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Opinion poll: do you think you need to go to Thailand with or without a tour operator?
you just need to know how many people are for and how many are against. Many thanks to all who answered.
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9 subscribers  • asked 2009-12-0214 years ago
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аватар Fleta
of course, without! :) there is so much to see and travel around that it is much more convenient and interesting to schedule visits to places, resorts and excursions yourself! All Europeans go there just like that, it's ours that are afraid :)
аватар NatashaS
You can go to any country in the world without the services of an intermediary, but there are a few BUT: knowledge of the hotel base, desire and time for planning a route, buying a ticket and booking a hotel, knowledge of English at a decent level. Therefore, theoretically my answer is "without", practically - "with".
аватар 99alex
It's Thailand.
Definitely need to go without a tour operator! The tour operator offers you a flight and transfer to a specific hotel, you can do it without leaving the computer with a credit card. Your savings will be about 25-50%. If you want to make a tour of the country, you need knowledge of English. The savings will be 200-500%. Information about the country, services, living in it on the Internet is enough and on the spot everything is done for tourists.
Now we are planning India on our own, it seems to be more difficult there.
аватар Amir1
NatashaS so personally you "without" or "with"? Well, if we were driving now.
аватар Modric
definitely "without"
аватар Modric
definitely "without"
аватар shustrik
Recently, my sister returned from Thailand, went on a tour through a tour operator. Although I told her that she would go "savage". So, it means that she returned and says that she didn’t go on her own in vain.
Himself went wild, all without problems. Even with zero knowledge of English.
Here they say correctly about the fact that you need to understand exactly which place you are going to, collect information (there is a lot of it on the Internet), be sure to get insurance (preferably "Ingostrakh", they say there are no problems with this company in Thailand), find out information about housing.
That is, you need to carefully work out your vacation beforehand. Good luck.
аватар Fleta
Offtopic about English: I agree that this is convenient, but not essential. We combined our trip to Tai with Cambodia. So, if in Thailand, for the most part, the local population has no problems with English, then in Cambodia it’s a bit difficult, so we were helped by the universal sign language and the calculator (if you need to know the price) :) They spoke pretty tolerably)) Although I still think that you need to know the language - it makes life much easier :)
аватар Lu-la-la
As a lazy person, I prefer to overpay and go with a tour operator :-)
In any case, if it's the first time. And then, taking into account all the pros, cons and overlooked, you can plan yourself.
аватар candy
I would go for the first time with a tour operator (flights + hotel reservations) ..excursions - definitely by yourself. And the second time - definitely herself :) Tai is a paradise on earth. Everything is very simple and very friendly there. you definitely won't get lost.
аватар NatashaS
If I were driving now, I would contact a travel agency, i.e. "with". For I have no desire to waste time choosing a hotel, flight, etc.
аватар 99alex
... The most important thing is to choose a flight. tour operator sends you a simple flight, respectively, the price is not affected! It is only necessary to select and book a hotel for the first night. Look for further arrival on the spot and you will be pleasantly surprised. We are still horrified by the neighboring hotel where those who came from the tour operator lived. Most of them are sunbeds covered with towels in the morning. You will not see this in hotels where tour operators do not send
аватар oksana.z
I agree with candy and Lumila, I would go with an operator for the first time, and then, I would love myself, myself .....
аватар Amir1
NatashaS will still have to choose a hotel and a flight, the agency will definitely ask you about this. And only you decide in which hotel to live and which flight to fly. Only in the agency it will be more expensive by 700 dollars and without the possibility of changing the hotel if you don’t like it there. But this is me, for information.
аватар Amir1
99alex why book for the first night? It's cheaper to book on the spot.
аватар 99alex
In case a person is not sure that he will find a hotel. But you think about it for the first time. That number of hotels is so great ..... for every taste and color
аватар Amir1
99alex to choose here for 1 night - I agree, because on the second night it will be clearer where to live. I wouldn't recommend booking from here. Just choose here, then get there and book there. But that's another topic.
аватар Marina530
for me, it’s better with a tour operator, it’s easier and more reliable, there is someone to shift the problems to, if any ...
аватар oksana.z
Amir, after all, you have a travel agency, and what would you suggest if a client asks you to pick up a tour to Thailand?
аватар Amir1
oksana.z I advise you to read my review and do as we do. I don't like stupidly making money on deceiving tourists. I can also give the tourist a detailed trip program with tips and comments.
аватар 99alex
Marina530 I have a question for you - have you ever traveled without a tour operator?
аватар 99alex
I fully support Marina530 - this is how the whole world works, and not how we gather a crowd of rams and push excursions for big money on them from above and tell them that they have all the safest. I saw how on a boat designed for a maximum of 6 people, a teztour brought 15 people on an excursion !!! so in addition, our excursion with the Thais on the ship cost 22 raccoons, and the guys paid 100 each .. This is not a divorce of travel agencies. And I do not argue that sometimes it is better to overpay, but in the case of Thailand, this overpayment will go to your comfort and safety.
аватар Marina530
I immediately wrote - FOR ME ... I prefer complete relaxation on vacation, it’s easier for me to overpay, and let them take care of me, I have enough problems at work, plus my age. So everyone chooses for themselves, I do not impose my opinion on anyone. I wish you all a pleasant holiday, without stress ...
аватар oksana.z
Amir, you are a super agent :)
аватар Amir1
oksana.z thank you! all blushed :))))
аватар galiya1962
My husband and I have never traveled abroad "savages", but next year we are going to go alone. I'm very afraid (I am), because English for me is a separate word, but after reading the Internet I tend to go without a tour operator. Amir1 help, if that?
аватар lenochka333
if a savage, how to think in advance about flight tickets from Kyiv and hotels? this is not just a vacation, but a wedding trip, strictly according to dates and plans. I would not like to think about the flight in the last week ..
аватар Kasja23
In those countries where English is non-native, at the level of nouns and "Russian swinging", i.e. sign language, we are normally understood.
On this forum it is pleasant to communicate with compatriots and discuss the problems of the Ukrainian tourist industry, and for planning independent travel, forums of "independent travelers" are preferable
аватар Amir1
Kasja23 Well, why only Ukrainian? And why only the tourist industry? There is no such thing in the rules. Here are questions and answers, any related to travel. And you didn't answer the question.
аватар Kasja23
I love extreme sports, and I’m happy to go to Thailand this year without a tour operator. I plan my trip in advance and I’m sure that I can plan my vacation better than with a company. , nature. Preferably not man-made.
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