Last year we went to Portugal with holiday company TUI and they inconvenienced us by making several changes to the flight schedules which resulted in the loss of a complete day of the trip. We said that we would never go on holiday with TUI again.
Six months later we broke that vow and booked a holiday to the Greek island of Skiathos in the TUI January sale. I had last visited the island in August 2000.
It was a good holiday except for one important detail - TUI failed to deliver our luggage on the same flight on which we arrived and we had to wait four days before it turned up. Now, I can manage four days without a change of clothes but Kim is a lot more particular than me so to begin the holiday I did more shopping in four days than I have done in the past ten years.
Back home a week later, we prepared our expenses claim and submitted it to travel company TUI. To my amazement they settled up for our essential item purchases in just a few days including the wine and beer. I guess no one was available to translate the mini market receipt printed in Greek. I wished that I had bought more.
One follow up story. I told me son about the holiday and the hotel and gave it my recommendation. Four weeks later he booked a holiday there. On arrival he texted me to say that he had been given a room upgrade when he told them about our visit and the owner had been so happy he made the switch. That is Greek hospitality for you. I did leave a very good review so perhaps that helped.
It is unlikely that I will ever go back to Skiathos but twenty-three years later I had enjoyed my second visit to the island.
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