Rip off UK travel agents
Oct 6, 2019, 3:07 am
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Rip off UK travel agents
Hi All
We are wanting to go to Antalya in the first week of November.
I should have booked before TCG collapsed but didn't expect them to go bust so soon.
The holiday that we were looking at was £600 each and its now £806 each with the price continuing to go up in price
To be honest, I am not going to be ripped off and i would rather stay at home and go away next year.
I have spoken to Jet2 Holidays who have told me that the price will not come down due to supply and demand, So just wondered if anyone here is in the same situation and either hoping the price will drop or just pay the money.
On another note, i can book a holiday to Asia for less than the the Jet2 holiday with hotels , We are thinking about Vietnam in March/April.
We are wanting to go to Antalya in the first week of November.
I should have booked before TCG collapsed but didn't expect them to go bust so soon.
The holiday that we were looking at was £600 each and its now £806 each with the price continuing to go up in price
To be honest, I am not going to be ripped off and i would rather stay at home and go away next year.
I have spoken to Jet2 Holidays who have told me that the price will not come down due to supply and demand, So just wondered if anyone here is in the same situation and either hoping the price will drop or just pay the money.
On another note, i can book a holiday to Asia for less than the the Jet2 holiday with hotels , We are thinking about Vietnam in March/April.
Oct 6, 2019, 3:20 am
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Hi All
We are wanting to go to Antalya in the first week of November.
I should have booked before TCG collapsed but didn't expect them to go bust so soon.
The holiday that we were looking at was £600 each and its now £806 each with the price continuing to go up in price
To be honest, I am not going to be ripped off and i would rather stay at home and go away next year.
I have spoken to Jet2 Holidays who have told me that the price will not come down due to supply and demand, So just wondered if anyone here is in the same situation and either hoping the price will drop or just pay the money.
On another note, i can book a holiday to Asia for less than the the Jet2 holiday with hotels , We are thinking about Vietnam in March/April.
We are wanting to go to Antalya in the first week of November.
I should have booked before TCG collapsed but didn't expect them to go bust so soon.
The holiday that we were looking at was £600 each and its now £806 each with the price continuing to go up in price
To be honest, I am not going to be ripped off and i would rather stay at home and go away next year.
I have spoken to Jet2 Holidays who have told me that the price will not come down due to supply and demand, So just wondered if anyone here is in the same situation and either hoping the price will drop or just pay the money.
On another note, i can book a holiday to Asia for less than the the Jet2 holiday with hotels , We are thinking about Vietnam in March/April.
Oct 6, 2019, 4:21 am
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Yes i have booked trips before , £99 to Italy a week self catering booking a week before departure in June. thats why Travel agents have late deals to fill seats and to fill rooms
Oct 6, 2019, 4:35 am
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A lot of capacity has suddenly been taken out of the system. I can’t comment on £100 for a week’s holiday, including flights, but it doesn’t sound hugely relaxing.
Oct 6, 2019, 5:00 am
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Don't get me wrong, I am not wanting a £100 holiday and i am quite happy to pay the £600 each but i am not willing to pay £800 each since TCG went out of business
Oct 6, 2019, 6:22 am
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You may not be willing to, but apparently others are.
If you can find something better by booking on your own, by all means do it.
Is there anything to indicate that prices will come down next year?
If you can find something better by booking on your own, by all means do it.
Is there anything to indicate that prices will come down next year?
Oct 6, 2019, 9:17 am
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That only leaves you to find air fare.
Oct 6, 2019, 9:30 am
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Oct 6, 2019, 9:50 am
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Wouldn't the logical explanation be that because Thomas Cook went out of business there are less planes flying, and thus prices are higher?
Oct 6, 2019, 11:24 am
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Yes, but OP wants to skip over the fact that TC failed and believe that someone else will simply add back in the same capacity. They will not. And, they won't find the financing for it if they try. That business model is over & done with.
Oct 6, 2019, 11:44 am
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I disagree. There will always be a market for travellers who are not looking to build their own packages or holidays. It is a smaller market than it was before but, it does exist.
Oct 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
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You are correct that there may be a market, but it seems not to be a sufficiently robust market to support a business operation.
Oct 6, 2019, 4:13 pm
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Also the part where the travel agents don't really set the price. They can add a (generally small) profit margin on top of whatever the wholesale price is, but the travel agents didn't choose to raise the rates a couple hundred quid.
Oct 7, 2019, 2:54 am
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Price will be high due to On season and price will be low due to off season.