Some friends of mine were here on holiday last week on a package booked with Thomson Holidays UK.
In their pre-holiday literature was one of the worse cases of scaremongering I have yet come across with regard to holidays in Egypt.
Basically they said
"the Foreign Office has instructed British tourists not to book excursions in Luxor except through representatives of their UK tour company."
I am appalled by this blatant lie! There is nothing on the Foreign Office travel advise stating anything of the sort! It is simply to line the pockets of the tour company and its reps!
My friends spent a week in the Sheraton watching pretty much all the other holiday makers staying in the hotel unless they were on a Thomson coach! They themselves had a brilliant holiday, all under their own steam and without any incidents whatsoever! I met up with them twice, once at Snacktime overlooking Abu Haggag Square on Friday, immediately after Friday prayers...... and again for dinner and drinks on Monday night on the West Bank. They loved Luxor and were upset that so many other tourists were not enjoying their holidays as they were too scared to go out of the hotel.
There is a link to the Trip Advisor hotel review that they did where you can see in Ben's own words what he thinks.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294205-d301831-r116958947-Sheraton_Luxor_Resort-Luxor_Nile_River_Valley.html
Please share this with everyone you know, especially if they are planning a holiday to Egypt! They need to know this is a blatant lie!
In their pre-holiday literature was one of the worse cases of scaremongering I have yet come across with regard to holidays in Egypt.
Basically they said
"the Foreign Office has instructed British tourists not to book excursions in Luxor except through representatives of their UK tour company."
I am appalled by this blatant lie! There is nothing on the Foreign Office travel advise stating anything of the sort! It is simply to line the pockets of the tour company and its reps!
My friends spent a week in the Sheraton watching pretty much all the other holiday makers staying in the hotel unless they were on a Thomson coach! They themselves had a brilliant holiday, all under their own steam and without any incidents whatsoever! I met up with them twice, once at Snacktime overlooking Abu Haggag Square on Friday, immediately after Friday prayers...... and again for dinner and drinks on Monday night on the West Bank. They loved Luxor and were upset that so many other tourists were not enjoying their holidays as they were too scared to go out of the hotel.
There is a link to the Trip Advisor hotel review that they did where you can see in Ben's own words what he thinks.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294205-d301831-r116958947-Sheraton_Luxor_Resort-Luxor_Nile_River_Valley.html
Please share this with everyone you know, especially if they are planning a holiday to Egypt! They need to know this is a blatant lie!
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