Anyone want a half price holiday to Egypt?
Discussion
I have a good friend whose wife is sadly very ill, thus they now cant go on the luxury holiday they were both looking forward to next month. They basically have a very nice holiday they now cant use. Id love to go, but have family coming from overseas on those dates, and its for that reason that I didnt snap them up myself as they are willing to give the holiday away at half price. In fact I said yes, until I found out the dates. Deets are:
Departs from Gatwick 15th September for 14 nights
Week 1
Luxury Nile cruise, All Inclusive, drinks included as well
7 nights through valley of the kings, aswan, temples blahh. Twin cabin en suite facilities. Optional excursions.
Week 2
7 nigts at Steinburger Nile Palace Hotel - Full Board - 5 Star hotel - Great reviews - Best Hotel in Luxor Double room.
Included:- All transfers, flights etc, 1 night accommodation at 4 star gatwick hotel 14th September and 29th, parking included (Accommodation only)
Any offers around £1000 would be considered, which is about half price.
If it cant be of use to any fellow PHers, where might my chum find someone who might want a good deal, other than fleabay? The barstewards wont refund him more than 30% despite the fact that its still a full month until the holiday itself.
Departs from Gatwick 15th September for 14 nights
Week 1
Luxury Nile cruise, All Inclusive, drinks included as well
7 nights through valley of the kings, aswan, temples blahh. Twin cabin en suite facilities. Optional excursions.
Week 2
7 nigts at Steinburger Nile Palace Hotel - Full Board - 5 Star hotel - Great reviews - Best Hotel in Luxor Double room.
Included:- All transfers, flights etc, 1 night accommodation at 4 star gatwick hotel 14th September and 29th, parking included (Accommodation only)
Any offers around £1000 would be considered, which is about half price.
If it cant be of use to any fellow PHers, where might my chum find someone who might want a good deal, other than fleabay? The barstewards wont refund him more than 30% despite the fact that its still a full month until the holiday itself.
Edited by Buster Bakdorzin on Thursday 14th August 12:46
B3Svert said:
Sorry to hear that, but surely travel insurance would be the best route to go down?
I didnt ask him, as his predicament is that he gets less than 30% back from the travel company as more and more time passes, getting closer to the date... I guessed he'd have (most likely) looked into the insurance situation, as the holiday was such an expensive one to begin with and he is generally a pretty thorough bloke.The reality is probably that the holiday is booked up but the booking company are more keen on shafting anyone for as much cash as they can.
Some household policies cover a whole range of useful things - Im guessing its highly unlikely his policy would cover something like this?
Buster Bakdorzin said:
The reality is probably that the holiday is booked up but the booking company are more keen on shafting anyone for as much cash as they can.
Some household policies cover a whole range of useful things - Im guessing its highly unlikely his policy would cover something like this?
Will they let him change the names on the booking? I know airlines can be iffy about it.Some household policies cover a whole range of useful things - Im guessing its highly unlikely his policy would cover something like this?
Otherwise can he claim it back via the credit card?
mechsympathy said:
Buster Bakdorzin said:
The reality is probably that the holiday is booked up but the booking company are more keen on shafting anyone for as much cash as they can.
Some household policies cover a whole range of useful things - Im guessing its highly unlikely his policy would cover something like this?
Will they let him change the names on the booking? I know airlines can be iffy about it.Some household policies cover a whole range of useful things - Im guessing its highly unlikely his policy would cover something like this?
Otherwise can he claim it back via the credit card?
Chap is a typical accountant though (if there is such a thing) and pays great attention to detail by nature, so its likely that he has already checked all the loop holes and has no way of canceling, and has looked into name transfers or he wouldnt have asked me if I wanted the tickets - but I will double check with him anyway.
IIRC credit card companies and chargebacks are only granted when a third party has failed to deliver what they promised to deliver, and the travel company will surely have plenty of T&C's covering them - unless he can find illness coverage from somewhere else/another policy of his.
andy400 said:
Damn it! Can't get off work then, otherwise I'd grab that with both hands!
As would I. He is thinking of taking the s
tty refund (tomorrow) so if anyone did want to nab them now, now is the time, as he'd part with the tickets (and pay transfer fees into the new owners name) for several hundred notes.steve.c said:
Buster...you have mail!
Nothing, not in my inbox nor junk folder. So ive mailed you instead.In case anyone else mailed me, I havent received any other mails yet either
a BT thing, Im sure... been going on for years grrrrr
mybrainhurts said:
Does the price include a dose of the gippy squits, or is that extra...?
Normally extra, although I could arrange some intestinal worm parasites if yer interested. just for you, mind! Eitherwhichway, no phone calls from you this week MBH.
My gerbils are starving!
We need your childrens
Buster Bakdorzin said:
Eitherwhichway, no phone calls from you this week MBH.
My gerbils are starving!
We need your childrensbloodweb-money for seeds and nutritious corn feed!
My gerbils are starving!
We need your childrens
...everyting's gone daft this week, and I'm tied up all day tomorrow...will get through next week. Muchly ta for your message, my lads have gone through it now. Replied to your duff address and forgot to redirect it, sorry...Me, this week ------->
mybrainhurts said:
Me, this week ------->
No worries, I can relate to that smiley oh so well!Rollin said:
£1000 for 2?
Yes, for two people. More on THAT figure (£1000) in a minute...Sais said:
Tried PMing you, but as I have only registered now it will not let me PM / email for 24 hours (Good idea, but annoying! ). If you could mail or send me some contact info it would be appreciated!
Will PM you also.DoubleYellow said:
I have messaged you incase this is still available.
Will PM you too...NickFRP said:
Is it still available?
Will PM you as well.I have received no PM's from any of you (must change my PH email and use other than a BT account as PM's dont always come through)
Anyhooo, an update: Yesterday the chap was leaning towards taking the 30% refund as he isnt an ebayer, but today he found out that the voicemail they had left for him stating the refund would be 30% was misinformation. It goes down to that in the next reduction, its not quite there yet...
So my comments yesterday suggesting he would probably take "several hundred notes" are slightly invalid, Ive just had a word and the figure he IS now looking for is £1000 - But I dont know how one would secure payment with him in 24 hours.
I'll send all of you his home telephone number, and email account, which he has just said he will be checking every 20 minutes today.
His name is George, he lives in Nigeria and will be standing by to wire
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