The Tourism Ministry has to come down hard on unscrupulous travel agents who are taking the public for a ride and in certain situations are trying to make a fast buck from these innocent victims.
Assuming that you have make a booking for a tour three months in advance and paid your booking deposits. You have made your plans, taken your leave, change to your desired foreign currency and get ready to have a week of carefree sightseeing. Can you imagine that about a week before your actual departure date, your travel agent tells you the proposed tour has been cancelled and you are asked to collect back you refund. Some said I am lucky to have collected my refund whereas others have been hit by fly-by-night travel agents. Surely, some compensation needs to be paid to us for putting up with all this kind of nonsense.
Assuming that we will be cancelling the tour at the last minute, we will be penalised with a forfeiture of 70% on the amount paid. But if the cancellation is initiated by them, they can just walk away with a simple refund.
I think that some kind of a regulation has to be put in place that where a booking is made at least 2 months in advance, should there be any cancellation by such tour agents, we need to be compensated.
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