subject: Egypt Day Tours - Booking A Holiday, Tour Or Vacation In Egypt [print this page] In my capacity as the UK Director of Operations for One World Tours Limited, over time, it came to my interest as to what a minefield in can be booking a holiday in a vacation spot like Egypt through the myriad of "internet" based travel companies; particularly local Egyptian companies
I consequently though it might be helpful to suggest a sort of "checklist" of things to seek out and concerns to ask "prospective" holiday suppliers.
1. Are they a travel agent or a Tour operator?
Especially at a local level, service from a tour operator is frequently higher than that of an agent as tour booked through local agents "can" risk the reality that the agent is purely transferring on your booking to a third party. This is not always the situation, but it is some thing to consider. Comeback if you have problems is also to be considered as an agent can blame the third party and vice versa.
2. Do they need a deposit or are they providing payment in full on arrival?
If the company you're potentially booking through take payment in full on arrival, it means one matter - you are not booked. Will a business risk booking hotels, tour guides, drivers etc on the opportunity you might actually turn up ?
3. Do they accept credit cards as payment?
This really is essential whether or not you are planning on paying that way. Accepting credit cards (particularly in travel fields) will usually imply the company has been pretty well vetted and certainly will provide you certain additional assurances (and obviously safety)
4. Do they offer Testimonials?
The 2nd half of this query perhaps the most important part, "Do they provide Testimonials.and can you contact them"? If their testimonials are true then certainly there's no reason why they can't be reached.
5. Do they possess a acknowledged complaints procedure?
Any forward thinking and truthful business will know that there will definitely be the odd issue. Having a complaints procedure in place demonstrates that the business will not just try and fob you off, but from the ground up, they'll attempt to fairly take care of any problems you may have.
Hopefully these five things may help you with respect to your future plans when considering a trip to a country such as Egypt.
