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Is Your Holiday Resort Still Under Construction? |
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Note:This is an old page. It was written in 2001 and the construction shown has now been completed (though it eventually became a retirement home and not a holiday resort). Nevertheless the situation that is described is relevant to anyone who is planning a holiday anywhere... Nice Room. When Will It Be Finished? Those internet sites that
make excessive use of those cutesy under construction signs might be
mildly irritating but imagine booking your holiday six months in advance
and arriving in Tenerife to find that your dream holiday resort is still
a building site.
On March 22nd 2001 a lady from the UK contacted eTenerife. She has booked a holiday in Costa Del Silencio in August for herself, a friend and three children.
The photographs shown opposite were taken on the same day. Presently Parque Carolina is nothing more than a building site. Granted the developers may work a miracle and have some apartments ready for mid-summer but is this a gamble you would want to take with your annual break in the sun? What I would like to know is whether the travel agents involved bothered to send any reps out to the site before selling this long-shot to holidaymakers. Even if Parque Carolina is able to provide satisfactory accommodation and services this summer will the travel agents tell prospective bookers that there are three other large developments in the immediate area. These three building sites, one large enough for 600 apartments, are in the earliest stages. As foundation pits are gouged out of the dry earth great clouds of dust billow into the sky. Not the ideal environment in which to enjoy a relaxing holiday in the sun.It is greedy and unscrupulous to sell tourists this pig-in-a-poke. Costa Del Silencio is a charming vacation spot, an excellent alternative to the seedy razzamatazz of Las Americas. There are other complexes in the area and sorry guys, but if all of these complexes are fully booked, they are fully booked.  Please
don't generate ill-will and dissatisfaction by booking holidaymakers
into unfinished holiday resorts unless your travel company is fully
prepared to offer alternative accommodation that is of an equivalent
standard as the artist or computer generated fairy-tale you have sold
them in the first place.
Most travel agencies provide an excellent and much appreciated service. Their advice can be taken with confidence. This is because these travel agents have built a solid reputation over time and they rely on repeat business and word of mouth recommendations. If you would like to share your happy or horror holiday story, send it by email. |
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The travel agents had sold our hopeful
holidaymaker a package in Parque Carolina which they described as ´a
new hotel complex´. Although pleased with the apparently good deal she
is getting our correspondent wisely decided to do a little research.
Finding nothing about the complex on the internet she emailed etenerife
to find out what we knew about Parque Carolina.