Holiday rip off?

dmg24

fingersxrossed wrote: »

Dear Sir,

Firstly, please do not take any offence if I have got the two companies confused, but AIM Solutions - from your own admission you have some dealings with the working AIM Solutions, of which, AIM Solutions company is Dissolved, Listed on Companies house, yet A.I.M Solutions (just below in the companies house listings) is now trading.

Could you please confirm if A.I.M Solutions and AIM Solutions are linked in any manor, the reason for my question s, if you search for either company on 'Google' (other web search engines are available) they direct you to the same web site.

Looking forward to your reply.

Simon Kent has not been on the forum since January 2009.

StuieUK34

What Wallbash is probably saying, is you forgot to mention the constant baggering from the sales peeps, and the 4 hour ear bashing you go through, etc etc etc
I sat myself through 45 mins in Los Christianos (spelt wrong probably!) a while back as part of the "free i won a holiday rubbish"... Funny to see blokes losing there cool when the sales chicks got there baps out while forcing a contract in front of couples, good sales tact mind!

I would'nt say the cards are a scam, but they are aimed at those who dont follow the 'no such free lunch rule'. I agree with everyone who says there a waste of space, because they are..... If you want a holiday, do your homework and look for deals... want to be tied into somthing that sucks, follow the sratchcard! waste of space!

Oh, and 1 last thing, if u got the time, and a spare bit of cash u dont mind wasting on somthing which u might get cheaper elsewhere, then yeah, play the scratchcard route, and then say your deaf when u turn upto your destination! I done that in Gran Canaria sweeeet!

tracyhinlondon

Wish I'd checked this out before I got involved with Whoopydoo, but have decided to get out while I'm only £98 down!

My dad got one of the scratchcards saying he'd won a week in Egypt and gave it to me as a gift. I wouldn't normally bother with something like this (would instantly assume there was a catch), but my Dad had spent £10 ringing them to find out what the prize was, so I thought I should go ahead for him.

I sent off the card in an SAE, then received a booklet with details of the holiday, which turned out to be B&B accommodation only - no flights - and a minimum two weeks notice and about 20 pages of smallprint.

I'm not rich, so the likelihood of me being able to afford flights to Egypt at two weeks notice is so slim to none I decided to abandon that idea straight away! There was an alternative to pay £49 per person and opt for flights and accommodation only in one of four cities (which you could choose from a list). That sounded like a good deal so I spent about an hour carefully calulating dates based on their rules (at least twelve weeks away from now / at least 8 weeks apart / only one in a school holiday / all in the next 18 months) and sent off the form in time for their 21 day reply deadline!

Two weeks later I received my offer - for a date which was a week before the first date I'd selected (that was March 4th) and included no information about the likely accommodation. It also asked for two more deposit cheques (£160 - which wouldn't be cashed if we turned up at the accommodation) and warned that if the accommodation is self-catering we might have to provide more deposits on arrival!

As it stands my job involves organising events and we have a large event happening on March 3rd, which means that there is no chance I could take off February 28th, so I can't possibly take up this offer. I called the company and was told that they only guarantee to be within ten days (either way) of the dates I've provided and if it's a once only offer, so if I don't take it up, it is lost! This seems a bit much, as I had provided four cities and four dates - a total of sixteen options - but to be honest I'd suspected all along that the aim of Whoopydoo is to prevent people from actually taking up the holidays.

I would say that this is worth doing if you are completely (100%) flexible with your time and don't really care where you end up... because I dread to think what the accommodation would be like, if they don't even tell you about it in the offer letter. Otherwise, save your money and find a cheap package deal of your choice on a date that suits you!