Greek travel agencies in the U.S.

Old May 12th, 2000, 06:56 AM
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Tom
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Greek travel agencies in the U.S.

Hi. Does anyone know of a Greek travel agency in the U.S. (preferably in the Northeast) that would be willing to handle ferry/hydrofoil reservations for the islands? I've been having a great deal of trouble trying to reserve online with Greek agencies. Thanks.
 
Old May 12th, 2000, 07:58 PM
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Hi Tom, I went to Greece two yaers ago and booked all of my island transfers witha company called Triana Tours. They are out of Manhatten (800) 223-1273 or 212-245-3700. I mostly flew from island to island but i did do one ferry and they handled it no problem. Be aware though, ferries tend to leave when they want and not necessarily stick to the schedule. Good Luck!!
 
Old May 13th, 2000, 06:36 AM
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Thanks for the information, Kristina. I never would have thought that making a hydrofoil reservation would be so hard. I sent two e-mails and a fax to the people behind ferries.gr and never got a response. I had the same experience with a couple of other Greek agencies I tried. I'd be curious to know whether other people have encountered the same thing. Anyway, thanks for your help. I'll definitely give them a try.

 
Old May 13th, 2000, 09:57 AM
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You're getting an example already of how awkward travel arrangements can be in Greece. Even within Greece we found them not that easy. Ferry schedules came out only a week beforehand. We booked these mostly in Athens, then had no trouble, but this was in September.
 
Old May 13th, 2000, 11:16 AM
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Yeah, this has been a bit of an education for me. Hopefully, everything will work out once I'm there. Maybe it's just a matter of the schedules not being done yet. In any event, thanks for your response, April.

 
Old May 14th, 2000, 09:04 AM
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Be very careful with reservations, and document everything. I hate to say it, because I loved the Greek people when I was there, but we had quite a lot of trouble with our reservations meeting expectation when we used a Greek company. Our primary contact was a yacht charter company, but we also (unfortunately) used their travel agency for airline reservations. Not only was Olympic Air an adventure, on the way home our friends found that they had been bumped without their knowledge from the return flight. There was absolutely no recourse, and little sympathy. It became pretty obvious that this was routine. In addition, the sailboat we chartered was in disrepair, and the owner tried to force us to pay for things that were wrong with it when we picked it up! Business is a little "looser" in Greece, and, while I highly recommend the country, it is fairly common to be disappointed on service.

On the other hand, the owner of the hotel where we stayed on Rhodes told us that Americans were teaching him how to do business! Apparently the higher expectations were making an impact.
 
Old May 14th, 2000, 10:32 AM
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Good advice. When we first got to Athens, the hotel tried to claim we didn't have a reservation until I produced my printed copy.
 
Old May 14th, 2000, 11:35 AM
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I found a website on this forum that I use to send people to- these two gentlemen are USA citizens and spent many years in the Greek Islands- just e mail them for help at
www.greeceflights.com
 
Old May 14th, 2000, 12:26 PM
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Here's how the locals do it and beautiful photos and a stories about the ferries and hydrofoils!http://www.greektravel.com/lesson1/
 

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