点评:We took the 4 day Inca trail to Machu Pichu. The guide Beli was great, food was great and the overall experience was fantastic. We went in the rain season and were lucky to have no rain at all. You could tell there was a difference between the porters employed by Evolution Treks and the others, they had smaller and better backpacks but even though they had good backpacks they weren’t using their hip belts and we’re not sure why.
For payment, they only receive USD in cash or a USD card payment that costs 8% extra (which is a lot). That was really weird for us, coming from Sweden to Peru, that they did not receive payment in soles. We tried to get USD the day before the hike but it took too much time to get started with Western Union, a service we’d never used beforehand. So, we had to pay the fee with 8% extra cost, cutting away a lot of our budget for the trek which affected how much we were able to tip the workers. How hard could it be to just enable card payments at the site in soles? Also, it’s ridiculous to have a payment service that takes 8% of the cost. They really need to change that and improve the pre-hike experience.
Otherwise it’s great and we do support the cause which is why we chose this company. I hope they can revise their payment procedures to make it easier to use their service.
翻译:我们参加了为期四天的印加古道徒步之旅,前往马丘比丘。向导贝利非常棒,食物也很美味,整体体验非常棒。我们是在雨季去的,幸运的是全程没有下雨。很明显,Evolution Treks 雇佣的搬运工和其他搬运工有所不同,他们的背包更小巧、质量更好,但即使背包很好,他们也没有使用腰带,我们也不知道为什么。
付款方式方面,他们只接受美元现金或美元信用卡付款,但信用卡付款需要额外支付 8% 的手续费(这笔费用相当高)。对于我们这些从瑞典来到秘鲁的人来说,他们不接受索尔付款真的非常奇怪。我们在徒步前一天尝试兑换美元,但通过西联汇款办理手续太费时间了,而我们之前从未使用过这项服务。所以,我们不得不支付这笔手续费,这大大减少了我们徒步的预算,也影响了我们给搬运工的小费。难道在现场开通索尔信用卡付款就那么难吗?此外,支付服务要收取8%的费用,这简直太离谱了。他们真的需要改进这一点,并提升徒步前的体验。
除此之外,其他方面都很棒,我们也支持这项事业,这也是我们选择这家公司的原因。我希望他们能够改进支付流程,让用户更方便地使用他们的服务。