RSD Travel
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Rhodes and Turkey
I would not recommend RSD travel to anyone and will certainly not be using this company ever again. Please read the literature very carefully as although the beautiful UNESCO sites are visited you do not get nearly enough time to explore (barely 2 hours in each place), with the focus being on the HARD sell at carpet, jewel and leather factories. This seems to be a common theme among most of their offered tours! The merchants at these factories hone in on the most vulnerable and take rhem into separate rooms to “seal the deal”. ENGAGE WITH THEM AT YOUR PERIL! The travel rep was rude and as far as I am aware “tips” are exactly that - optional and discretionary for good service, not something to be demand or constantly reminded about as a focal point over the mic throughout the trip! He also made a point of requesting customers take whiskey across the border for him, buying 8-10 bottles. Pretty sure this practice is illegal!! At the jewellery factory our tour guide made a comment about the smell of money on the coach as people had not bought enough goods in the factory! He made fat shaming comments about a runner outside on our way to Ephesus - this was very shocking and not very professional! I refused to “tip” such a rude and arrogant man. At every point it seemed like an opportunity to con people out of as much money as they could. What appears a decently priced experience became less so as more and more “extras are added at every opportunity! The last “free” week was not free at all if you opted for the “all inclusive” option. Price of room and all inclusive package for our “5 star” hotel was actually seriously cheaper on booking.com than RSD were charging for the food and drink package only. The reps continually hard promoted the additional week food and drinks package and asked for this package to be paid in cash! We were in the middle of nowhere but managed to find some decent restaurants on foot and also hired a car and found some really lovely places which cost us much less! The 5* hotel had sadly seen better days and was definitely only 3* at best but we still had to pay another 105 euros on top for the 5* city taxes!! I will never again travel with a company who do not tell you where you are staying before you travel in order to upsell their food and drinks packages or give you the opportunity to check out the reviews for yourself.