The ancient architecture, authentic foods and beautiful beaches makes a cheap holiday vacation in Thailand a treasure. The people are fun, friendly and love to talk to tourists. They offer you knowledge, friendship and if you need to see some unusual attractions, they are willing to show you the way. When you plan your trip, you might want o stay in Chiang Mai for it beauty and exceptional culture events. You can see the city has grown to be a well-traveled area and tourist love the view of the some of the customs that are present around the area.
You will see the elephant camps, the beautifully crafted artworks and the ancient temples in the city. There are over three hundred temples to see and each one has its own beautiful architecture to see. If you plan to enter a temple, you should be prepared to remove your shoes. There are so many customs observed in Chiang Mai that has never changed over time. This is a cheap holiday vacation that no one forgets. The city is beautiful as well, it has become more popular than Bangkok. If you travel to Thailand when they are celebrating their New Year, you will see so many colors, customary headdresses and costumes that are traditional to the New Year celebration.
A cheap holiday to Thailand is exciting and when you find a package, which includes accommodations, transportation and airfare, you are finding a great deal. With all the attractions and things to do in Thailand, especially Chiang Mai, you do not have to spend a penny. You can go biking in the mountains, hiking on the beaches, sit, and watch the nightlife evolve around you. There is nowhere else around where you can experience this culture and live among the people.
Plan you cheap holiday vacation around the Thai New Year and join in the celebration that always offers to be an exceptional and memorable time for everyone. You can look online for some affordable packages, then just sit back, and enjoy the flight to a beautiful and enriching destination. Always remember to take along a digital camera or plenty of rolls of film, you will not want to miss anything.
Ok, so who is to blame? The hotel, the tour-operator, or the travel-agent?
Cognitive dissonance is what people call "selective memory" that is when you balance The amount of money paid against the service received and consider whether you have made the right choice for the holiday booked or that the holiday has been a bad choice.
Few people do compare the money paid against the service received when it comes to holidays. They expect a good holiday, regardless of the money spent.
Now, consider the average price of 190 pounds for one week flight, accommodation, airport transfers and rep service in resort. In addition, add the telephone charges, the paperwork involved. How much would you say the Tour Operator is losing, also the Hoteliers - the supplier of the Tour Operator? A Lot - but above all the major loser is the Customer himself. Why?
The word Holidays (HOLY-DAYS) sufficiently explains the importance in our daily stressful life's. The hotels the tour operators and the travel agents are businesses and being so they care about profitability and when they sell on loss they strive to find ways to make up for those damages. Quality standards fall, such as rep service at the hotels where they only meet with the customer on the first day - just to sell an excursion really and they only provide a free phone for the customer in case of a problem. The hotel does not change linen as often as usual nor do they have the air-conditioning or heating system running for the customer, suddenly there is a charge for the sun beds by the sea or the drinks prices rise.
Above all though the service when it comes to personal attention falls. Consider a hotelier that earns 5 pounds for the room - he will not have 2 receptionists and 10 cleaning ladies, but 1 receptionist and 3 cleaning ladies, inevitably standards fall but also nobody has the time for the customer therefore less personal attention, less happy faces and there begins the chain-effect for a bad holiday experience.
These are only some samples of practises in "Pile it high and sell it cheap" policies, that nobody else is responsible for other than the Big Tour-Operators.
Pressure for the cheapest price has made us all forget what holidays are all about.
Holidays (HOLY-DAYS) are no more than enjoying a nice environment with personal care and relaxation in mind, definitely has nothing to do with the "automated robotic Production" that the industry of Travel is moving towards.
Personally I am convinced that the bad practises (not of the small tour operators) of the large multiple tour-operators are to gain market share and knock small operators from the market base using their competitive edge on volume and price.
I think that the sun has slowly risen and there will be no sunset for long time.
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