I was (and am) on vacation in London visiting my sister for the weekend when I got the dreaded call. I have been on TT bulletin boards for a very long time and noticed that some people were complaining that their trips were cancelled despite it being "guaranteed"departure. After a while, I got worried and made a call to my travel agent. This was about a month ago. She told me that all was fine and the next time she calls me it will be for my travel documents. I breathed a sigh of relief and got on with my life.
Imagine my surprise yesterday as I sat in a movie theatre (just about to see the Mommy) and received a text from my other sister at home saying that my agent said to call her asap, as this was urgent. I felt uneasy immediately! The movie finished at 8:45 and I practially ran outside to call her. Sears travel closes at 9pm. When we connected, I got the very disappointing news that due to lack of booking (travelers from the U.S. make up one of the largest amount of travelers for tour companies and the rate has been low for 2008) my trip has been cancelled.
I have to say that I wasn't really shocked. I knew this was the news once my sister said it was urgent. I was presented with another offer of taking a 15 day tour, at no extra charge to me, instead. It is not what I want as I took the time off since February and my part time job makes things difficult in that respect. I don't have the extra time left also at the full time job so I had to say no to that option. I was presented with other options but I budgeted in a way to afford my original 10 day tour. It is all about the time off, the tour location and money. Nothing really works for me. I can't do anything else.
I really wanted this trip as it was my intro into Europe and now it is all gone. I decided I will take my money (full refund including flight as I booked everything thru TT), reinvest it in my ING travel account. I feel that things happen for a reason and for some reason, I am not to take this trip this year.
Trust me, I was not impressed. I was and am really really really sad. I have saved and planned for a long time and now it is all gone. Very sad. I have been looking at different sites to see about booking a trip, possibly to the US, for a few days instead but things are so expensive. I will hopefully get something cheap somewhere. Or, maybe I will take off to Punta Cana or something. Anyway, I am in a really bad mood and unimpressed. Things like this make me question all other avenues I have decided to explore in my life.
Imagine my surprise yesterday as I sat in a movie theatre (just about to see the Mommy) and received a text from my other sister at home saying that my agent said to call her asap, as this was urgent. I felt uneasy immediately! The movie finished at 8:45 and I practially ran outside to call her. Sears travel closes at 9pm. When we connected, I got the very disappointing news that due to lack of booking (travelers from the U.S. make up one of the largest amount of travelers for tour companies and the rate has been low for 2008) my trip has been cancelled.
I have to say that I wasn't really shocked. I knew this was the news once my sister said it was urgent. I was presented with another offer of taking a 15 day tour, at no extra charge to me, instead. It is not what I want as I took the time off since February and my part time job makes things difficult in that respect. I don't have the extra time left also at the full time job so I had to say no to that option. I was presented with other options but I budgeted in a way to afford my original 10 day tour. It is all about the time off, the tour location and money. Nothing really works for me. I can't do anything else.
I really wanted this trip as it was my intro into Europe and now it is all gone. I decided I will take my money (full refund including flight as I booked everything thru TT), reinvest it in my ING travel account. I feel that things happen for a reason and for some reason, I am not to take this trip this year.
Trust me, I was not impressed. I was and am really really really sad. I have saved and planned for a long time and now it is all gone. Very sad. I have been looking at different sites to see about booking a trip, possibly to the US, for a few days instead but things are so expensive. I will hopefully get something cheap somewhere. Or, maybe I will take off to Punta Cana or something. Anyway, I am in a really bad mood and unimpressed. Things like this make me question all other avenues I have decided to explore in my life.
