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Everything Else & Classifieds => The Everything Else Area! => Topic started by: deepasforever1 on October 30, 2010, 08:37:31 PM
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I've just 'won' an ebay auction for a weeks holiday (for 2) in Antalya, including flights and 5 star hotels for the princely sum of £8.50. It has crossed my mind that there may be a catch! However, I've not found anything too dreadful yet. Has anyone else had dealings with this company. They swear blind its not timeshare (and the reviews tend to agree). I'll be inclined to go unless I hear anything to the contrary... but I expect to be disillusioned!
This is some of the blurb
This holiday starts in Antalya and is a two centre holiday based in two hotels the 4 Star Grand Ring Hotel and 4 Star Vera Club Hotel with an overnight tour to the the world renowned thermal terraces at Pamukkale and the ancient town of Hierapolis is included.
What this holiday certificate includes for 2 people:
Return transport from the UK to Turkey. Coach transfers to hotels included.
3 Nights in the Vera Club Hotel Paradiso (or similar) near Antalya. Double room with all the hotels facilities.
3 Nights in the Grand Ring Hotel (or similar) near Kemer area with double room with all the hotel facilities available.
2 Day excursion to Pamukkale and Taurus mountains with 5* hotel overnight in Pamukkale.
English speaking Tour Guide throughout.
I'd be grateful for any opinions / words of wisdom etc.
Thanks
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Try looking on trip adviser, I think they have had people writing in about European Vacations Ltd.
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Check the comments on the bottom of this article and then make your own mind up.
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2008/11/the-catch-in-the-20-break-from.html (http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2008/11/the-catch-in-the-20-break-from.html)
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Thankyou for your help. :D
Whilst it's clear some people feel it's a scam because of the add on costs I still think it could be worth it just for the airfare costs alone. I was thinking I could hire a car and come and stay in dear old Kalkan for some of the week at least.
All roads in Turkey seem to lead to Kalkan for me!
Anyway, I'll wait and see if I hear any more!
Thanks again :D
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In my opinion its a scam where you pay £20 and you dont get anything. The £20 is not worth most peoples time, effort etc to do anything about it and they end up losing £20 whilst the company makes lots of £20"s.
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Oh dear - methinks another scam. Cast your minds back a few years (you youngsters will not be aware of this). The great Hoover flights scam! We bought a new dishwasher, unaware of the "promotion" - free return flights to the States!!!!!!
Great, we thought, as at the time owned a property in Florida. Without boring you all, after several frustrating months of correspondence and the TV and media picking up on it, we got our "free tickets" - via courier. Great, we mistakenly thought, upon opening the envelope we had to be at Glasgow Airport within hours to "fly to the USA for free"! Super if you live in Scotland, not in the darkest depths of Southern England!!!!! Thousands of people never even got as far as we did, i.e. receiving tickets! BEWARE >:D >:D >:D
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Moral of the story is don't buy a Hoover...my mother in law has got a Broomstick and she can fly on it :angel:
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Oh dear - methinks another scam. Cast your minds back a few years (you youngsters will not be aware of this). The great Hoover flights scam! We bought a new dishwasher, unaware of the "promotion" - free return flights to the States!!!!!!
Great, we thought, as at the time owned a property in Florida. Without boring you all, after several frustrating months of correspondence and the TV and media picking up on it, we got our "free tickets" - via courier. Great, we mistakenly thought, upon opening the envelope we had to be at Glasgow Airport within hours to "fly to the USA for free"! Super if you live in Scotland, not in the darkest depths of Southern England!!!!! Thousands of people never even got as far as we did, i.e. receiving tickets! BEWARE >:D >:D >:D
The Hoover offer definitely wasn't a scam, we got two lots of free flights to the USA both with BA. True you had to jump through a few hoops but still saved a packet.