nheather
Outstanding Member
Looking for a cheap week in the sun. Cheap, because the main expensive holiday is in Australia over Christmas.
Had a target of £1.5k or less in mind but as we look through, suitable packages are creeping upto the £2k mark and beyond. With spends this is going to put it beyond £3k for the week.
If it were just down to me, I'd have probably dropped the idea preferring to spend the money on some more luxuries in Australia, but my wife has the bug now, so no turning back.
But to rub salt into the wounds I now find that transfers between the airport and the hotel are now optional extras for a package holiday. What's worse is that you can't tell how much they will be until you add the holiday into the cart, add all the traveller information and then only just before payment are you told what the transfers will cost.
This really irritates me. Again if it were down to me it would be enough for me to say "ok if you want to play like that you can stuff your holiday, I won't bother". But my wife wouldn't stand for that, now she has her mind set on it, she is going.
If they told me the price upfront or increased the package price I wouldn't be so irked. It's just that it is something that for 10s of years I have taken for granted as included as standard and more, the fact that they won't tell me how much it will be until just before payment is taken.
Cheers,
Nigel
Had a target of £1.5k or less in mind but as we look through, suitable packages are creeping upto the £2k mark and beyond. With spends this is going to put it beyond £3k for the week.
If it were just down to me, I'd have probably dropped the idea preferring to spend the money on some more luxuries in Australia, but my wife has the bug now, so no turning back.
But to rub salt into the wounds I now find that transfers between the airport and the hotel are now optional extras for a package holiday. What's worse is that you can't tell how much they will be until you add the holiday into the cart, add all the traveller information and then only just before payment are you told what the transfers will cost.
This really irritates me. Again if it were down to me it would be enough for me to say "ok if you want to play like that you can stuff your holiday, I won't bother". But my wife wouldn't stand for that, now she has her mind set on it, she is going.
If they told me the price upfront or increased the package price I wouldn't be so irked. It's just that it is something that for 10s of years I have taken for granted as included as standard and more, the fact that they won't tell me how much it will be until just before payment is taken.
Cheers,
Nigel
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