Cuba Tourist Alert
Why does Raul Castro's government say it will spend $162 million to upgrade tourist facilities if the vacations to Cuba are just swell? I'll tell you why. It is because we have been very successful at getting the news out that Cuba vacations suck, are expensive and in many cases dangerous. So Raul gets 27 million barrels of oil from Chavez just to keep the electric lights on but he wants tourists to believe that he has $162 million available to upgrade the hotels. Ha!
But here is what you should ask before booking that flight to the slave island. "If this vacation does not turn out to be all that the brochure claims will I get my money back?" If your travel agent says yes then you should demand that in writing. The agent will quickly refuse that request. The fact is there has never been a case of tourists getting their money back because they were defrauded by the Castro boys. Read your fine print boys and girls before booking that holiday. What you sign is a waver removing the travel agency from all responsibility should something bad happen in Cuba while you are on holiday. And if you read this blog and many others you will find that many bad things happen to tourists in Cuba and holidays to the island are never what the junta claims. Bon voyage!
But here is what you should ask before booking that flight to the slave island. "If this vacation does not turn out to be all that the brochure claims will I get my money back?" If your travel agent says yes then you should demand that in writing. The agent will quickly refuse that request. The fact is there has never been a case of tourists getting their money back because they were defrauded by the Castro boys. Read your fine print boys and girls before booking that holiday. What you sign is a waver removing the travel agency from all responsibility should something bad happen in Cuba while you are on holiday. And if you read this blog and many others you will find that many bad things happen to tourists in Cuba and holidays to the island are never what the junta claims. Bon voyage!
posted by Tomás Estrada-Palma at
9:59 AM
1 Comments:
European and Canadian holiday travelers - your only hope is to sue the Cuban government in Cuban territory. Sadly though, there has never been a successful law suit adjudicated by the Cuban government against the Cuban government. In fact, just thinking about it can get you killed or sent to the gulag in Cuba. Better to vacation in a nation that uses written laws.
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