Well our trip home from the philippines has turned to disaster,we arrived at the airport on 3rd of october for our flight home,only to be told our tickets were no good as the travel agent in brisbane had changed the date of our flight to sept 15. I wont know why until I get home,but what concerns me most is that we were never contacted to confirm any change that was made.I have rebooked the flight to leave tomorrow ,cost $1000 in penalties,lost a weeks wages (was to be back at work last monday) ,hotel for a night,transport back and forward to my families place here,transport to Manilla to pick up new tickets.I am down to my last dollars,so I am praying nothing else go'es wrong. It will be the happiest day of my life when we get back home to our little caravan.This was my first trip out of Australia and my last,I have found the experience both stressfull and frightening I love my simple life in australia,I LOVE AUSTRALIA ps. sorry if this post is inappropriate for this forum,just wanted to tell someone
Not inappropriate at all. I hope you rip the heads off your travel agent when you get back. Would insurance cover any of it, its not something you have done so surely there should be some recompense.
It is appropriate Rowdy. You can vent on here all you want, you are among friends.
There's a lot to be said for staying put I think.
We were to have a trip to Europe and USA next year but decided that there was way to much to see and do here in Aussie land before we go and see how the other half lives. I mean you can't improve on near to perfect can you.
Let them come here and we will show them how to live........... Temporarily of Course.
-- Edited by Ma on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 04:28:41 PM
I will be looking foward to paying them a visit,unfortunatly only had medical insurance cover, I will be staying put alright ,this trip was for my wife to visit her family first time in 20 years.I have never had any desire to travel overseas ,like you say whats over there that we dont have twice as much of,. and twice as good.
-- Edited by rowdy on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 04:46:18 PM
Well our trip home from the philippines has turned to disaster,we arrived at the airport on 3rd of october for our flight home,only to be told our tickets were no good as the travel agent in brisbane had changed the date of our flight to sept 15. I wont know why until I get home,but what concerns me most is that we were never contacted to confirm any change that was made.I have rebooked the flight to leave tomorrow ,cost $1000 in penalties,lost a weeks wages (was to be back at work last monday) ,hotel for a night,transport back and forward to my families place here,transport to Manilla to pick up new tickets.I am down to my last dollars,so I am praying nothing else go'es wrong. It will be the happiest day of my life when we get back home to our little caravan.This was my first trip out of Australia and my last,I have found the experience both stressfull and frightening I love my simple life in australia,I LOVE AUSTRALIA ps. sorry if this post is inappropriate for this forum,just wanted to tell someone
Hey don't be sorry.Iam sure that many of the forum members are pleased that you have put your disaster out for us all to read.
Sorry to hear your trip turned into a bit of a nightmare,.......I've been overseas a few times and each time, I was glad to call australia home (to quote a famous but very appropriate song) and while I plan to stay in the land of oz and travel in the future, I'm glad I went overseas as it made me realize just how lucky we are here, it really is the lucky country.
I hope your insurance covers your expenses and it all works out well.
Hi Rowdy sorry to hear your trip ended up like that and cost so much extra. Just what you don't need. My hubby won't go anywhere overseas. Not even to NZ where we originated from. He says there are plenty of places to see here, but I love going back to see relatives and friends, just like your wife would have loved it. We love Oz and the lifestyle it affords us. - Val and Rob
-- Edited by valnrob on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 08:27:32 PM
Sounds like that travel agent has a case to answer for inappropriate business practice, and compensation for distress and trauma, and the bungled travel plans should be coming your way. Don't feel sorry for sharing a bad experience on GN. The more the merrier when it comes to words of encouragement and "wisdom". All the best and I hope they hang the b.....ds! Cheers
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Not the best way to end a holiday Rowdy, If things go right all the time people learn nothing ,its only when things go wrong that one learns some thing . Thank you for the lesson ..Rowdy
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poor bugger nothing worse than being stuck in another country and just wanting to be home in our fabulous aussie land safe travels home rowdy and welcome back when ya get here
I have never had any desire to travel overseas ,like you say whats over there that we dont have twice as much of,. and twice as good.
Gee, where do you start listing what's "over there" (and I admit the Philippines may not be to everybody's taste, but I love it). Let's consider Europe, where they have: Culture History Civilisation Good food Mature governments Beautiful scenery Wonderful architecture Decent newspapers and magazines Literature Dress sense Decent public transport/airlines Good art galleries and museums Courtesy on the roads
I won't go on. I think the best description of Australia I've seen was: "A Third World country with clean streets." Cheers, Tony
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We've lived and worked in NZ, Singapore, Holland and Ireland, and they all had their good points. While we love Australia and wouldn't actually end up living anywhere else, that doesn't mean that there aren't many wonderful things about other countries, and we would be poorer for not having seen and experienced them. It rather defies probabilities that of all the world the only things worth seeing would all be in a single country!
Temporarily of Course.
