The woman who runs this company has no idea what she's doing.
She assigned a young girl who had never traveled before to be the leader of our group.
She's cursed in communication. She's said on the phone, I can't work on that now, I'm eating my Chinese food delivery.
You want a professionally run trip? You want a bit of class and finesse?
Stay clear of this company. It's the absolute bottom of the barrel.
It is so funny that the owner of the company replied that my post is FAKE. No! It's not fake. It's a real post and it states the facts. Using a term like FAKE post tells you a lot about her. You don't like something, therefore it's FAKE!
The shame is that a woman like the owner of this company can post trips, take other people's money and not have the faintest idea what she's doing! She can claim my post is not authentic if it suits her. But, believe me, it is extremely authentic.
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Stating facts is a rant?
Denial is the easy way out. Denial and capitalizing fake.
Facts are facts, no matter how much one tries to deny it.
You can edit your post to include more denials. But the facts remain as stated above.
Response from Best Single TravelAug 26, 2020
No names and no name of the trip - funny we haven't had a trip since the beginning of the pandemic which was over 5 month ago - why now? FAKE REVIEW - FAKE REVIEW
Very sad that anyone with a computer can write a fake review
You can tell by the rant above, it has nothing to do with travel. Still no name of the trip, no name of the host, no dates.
AH
AJ H.
Please, for a good vacation find somewhere else.
I signed up for a tour of Great Britain, over a year in advance. I put my down payment in June 2018 and the tour started July 2019. I still have the email receipt. I went with the roommate option under the knowledge that the company had ample time to find me a suitable roommate. I mean why ask the roommate questions, if you are going to ignore them? I am a non-drinker, that watches TV to go to sleep and I snore. You roomed me with an alcoholic racist that would get drunk every night and go into racist rants about how she hated Muslims and they were ruining the planet, London is a shithole because of the Muslims and then she went on to rant that Baltimore is a shithole because of the ****ger Elijah Cummings. She would wake me up every time I snored. Which is all the time. So I was getting no sleep thanks to this roommate setup. I was suppose to have a roommate but the company messed up because my original had paid to have her own room and this hot mess of person was suppose to room with the "tour leader". Either the company put me with an incompatible roommate (knowingly) so the "tour leader" could have her own room or the "tour leader" did on her own. Which one, I don't know. The tour was very, very disorganized. The so-called "tour leader" had no idea what she was doing. First, there were major problems getting to the first hotel from the airport. The drivers didn't wait for delayed flights, a driver was suppose to pick up multiple people but didn't wait for them. All the while the tour leader checked-in her room, while the other paying customers didn't have their rooms yet and went out on the town in London. She didn't wait at the hotel for the other customers not did she make sure everyone had a ride. The "tour leader" never knew where we were going, she never called ahead to the hotels or restaurants, or tours to let them know that we were coming. Our hotel in York didn't have air-conditioning, and the hotel stated that they reported it to the company that there was no ac, in July during a heat wave. And what did our "tour leader" do, checked herself into a different hotel. WOW!!!!! Great leadership there, a majority of the time another paying customer would have to take charge and make decisions because our "tour leader" was only there for a free vacation. This tour was so poorly organized it's pathetic. The only thing worst organized than this tour was the CIA's Bay of Pigs Operation. I could on and if anyone wants everything that went wrong, just leave a reply because I'm tired of typing. One last thing, getting in contact with the company and the "tour leader" was non-existent. I attempted to call the company about a month prior, left a voice mail and my number on the website...crickets. I finally emailed them and it took three days to get back to me. The "tour leader" sent her number in an email and said to call with questions, I called left a very detailed voicemail...again crickets. If I am going to go overseas in a foreign land, I need to know that I am doing business with a company that will ensure that I don't get lost, will know what to do if I get hurt, or knows what to do in-case of an emergency and this company id not it. I am fully confident that if something happened to one of the older people on this tour that our sorry "tour leader" would not know what to do and the paying customer would be left. In fact, on the morning that every body was leaving for the airport, she even said that she got them to the hotel and that all she cares about. Single people find somewhere else to get a good vacations, the hotels were worth what we paid and we didn't get to go to half of the sites that the website stated. This place is the worst.
JJ
Joshua James P.
poor communication and poor customer service.
This travel agency customer service has been below satisfactory. I called to book a trip to Hawaii which they said there was availability and to expect a confirmation within 24 hours. I was also told not to book a flight until I receive confirmation, which was in order. However, I did not hear back until more than 48 hours later which by that point all flight prices had increased. I called their office four to six times to get updates as well as emailed the help line. The travel agent apologized repeatedly and seem to empathize with my situation; however, when I got a response it was not via phone it was via email simply stating that they could not accommodate me at the price which they had charged me and I would need to pay an additional $600+ in order to travel with the group. There was no offer on behalf of the company to compromise or to negotiate with me based off of the inconvenience and the cost of airline tickets which had increased while I was waiting over 24 hours beyond what they promised. the travel agent had memorized my phone number by the time I had called after the 48-hour mark and greeted me on the phone by first name. I have been trying to call and reach them since they sent me the email requesting an additional $640 and have yet to receive a call back. I have left two thorough voicemails requesting a call back, as well, with no response. I only think that it is fair and appropriate that when a company does not meet their end of the agreement that there needs to be some sort of compensation for willing customer. The extra cost is for me to have my own room and on the website that was advertised as a convenient options however it is not my fault that they overbooked the trip and I do not have the option to book with another person. There has been lack of transparency through this process. I did my part and paid the full price for the vacation upfront as requested. I highly do not recommend this organization for a travel agency. There clearly are issues with internal communication. Additionally there appears to be no intentions by the company to ensure that a customer is satisfied.
Response from Best Single TravelJun 21, 2019
Joshua booked an 18 to 35 year old trip with a roommate.
The trips start date was only 5 days from booking.
When booked he was advised that the trip was on request and almost sold out.
After checking with Hawaii there were no roommates available so he was offered a single room or his money back.
He was advised not to book his airfare until confirmed.
We are sorry there were no roommates available.