Posted by Amanda on Monday, 30. July 2007 at 15:58 Bali Time:
As i have been preparing for my Bali trip in Oct, i have been reading this fabulous forum every day and writing down some excellent tips and advice...thank you all.
I got a few quotes and decided to book through flight centre with a written quote of just over $2400 for 16 nights from Perth for myself and my 11 year old son. It was more expesive than i expected but i was prepared to have a little less spending money.
I got a call this morning from my travel agent saying it had all gone through and i needed to pay a deposit within the next week. Yay!
Then i got an email saying she had made a mistake and it would be an extra $350 on top of whay she had quoted.
That may not sound like a lot to some of you but i earn under $20000 a year so it makes a huge difference to my budget.
I told her i couldnt afford the extra so she has offerred to take $100 off the price. Thats nice of her but i feel really ripped off.
Right now i feel like cancelling the whole thing but my son would be gutted as we have been counting down sleeps from 100...its 69 sleeps today.
I dont have the strength to go to court or small claims. Does any one have any advice?
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