In November i went on holiday to HK, Bangkok and Phuket
There was a mix up with the hotel in Phuket, the travel agent booked us in a hotel in Kao Lak although she was showing us the website of the Patong hotel (they were sister hotels). So once we got there and realised that actually they were taking us to Kao Lak, we were straight on the phone to Thomson who arranged for us to be moved the next day. The hotel was La Flora - i beleive its a 4/5* hotel
They did move us, but they made us pay a £140 upgrade fee because they were going to put us in a villa in the new hotel (they only gave us the option of Centara Karon Village) firstly, this hotel was not up to the same standards, secondly, when we got there we were told we were not able to have the upgraded villa hotel because although Thomson had attempted to book this for us, there was no availability. So we got put in a basic room and were told by Thomson that we would get out £140 refunded.
During this time, we were not happy with our basic room and Thomson attemped to move us into various other rooms which we found were the same standard and in the end we didnt move (we had already been in about 4 different hotels by this point and were tired!). However the rep at Thomson rang us every single day (he was very good) to update us on what the situation was. This was fine but this resulted in a huge phone bill on my part (over £250) which the man said would be refunded.
As you can guess, I wrote Hayes and Jarvis and Thomson a letter immediatley after arriving home, with a standard response blaming me for not having read the confirmation (the confirmation said La Flora hotels Phuket - i just assumed this meant Patong, i had no idea what Kao Lak was or whether there was a sister hotel so i had no reason to query it.)
Another point to add is that i did complain within 28 days, but since thier reply i have put it on hold, and this has been over about 3 months now. Is it too late to claim now?
If not, can you advise on what I should do next?
Many thanks,
Manisha
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=140957
It might assist if mods could perhaps combine the topics as any advice given may only duplicate or confuse the issue.
Second I see no reason why you cannot continue with your claim. Re-reading the advice given before, you state you actually booked at the agents shop. What have they to say. What did your invoice actually say? If it said hotel A and they put you in B then they have not provided what was booked and they are therefore in breach of contract.
We did previously advise you contacting Rod Fernihough and perhaps you might like to consider that.
fwh
Thanks, at least i know now that even though it was several months ago I can still pursue, I was contemplating calling up Hayes and Jarvis but I wasn't sure if i should contact them, or Ros...!
Manisha
OK i'm sorry I realised I didn't reply to some of your questions.
The invoice stated La Flora Kao Lak hotels but when I booked it the travel advisor was showing me the website for the Patong hotel. At the time I didn't even know there was a Kao Lak La Flora hotel or even what Kao Lak is, so I didnt query it, I naively thought Kao Lak was the road name or something.
I did call Ros's PA who advised me that the fact that they moved you, shows admission that they made a mistake. She was helpful and told me to send copies of all the documentation to Ros, the reason it's being held up is because my other half has the documentation and he's not in the country.
Hence my second post was targeted at just the money I lost, the £140 upgrade fee, and the phone bill (which i can provide evidence of through posting my phone bill and statement).
Argh.
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