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RSD cheap holidays spoilt by unadvertised surprises ( N. Cyprus tour)
RSD offer very cheap holidays. We went on the Northern Cyprus tour which, on the whole, was worthwhile, even good. The guides we had were good. However, it was spoilt by the surprises that they don't tell you about. 1. The first we knew of our flight details was when we got our documentation - from Gatwick (North Terminal - not South as several were told by RSD) we flew to Manchester, then to Antalya, and then to Ercan. So not the 4.5 hour flight you might expect. At least we didn't have to get off the plane. From leaving home at 11am, we got to bed at 00:30 the next day (our time, 02:30 Cyprus time). The whole plane was a Turkish charter flight, so everyone was on the same tour - 4 bus loads (about 40 in ours). These seemed to go to different hotels - spread the load I suppose. Some people could get any food either - the airline ran out of it!!! We had stocked up in the airport. On our return journey we had to disembark at Antalya, wait in the transit lounge, then re-embark - an hour or so in total. 2. The hotels are left as a surprise too. Our first could have been straight from Las Vegas - no complaints from us. The second was very much smaller, the main problem was dirty floors in the bedrooms and antique showers, otherwise OK. 3. The itinerary was completely changed. They fitted everything advertised into 4 days so that there were 2 free days. They then offered two optional tours for a total cost of £79, one covering the stuff they'd suggested for the leisure day (plus some) and the other visiting S. Cyprus sights. We did both and were very pleased with them apart from the length of time to get through the border crossing. 4. Shopping!!! We had very little time for general browsing, but they dumped us into 3 factories - Carpets, Jewellery, and Leather. This used up about 6 hours of our time in all which wasn't at all welcome.