Indeed... but...
The Spanish Morgan Sports Car Club delegated this task to a travel agency, and obviously they charge a fee for organizing and managing the event.
The reason was simple: most of the club members don’t have the knowledge, the time, or just the will, to do such a demanding task.
A task that sometimes can be frustrating, if something goes wrong, or just because a comment from any of the attendants.
And in this world, some are greedier than others. The very best example is the tour offered by the MMC in La Rioja…
Ana Maria and I own a bespoke travel agency, so we know pretty well how this works.
So, in defense of the company who organized it (it’s not us, don’t worry!), I have to say that they did the job of selecting the routes, and the lodging, and looked for places to visit, and restaurants to enjoy meals, etc. When you compare the price of the lodging with what’s offered in Booking, you forget about all this part of the job… This is a complicated puzzle, not easy to assemble in the right way.
This is not a negative critic of what you just said, but I think it’s fair to explain that it’s unfair to compare just looking at Booking prices. It’s easy to declare “it’s cheaper on Booking” when you have the hotels pre-selected by others… and not just pre-selected at random, but after hours or days of studying the whole.
When we find ourselves in front of such an offer, these are the questions I ask myself:
• Is it a good hotel? Good rooms? Good breakfast? Good general services?
• Does the hotel have room for all the attendants?
• Does the hotel have a proper parking to leave the Morgans secured at night?
• Is the hotel in a strategical location to start and finish the routes planned?
• What are the routes planned? And the visits? And Restaurants?
• Where’s the closest petrol station to refill the cars everyday?
• Did I plan all that or did it someone else?
And many other similar questions may arise, that must be put in the balance…
And then, after answering all these questions, is when I check the daily price – but not just the hotel in Booking, which I do too – and then decide if the trip is worth the price or not.
These are just my thoughts. My analytic philosophy. And with the advantage (or disadvantage) of working now in our own bespoke travel agency, which means we may be much more demanding…
Last edited by Marmota; 31/03/24 12:13 PM.
