No Surcharges Guaranteed - Alfa Travel

July 14, 2008 - PRLog -- 10/07/08 - No Surcharges Guaranteed
Alfa Travel today confirmed that there will be no surcharges on their holidays as a result of increasing fuel costs.  Managing Director, Paul Sawbridge, said:

“Everyone knows that fuel costs have risen dramatically in recent months and most of our competitors have introduced surcharges of between £1 and £3 per day. On a Continental coach holiday, this can increase the cost by anything up to £42 per person.

“Some operators are also adding currency surcharges reflecting the fall in the value of the pound against the Euro, which can make the surcharge even greater. If they also levy a credit card charge, which can be as high as 2% of the holiday price, the combined cost of their hidden charges can easily exceed £100 per couple on a longer Continental holiday.

“We estimate that if prices of fuel, gas and electricity stay at current levels, the fuel and energy costs for our coaches and hotels will rise by roughly half a million pounds this year, so I can fully understand why they have taken this action.

“However, we believe that changes of this sort in a company’s costs should be absorbed by the company for holidays which have already been advertised. We will therefore not be increasing the cost of any of the holidays featured in any of our published brochures. Nor will we be introducing any currency or credit card charges.

“This guarantee includes all holidays featured in our Summer 2008 and Autumn 2008/Spring 2009 brochures.”

For more details see the Alfa Travel web site www.alfatravel.co.uk