Just because they are customers
Just because they are customers, we should fill all their wishes and demands. This is what we learned during our training in the past.
Working in the travel and hospitality industry is not always fun. Tourism workers often face not-so-reasonable requests, and even more often than you can imagine.
I saw some of those examples with my many years of experience in the travel sector. Sometimes you laugh and take it as a joke, but sometimes, especially if you are young and do not have much previous work experience, you find yourself offended. Of course, our goal is always to please the customer, but often you come up to the point when you want that client to go away, as their request does not hold water. However, with experience, things become more manageable, and we all learn how to keep customers happy and avoid conflicts.
Browsing on the net, looking for ideas for new articles, I came across the list, which I will present to you below.
The source is Trip Advisor, and if you think this is not a real possibility, I’m here to tell you that I have seen complaints like that and even worse.
So enjoy reading.
Hopefully, you find it funny, but keep in mind all the hoops tourism and travel professionals go through to keep customers happy. And, next time you come across a nice person doing their best to meet all your needs and wishes, say one thank you. I assure you that your kindness will be greatly appreciated, and you will reap the rewards in the long run.
THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK VACATIONS” FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:
1. “They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax.”
2. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.”
3. “We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish.”
4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price.”
5. “The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room.”
6. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow.”
7. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.”
8. “No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared.”
9. “Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers.”
10. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”
11. “The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun.”
12. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”
13. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends’ three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller.”
14. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the resort.’ We’re trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service.”
15. “When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish; the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners.”
16. “We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning.”
17. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”
18. “I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.”
19. “My fiancée and I requested twin beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”
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