点评:We have booked 6 day Marangu route Kili trek with AFRICA NATURAL. The initial communication with Godfrey was somehow clumsy but after he called me we have cleared the most important questions I had.
The disaster, however, happened on the day just before we had to start the trek. He texted me that we must pay $ 880 per person additionally for park fees, accommodation, guide fees and rescue fees. Note that this happens right after the free cancelation period guaranteed by Viator has expired. At first, I thought I did a mistake wile booking and I misunderstood the inclusions in the initial cost of the experience. However, after checking the ticket, I noticed that both accommodation and "Entry/Admission - Mount Kilimanjaro" (see the attached ticket). I have told Godfrey I will not pay again something I have payed for. His answer was that the information in the ticket was a mistake that has been later on changed in the Viator system. Our tickets, however, have been bought with the above conditions and I was totally reluctant to accept the above changes in conditions. The thing that made me very upset is the fact that Godfrey new about that mistake but he did not mentioned noting about that until the free cancelation period has expired.
While communicating on that matter, Godfrey has offered different degrees of discount, like we were bargaining, but I was too upset of what he did. I have contacted directly Viator to explain them the situation and ask them for cancelation and refund. After informing Godfrey, they told me they will process the cancelation.
Overall, the experience was terrible. We had to cancel an experience that has been booked several months in advance. We had to look for a new operator less that 24 hours before the start of the trek. Fortunately, everything went well with another operator and a rice much lower that the initially asked by Godfrey (what we have payed + what he has asked for in the last moment).
翻译:我们已经通过 AFRICA NATURAL 预订了 6 天的 Marangu 路线 Kili 徒步旅行。与 Godfrey 的最初沟通有些笨拙,但在他给我打电话后,我们解决了我最重要的问题。
然而,灾难发生在我们不得不开始跋涉的前一天。他给我发短信说我们必须另外支付每人880美元的公园费、住宿费、导游费和救援费。请注意,这发生在 Viator 保证的免费取消期结束后。起初,我以为我在预订时犯了一个错误,我误解了体验的初始费用中包含的内容。不过查票后发现住宿和“Entry/Admission - Mount Kilimanjaro”(见附票)。我已经告诉戈弗雷我不会再支付我已经支付的东西。他的回答是,票中的信息是一个错误,后来在 Viator 系统中被更改了。然而我们的机票是按上述条件买的,我完全不愿意接受上述条件的变化。令我非常沮丧的是,戈弗雷刚知道这个错误,但他直到免费取消期结束后才提到注意到这一点。
在就此事进行沟通时,Godfrey 提供了不同程度的折扣,就像我们在讨价还价一样,但我对他的做法感到非常不满。我已经直接联系Viator向他们说明情况并要求他们取消和退款。通知戈弗雷后,他们告诉我他们将处理取消。
总的来说,体验很糟糕。我们不得不取消提前几个月预订的体验。在徒步旅行开始前不到 24 小时,我们不得不寻找新的操作员。幸运的是,另一位操作员一切顺利,米饭比 Godfrey 最初要求的要低得多(我们支付的价格 + 他在最后一刻要求的价格)。