link to the agency of a friend http://falconsafari.com/
I don't know about Hurghada.
You can move around Yegi on your own. There is nothing terrible. Are our drivers any better?
nadin_20, I indicated 2 good agencies in the first post. It's in Sharm. For quads, I give a link to the agency of a friend http://falconsafari.com/
I don't know about Hurghada.
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answered 15 years ago
I never buy excursions from street "agencies". My health, life and freedom are dearer to me than the unfortunate hundred dollars.
If you contacted a street agency, then everything that happens to you on the road is an unjustified risk and is not reimbursed by the insurance company. So the economy is questionable.
I have used the servants of Pegasus three times: Israel, Jordan and Cairo. And on my next trips I will take excursions only from them. I know that the bus should have a speed limiter, security. There were no strangers on the bus, only those who paid for the tour through Pegasus. Our guide called us: "Pegasus, follow me" :-).
I won’t persuade anyone, I’ll also prove it, everyone has their own head on their shoulders, there are no children here, all adults. But if you can afford to travel abroad, why skimp on your life and health (fatal accidents) and freedom (kidnapping). In Egypt, it is better not to be a hero.
If you contacted a street agency, then everything that happens to you on the road is an unjustified risk and is not reimbursed by the insurance company. So the economy is questionable.
I have used the servants of Pegasus three times: Israel, Jordan and Cairo. And on my next trips I will take excursions only from them. I know that the bus should have a speed limiter, security. There were no strangers on the bus, only those who paid for the tour through Pegasus. Our guide called us: "Pegasus, follow me" :-).
I won’t persuade anyone, I’ll also prove it, everyone has their own head on their shoulders, there are no children here, all adults. But if you can afford to travel abroad, why skimp on your life and health (fatal accidents) and freedom (kidnapping). In Egypt, it is better not to be a hero.
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answered 15 years ago
Tour operators have about 75 dollars, on the street 55-60 (I don’t know for sure).
Find out on the spot.
Find out on the spot.
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answered 15 years ago
http://allsharm.com
It is believed that here are the cheapest excursions. Checked - do not throw.
It is believed that here are the cheapest excursions. Checked - do not throw.
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answered 15 years ago
Amir, I did not take ATVs from Pegasus, so I can’t say if they write out a separate paper for insurance. By the way, insurance is not always a separate piece of paper.
And I agree with trespass - Pegasus had no "strangers" on the bus and on the yacht.
And I agree with trespass - Pegasus had no "strangers" on the bus and on the yacht.
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answered 15 years ago
Well, and a completely extreme case - a showdown with claims and (or) a court for improper organization of an excursion or failure to fulfill obligations.
I had such a case in Turkey - I bought a ticket for "Fires of Anatolia" in a street agency, they promised that they would arrive in Aspendos early and the escort would take seats in the amphitheater (who was there knows that normal seats are a problem) for all tourists. Of course, we arrived late and barely found where to sit on the uppermost tiers. There I met my friend who bought this tour from Teza. The picture is exactly the same - late and bad places. The pleasure of the performance was still colossal. There is one BUT: my friend downloaded the cost of the ticket back from Teza, proving that they arrived at the hotel too late.
I had such a case in Turkey - I bought a ticket for "Fires of Anatolia" in a street agency, they promised that they would arrive in Aspendos early and the escort would take seats in the amphitheater (who was there knows that normal seats are a problem) for all tourists. Of course, we arrived late and barely found where to sit on the uppermost tiers. There I met my friend who bought this tour from Teza. The picture is exactly the same - late and bad places. The pleasure of the performance was still colossal. There is one BUT: my friend downloaded the cost of the ticket back from Teza, proving that they arrived at the hotel too late.
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answered 15 years ago
When I took a ticket at a travel agency to Egypt, they immediately said that the insurance that is given for the trip (for the amount of $ 10,000 does not apply to excursions taken from other (Egyptian local) travel agencies) air conditioning will work and that local insurance will be $1;) I compared prices on the spot - the difference is 5-15 bucks. Is it big money? In my opinion - stupid greed.
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answered 15 years ago
And what, now they are allowed to insure for 10,000? In my opinion, for a long time already all CAs have - from 30,000. "Does not apply to excursions taken from other travel agencies" - this is not true, it is enough to read the insurance policy. There are conditions, what is covered, what is not, and it does not depend on who to take the tour from :)))
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answered 15 years ago
Maybe 100,000. I don't remember exactly. In the conditions it was written about the excursion services of third parties or something like that.
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answered 15 years ago
People, to be honest, flew from the quadra myself, and so while half my life was flying, it flashed before my eyes, it was difficult to get up after 5 min. whether it was a fracture or not, I immediately refused, they took me to the Bedouin tent, I rested there, under the wild gaze of tourists (there were only 5 of us quads) I got up and sat on an ATV ... I want to say that I myself was to blame, I didn’t ride at all "according to the rules ".So listen to the guides and no insurance will be needed. And now about the street tour agencies and hotel guides, almost everyone uses the largest Travco company in Egypt, so when buying tours you can often sit on the same bus, so how say in advertising: "why pay more?"
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answered 15 years ago
wale13, in the conditions on the insurance policy ??? You can find out which insurance company, if not a secret? And through which carrier did you fly?
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answered 15 years ago
I read it on the Turtes website, it really made my hair stand on end !!! Indeed, the cheapest insurance is Etalon Basis for $10,000. And the conditions .... no words. There, in my opinion, the insured circle should, and not the insurance company. Comrades, you must! you need to read what is written in the insurance!!! This will not help, but it will also hurt!
In fairness, it must be said that nothing is said about the purchase of excursions from third parties. Only about extreme sports.
In fairness, it must be said that nothing is said about the purchase of excursions from third parties. Only about extreme sports.
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answered 15 years ago
You wouldn't be surprised if you knew how much such insurance costs.
You can insure yourself for less stringent conditions.
You can insure yourself for less stringent conditions.
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answered 15 years ago
I do this if the insurance seems questionable to me or if I am traveling on my own.
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answered 15 years ago
wale13 for the first time I hear about such insurance conditions. This is exclusively for you. For the insurance company, it absolutely does not matter which tour operator you fall off the ATV, local (Afikan-tour, for example) or local (Turtess, for example). They are all local and have the same rights.
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