travel agency in Cairo
Apr 14, 2004 | 7:21 pm
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travel agency in Cairo
hello
our global explorer ticket is ending in cairo in september , so i am looking for a flight out of cairo.
For me Barcelona is an option or Brussels. Has anybody an idea about prices for an oneway and a good travel agency, i can t remerber the name i got from this forum ,i gess apt or . . .
thanks whaleshark [email protected]
our global explorer ticket is ending in cairo in september , so i am looking for a flight out of cairo.
For me Barcelona is an option or Brussels. Has anybody an idea about prices for an oneway and a good travel agency, i can t remerber the name i got from this forum ,i gess apt or . . .
thanks whaleshark [email protected]
Apr 14, 2004 | 9:37 pm
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I don't know if they're price-competitive but Emeco is certainly willing to ticket you on most any significant carrier, and they got a whole lot of positive feedback here, helping a lot of folks ticket OWE's at the last minute. Drop them an email.
Last edited by JohnAx; Apr 14, 2004 at 9:42 pm
Apr 15, 2004 | 7:59 am
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Yeh, they issued a round trip ticket for me just fine. It takes a bit of extra time because all their tickets are hand written but they are obviously pretty efficient at it. As far as travel agencies, they are a dime a dozen there. Seems every corner in the downtown area has a travel agency/tour hawking shop set up. I did have to go to the Iberia city ticket office to cancel a reservation and they had a ticket advertised on the window at 15000 egp or about $250. I assume it's round trip but I am sure they have one way fares as well.
Apr 15, 2004 | 9:11 am
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All the details you need (and further testamonials) here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186531
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186531
Apr 15, 2004 | 9:33 am
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I am not at home right now so I dont have the exact information of the agency but the branch I used was around the corner from the Egyptian Museum on 2 Tala'at Harb. When I get home I will see if the ticket jacket has the email information of that particular branch.
Apr 15, 2004 | 12:26 pm
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The advantage of Emeco (imo at least) is that they're a known quantity, respectable enough to be American's agent in Egypt, and will Fedex your ticket, albeit for USD25 if it's a cheap ticket. A downside is that in some cases they may want you to wire payment, if you want the ticket ahead of time - they certainly took C/C's for OWE's, but in asking about ordinary bookings, wire transfer was mentioned. It won't hurt to ask, though - they made a lot of people happy with their response to the OWE situation, and earned my respect and trust in the process.
Apr 15, 2004 | 1:19 pm
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I had a very good experience with EMECO for ticketing my AONE5.
All contacts were made by e-mail and all e-mails were answered within 24 hours.
They woudl not take a credit card number over the hpone or e-mail, only in person. I ended-up wiring the money because not having paid would have left me vulnerable to any price hike. The wire wroked fine and the ticket was FedEx'ed to me within five working days.
All contacts were made by e-mail and all e-mails were answered within 24 hours.
They woudl not take a credit card number over the hpone or e-mail, only in person. I ended-up wiring the money because not having paid would have left me vulnerable to any price hike. The wire wroked fine and the ticket was FedEx'ed to me within five working days.
Apr 16, 2004 | 2:58 am
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They took cc details for me over fax ... and they couriered the tickets for me free of charge. But then again, I've been dealing with them for 2 years now and book the bookings on SABRE so that they can see exactly what's going on.
Apr 16, 2004 | 5:31 am
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According to my ticket jacket:
Email: [email protected]
Head office
2, Tala'at Harb St.
Tel 5749360, 5799544
Fax 5744184
Outbound Dept
5, Talaat Harb St.
Tel 3928744/599
Fax 3920065
Nile Hilton
Tel 5768255, 5768488
Fax 5764099
Mohandessine
20, El Gihad St.
Tel 3470033 - 3455707
Fax 3455707
Luxor
6, Khaled Ibn Elwaleed St.
Tel (095) 370072
Fax 380016
Aswan
Sour Nady Aswan Elriady
Abtal Eltahrir St.
Tel (097) 313283
Fex 313293
Hurghada
Redcon Mall, Sheraton Road
Shop 56
Tel & Fax (065) 447071
Sharm El Sheikh
Hotel Tropicana
Tel (062) 661381/4
Fax 661380
Email: [email protected]
Head office
2, Tala'at Harb St.
Tel 5749360, 5799544
Fax 5744184
Outbound Dept
5, Talaat Harb St.
Tel 3928744/599
Fax 3920065
Nile Hilton
Tel 5768255, 5768488
Fax 5764099
Mohandessine
20, El Gihad St.
Tel 3470033 - 3455707
Fax 3455707
Luxor
6, Khaled Ibn Elwaleed St.
Tel (095) 370072
Fax 380016
Aswan
Sour Nady Aswan Elriady
Abtal Eltahrir St.
Tel (097) 313283
Fex 313293
Hurghada
Redcon Mall, Sheraton Road
Shop 56
Tel & Fax (065) 447071
Sharm El Sheikh
Hotel Tropicana
Tel (062) 661381/4
Fax 661380
Apr 17, 2004 | 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
They took cc details for me over fax ... and they couriered the tickets for me free of charge. But then again, I've been dealing with them for 2 years now and book the bookings on SABRE so that they can see exactly what's going on.
GB, they fedexed me the tickets free of charge as well, and were very friendly taking cc details via facsmile! I did not feel a security risk.
^^^Thanks to them!