1/5 Marcello C. 1 year ago on Google
We
had
booked
a
holiday
to
Armenia
(flight+hotel)
for
the
Eid
holidays
and
the
evening
before
travelling
I
decided
to
contact
the
hotel
(Grand
Hotel
Yerevan)
to
request
airport
pickup
(flight
landing
at
00.50am).
To
my
surprise,
the
hotel
said
they
did
not
have
any
reservation
for
us
and
that
we
had
been
booked
in
a
cheaper,
impersonal
Radisson
Blu
outside
the
city
centre
instead.
When
booking,
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
had
provided
us
with
a
voucher
for
the
Grand
Hotel
for
the
dates
we
requested
that
stated
“reservation
confirmed
and
guaranteed”.
I
contacted
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
to
report
the
problem
and
got
a
response
by
email
saying
they
were
looking
into
it
and
they
would
get
back
to
me
in
an
hour,
but
later
said
it
was
too
late
to
speak
with
the
agents
in
Armenia
and
they
would
let
me
know
the
following
day
by
11am
(with
our
flight
departing
on
the
same
day
at
8pm).
That
evening
I
wrote
to
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
making
it
clear
that,
had
I
not
contacted
the
hotel
in
advance,
I
would
have
arrived
at
2am
with
my
family
only
to
find
that
there
was
no
room
available
for
us.
I
said
I
expected
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
to
find
us
accommodation
that
was
equivalent
or
better
than
the
original,
or
give
us
a
full
cash
refund,
and
that
I
reserved
the
right
to
seek
compensation
for
the
missed
holidays.
When
I
spoke
to
the
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
agent
in
the
morning,
he
just
said
that
they
were
not
able
to
offer
us
what
I
had
asked
for
and
that
they
would
be
cancelling
the
holiday
and
give
us
a
full
refund,
as
if
that
solved
the
problem.
There
was
no
hint
of
any
compensation
being
offered
from
them
whatsoever.
After
the
call
I
discussed
the
issue
with
my
family
and
decided
to
call
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
again
to
see
if
they
had
any
other
hotel
option
that
could
be
acceptable
to
us.
The
conversation
happened
around
noon,
and
we
discussed
possible
alternative
hotels
with
the
agent.
The
hotels
he
offered
were
not
suitable,
and
the
ones
we
suggested
not
available.
Then
he
proposed
us
to
move
the
flight
to
the
following
day
because
that
improved
hotel
availability.
We
agreed,
even
if
that
meant
a
shorter
holiday
for
the
same
price,
and
together
with
the
agent
identified
a
hotel
that
we
liked.
He
then
said
he
would
go
away,
do
the
necessary
changes
and
call
us
to
confirm.
His
call
finally
arrived
at
3pm
and
he
told
us
that
the
new
hotel
choice
was
more
expensive
(500
dollars
more)
and
that
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
was
generously
prepared
to
absorb
it,
but
that
the
flight
change
would
cost
us
Qr
6,000
and
asked
whether
we
wanted
to
do
it.
I
told
him
that
I
found
it
ridiculous
that
they
would
consider
charging
us
since
the
problem
that
we
were
facing
was
only
their
fault.
I
also
said
that
all
along
it
had
sounded
as
though
they
were
doing
us
a
favour
trying
to
find
alternatives
and
never
did
they
suggest
offering
a
proper
apology
and
any
compensation,
which
I
would
have
very
much
expected.
The
agent
said
that
his
manager
suggested
that,
if
we
wanted
to,
we
were
still
in
time
to
catch
our
original
flight
that
night
and
that
we
could
stay
at
the
Radisson
Blu.
I
then
asked
to
speak
with
the
manager,
who
said
that
they
had
tried
to
offer
me
alternatives
but
they
were
not
to
my
liking,
and
suggested
that
we
could
still
catch
the
original
flight
and
they
would
arrange
different
hotels
for
the
first
night
and
the
following.
Given
that
it
was
3.30pm
and
that
only
left
us
one
hour
to
leave
for
the
airport,
we
reluctantly
had
no
alternative
but
to
cancel.
No
sincere
apology
or
hint
of
possible
compensation
came
from
the
manager
either.
He
only
suggested
using
the
money
from
our
reservation
to
make
a
new
booking
to
a
different
location,
which
by
then
we
had
completely
lost
appetite
for.
All
in
all,
Qatar
Airways
Holidays
proved
utterly
unreliable
and
lacking
a
basic
understanding
of
proper
customer
service.
I
will
definitely
not
consider
using
them
ever
again
and
will
let
my
friends
and
family
know
so
they
can
avoid
them
too.
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