This blog has been discretely avoiding mention of an issue that plagued the second half of the trip in northern India. An issue arose where our touring company, Intrepid Travel, demanded we pay an additional fee of about $200 each to cover the Pushkar Camel Fair costs. We refused to do so for several reasons. 1-We had not budgeted for it. 2-Intrepid never disclosed this cost in any way prior to departure. 3-Intrepid used strong arm tactics to attempt to collect this fee. They threatened to abandon us mid-tour in rural India if we did not pay it. It seemed the only thing that kept them from doing so was my thwarted attempt to file a criminal complaint with the local police.
I have posted the entire story on a separate blog you can view here: www.intrepidhell.blogspot.com.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
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