Any issues for an Egypt holiday ove xmas?

shopaholicz

Thanks again everyone.

We've just booked for Agadir, Morocco.
http://www.holidayhypermarket.co.uk/holidaydetailsv3?destinationId=&departureDate=19/12/2013%2006:40:00&deptAir=MAN&destCode=AGA&iacode=MAN&idcode=AGA&duration=7&rating=4&boardBasis=AI&profileID=1&orgSp=&to=TOP&retDate=26/12/2013%2023:50:00&AccomCode=TIN&bn=PLATINUM&resort=Agadir&aN=Club%20Hotel%20Riu%20Tikida%20Dunas&wq=mygxnrh&destName=Agadir&CustPass=1&A=4&C=0&adults=4&children=0&uN=RIU%20TIKIDA%20DUNAS%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&ProductID=PHr70789d758890o11865845i12299551b1s1x27&vc=&=&ref=holidaydetailsv3&searchID=e2530507-ec16-45e4-810f-a84d181f3ba1&PackageGuid=490a48d7-9b1e-48f8-8eee-6fc877059512

Had to phone and add the usual prebookable seats, wheelchair help in airport, extra room so we're not all squashed into one room, airport parking, but total was £2133:j for 4 adults. Great stuff.

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shopaholicz wrote: »

Thanks again everyone.

We've just booked for Agadir, Morocco.
http://www.holidayhypermarket.co.uk/holidaydetailsv3?destinationId=&departureDate=19/12/2013%2006:40:00&deptAir=MAN&destCode=AGA&iacode=MAN&idcode=AGA&duration=7&rating=4&boardBasis=AI&profileID=1&orgSp=&to=TOP&retDate=26/12/2013%2023:50:00&AccomCode=TIN&bn=PLATINUM&resort=Agadir&aN=Club%20Hotel%20Riu%20Tikida%20Dunas&wq=mygxnrh&destName=Agadir&CustPass=1&A=4&C=0&adults=4&children=0&uN=RIU%20TIKIDA%20DUNAS%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&ProductID=PHr70789d758890o11865845i12299551b1s1x27&vc=&=&ref=holidaydetailsv3&searchID=e2530507-ec16-45e4-810f-a84d181f3ba1&PackageGuid=490a48d7-9b1e-48f8-8eee-6fc877059512

Had to phone and add the usual prebookable seats, wheelchair help in airport, extra room so we're not all squashed into one room, airport parking, but total was £2133:j for 4 adults. Great stuff.

You made the right choice.
Unless you fancied going to the equivalent of Morecambe in winter !

http://www.independent.ie/photos/egypts-tourist-industry-in-decline-29707930.html

Mr_Wang

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You made the right choice.
Unless you fancied going to the equivalent of Morecambe in winter !

http://www.independent.ie/photos/egypts-tourist-industry-in-decline-29707930.html

Sharm is a dive, but Dahab isn't.

mick_vandick

You made the right choice.
Unless you fancied going to the equivalent of Morecambe in winter !

http://www.independent.ie/photos/egy...-29707930.html

If you bothered to read your own link properly you will notice that it says the hotels were at roughly 20% occupancies during the summer season. The summer season was a couple of months ago now and was when the troubles were at their peak and on the TV here.
Things are picking up nicely now and other nationalities are starting to resume flights. The resort centres such as Naama Bay are far from empty of an evening.
Egypt has recovered from far worse than this before and it will do again.

mgdavid

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Armed guards on all decent hotel complexes virtually worldwide ?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

There's a reason why Egyptian tourism has gone down the toilet.
Just read a newspaper.

another Daily Mail reader :sad:

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mick_vandick wrote: »

If you bothered to read your own link properly you will notice that it says the hotels were at roughly 20% occupancies during the summer season. The summer season was a couple of months ago now and was when the troubles were at their peak and on the TV here.
Things are picking up nicely now and other nationalities are starting to resume flights. The resort centres such as Naama Bay are far from empty of an evening.
Egypt has recovered from far worse than this before and it will do again.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, of course.
Egypt's tourist decline has been going on a lot longer than this summer, going into a massive drop after 2011.
I doubt we'll see any significant recovery this winter as the country is simply too volatile at the moment.
I certainly wouldn't risk the safety of my family for a few cheap rays in December, particularly when there are so many better alternatives on the market than having a gun-toting security guard making sure you feel safe slapping on the Ambre Solaire.
Terrorists in the region are not stupid - Western tourists have been easy targets before and could easily be so again.

Tojo_Ralph

shopaholicz wrote: »

Thanks again everyone.

We've just booked for Agadir, Morocco.

You would have done well to have titled the thread ... "Any issues for an Egypt holiday over xmas, the alternate is Agadir"? ... Then I am sure that even the fearties on this thread would have told you to go to Egypt!