点评:I and my friend payed $70 round trip each to go and spend a few hours in Zanzibar while waiting for our Dar es salaam business to be concluded, and to get advance info on a Zanzibar family vacation we have always talked about. Tickets were purchased a day before departure and no one (including ticket agents) mentioned that we needed to also purchase health insurance at $44 even when we were going there just for a few hours & to explore. They told us we needed to purchase the health insurance just before boarding, and our insurance from where we were coming from (including travel insurance) is not applicable. That's when they also mentioned more potential charges during return, including baggage fees. So we concluded we might end up being stuck in Zanzibar and mess up our primary mission in Dar es salaam. So we disembarked just before the ship started off & claimed a refund for the fare. Luckily, return/refund was smooth. I called my wife shortly after and shared the story. Without hesitation she emphatically told me to erase Zanzibar from our bucket list of travel destinations (we are both retired). It's okay, Zanzibar will find plenty of visitors ... but most likely not us.
翻译:我和朋友每人花了70美元购买往返机票,只为在桑给巴尔待上几个小时——我们当时正在等待达累斯萨拉姆的商务事宜处理完毕,同时也想提前了解一下我们一直计划中的桑给巴尔家庭度假的相关信息。机票是在出发前一天购买的,但没有任何人(包括售票人员)提到我们还需要额外购买价值44美元的健康保险,尽管我们去那儿仅仅是为了短暂停留和参观而已。他们告诉我们,必须在登船前购买健康保险,而我们原籍地的保险(包括旅行保险)在此处并不适用。当时他们还提到返程时可能还会产生其他费用,比如行李费。因此我们担心自己可能会被困在桑给巴尔,从而影响在达累斯萨拉姆的原计划行程。于是我们在轮船启航前下了船,并申请了票款退款。幸运的是,退款过程十分顺利。不久之后,我给妻子打电话,把这件事告诉了她。她毫不犹豫地坚决要求我把桑给巴尔从我们的旅行目的地清单上划掉(我们俩都已经退休了)。没关系的,桑给巴尔会迎来很多游客的……只不过大概率不会是我们了。