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Guest's Review of First Choice

24th Oct 2009

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    3 stars
  • Customer Service
    3 stars
  • Have you booked through this tour operator before?
    No

Just returned from Sharm El Sheilk, Egypt, 14 day all inclusive at Radisson Blu Hotel Nabq Bay, facilities good and value for money, good selection of food but drinks were local brews.
Good points:
Weather a comfortable 35 degrees and always sunny, good pools and easy access to pool bars.
Accomodation and gardens kept clean and tidy at all times.

Bad Points:
Over priced shops and constant pestering from shop owners and street vendors, do not advise women to be coax into shops down the alleys in Sharm whilst alone.
Russians, and even more Russians, don't waste your time holding doors open for these people thanks is in short supply.
Hoilday rep at hotel Anna an obnoxious and lying little madam, charged £6 per head for prebooked seats for return flight that didn't materialise, so be prepare to sit next to strangers on the way home.
A visa is required if travelling to Cairo or Luxor to see the Pyramids, cost $15 USD which is about a £10, rep will issue visa on coach and fleece you for £13 another little bit of money extortion, as $ USD become not acceptable on the coach!, have not seen a First Choice or Thomson with any offical exchange rates in Egypt yet.
Had the priveldge of being in the Little Buddha on Saturday for the Reps end of season party, and listened to how Thomson and First Choice made £12 million on excursions this year with a little bit of fiddling according to the Country Managers wife.
Checking in at Sharm airport for return trip, this really put the icing on the cake, in all my years of International travel I have never known for baggage to be "scanned" prior to check-in the reason! CHEAP CIGARETTES, as your accurately weighed baggage of 20kg will be 25 KG by time you get to the check in scales as they know the contents of you baggage, so a hefty £10 per KG excess baggage charge kicks in, my 2 cases were 41KG, on there scales 56KG but after complaining suddenly reduce to 51 KG and a £100 excess fine, this must be the "fiddling" the country managers wife was boasting about, pay that fine in $USD and check fleece again on the exchange rate $200 for £100 fine do the maths at $1.66 to £1.00 rate.
SHAME ON YOU!

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