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Camillel289's review of STA Travel www.statravel.co.uk

“For flights only”

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written by Camillel289 on 06/03/2014

I found STA very helpful and knowledgeable when booking my Cambodia & Vietnam trip, however.. I only booked flights through them. I found that their trips were very expensive, lucky for me the one I booked didn’t have any room so we had to find another. As an example of the price difference;

Halong Bay cruise 2 nights 3 days on Prince Junk IV STA changed £593 where as I sourced it for £251.
Again with a Halong bay trip (2 nights, 3 days) with Au Co, STA price = £1158. Book direct for £622.

I understand that these companies have to make money somehow, I’m just not sure I agree with just how much extra they change for the same trips which you can source yourself very easily. The same is true with the Visa, the lady told us they could do it for us as it’s a bit of a pain to arrange, they will change £15 per person to do it for you but all they do is use an agent, they fill in the initial enquiry then a 3rd party contacts you to arrange the rest. You can do this yourself by going direct to their website.

Vietnam Visa via STA = £192 (for 2 people)
Go direct via the 3rd party STA use and fill in the form yourself = £130 (for 2 people)

In short, my experience with the STA Chester staff was positive but my tip would be that you can source the exact same things much, much cheaper with little effort.

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