Hot tours: how not to burn?

Rest abroad is always connected with positive emotions and unforgettable impressions. More and more people prefer to spend vacations in other countries and choose affordable "burning" tours. How not to burn yourself and do not spoil your holiday? What are the subtleties?

"Hot" vouchers - these are the tours that travel agencies sell a few days before the date of departure. The cost of such permits is several times lower than usual. It is she who attracts a huge number of tourists.

Why are the tours burning? The tour operator, when forming a tour, pre-purchases a certain number of places on an airline flight or orders a charter plane, book seats in hotels or redeem them. And then sells tickets. And when there is a certain amount of free seats on the tour, there is nothing left to do to reduce prices on them, so as not to burn out. Sometimes "burning" permits are formed due to refusals of tourists.

We choose correctly

Select a travel agency

"Hot" vouchers are the same for almost all travel agencies, as all managers use the same bases of tour operators with whom the contracts are concluded. The difference in price can be in what discount the travel agency itself provides, that is, how much it is willing to reduce its profits in order to attract the client.

Therefore, choosing a travel agency through which to buy a ticket is one of the important factors without a problematic vacation. The firm you selected should be checked for reliability.

• Agree, you will believe more than advertising and stories of friends or acquaintances who are satisfied after the trip, so ask for the address of the firm and go there.
• Read on the Internet reviews about the work of the travel agency, which you have chosen. It is on the Internet you can find black lists of travel agencies that "throw", negative and positive reviews.

Select tour

In order not to spoil the rest, it is important to choose the right tour. In this choice, of course, will help turmenedzher, but you must maximize their wishes. Find out all the details of the selected tour:

• what is the hotel: the category (star), the distance from the beach, the presence of its own beach at the hotel, the pool that is in the rooms (kettle, refrigerator, air conditioning, hairdryer, etc.), where the windows go

• what kind of food is included: breakfast (continental or Swedish), does lunch and dinner include

• what excursions can you visit

• that provides insurance

• Are the transfers included in the price (delivery from the airport to the hotel and back)

• what documents are needed to obtain a visa

Conclusion of the contract

The most important thing is to document the trip. Carefully read the contract before signing it.

The contract must contain the following information:

• legal address and bank details about the seller, tour operator or travel agent, data on the license for the implementation of tourist activities of the tour operator

• your surname, name, patronymic, passport data

• duration of travel, start and end date;

• rights, duties and responsibilities of the parties;

• program of stay, travel itinerary, information about the location of the hotel and other details of the rest;

• retail cost of the voucher and the procedure for its payment;

• conditions when the contract is changed and terminated, the procedure for settling disputes and compensation for losses;

• the procedure and terms for making claims.
  

If you still have any doubts about the reliability of the travel agency, please check whether the hotel is booked in your name by calling the tour operator. The phones are on the official website of the tour operator. On some of these sites, you can view the booking online using a special window, where you need the relevant data: the number of the tour application (specify it from the tour manager) or the passport number, surname.

Why do I need a tourist voucher and a voucher?

Tourist voucher is an integral part of the contract, a form of strict accountability, thanks to which the travel agency can work without cash registers. It should contain brief characteristics of the service, requisites.

Tourist voucher - a document in which the right of the tourist to establish the services of this tour is established. It complements the tour, it is made in free form, which is convenient to the receiving and sending side and presented by the tourist representative of the host company for service.

Factors that you should pay attention to when buying a "burning" tour

1. Please note why the tour is "lit". Tours may not be sold for various reasons. Maybe in the country where the voucher is sold, there is an unfavorable situation for rest: revolutions, demonstrations, natural disasters, etc.
2. Do not forget that it is necessary to make visas to visa countries, and this requires a certain number of days. Ask the manager how long it will take to process the visa. When buying a voucher, arrange an insurance against non-issuance of the visa, this in case you are denied it.

3. Check if the ticket is "burning". Very often, ordinary tours mask for burning. Just offer the cheapest hotels, low prices and which allows turmenagers to give them for burning. So find out the star hotel, reviews on it. It is "burning" permits usually occur a few days before departure.

Thus, be careful when choosing and buying a "burning tour", so as not to spoil the rest. Do not grab without checking just because it's cheaper, read the contract before you sign it. And then your trip will be wonderful, because a burning package is a great opportunity to relax at a low price.