Two writing, three in mind: unexpected surcharges to the tour

Year after year, with the onset of the active season, tourists ask us to travel agents, the same issue - the additional payments to the tours. It is often claimed the tour operator the price of tickets because of the additional cost increases very much. So what constitutes the major additions to the tour and why they are not directly included in the price, as are the individual items?

That's quite fresh feedback from my colleagues on the work of a travel agent for a major tour operator in Turkey. Tourists find themselves in the online price of tickets to 57447 ​​rubles., And in the end because the price was co-payments - 72 119 rubles, or about 25% higher. Just tour operators in search engines indicate a minimum price of tourist package, attracting tourists. And when the "client is ripe" and ready to book, then float surcharges to the tour, the travel agent who must somehow explain and tourist morally and financially "to understand." This compares with the policy of sales in the showrooms where indicated price of the car as standard, but for air conditioning or seat heating, for example, have to pay extra. But if the car without any additional options, you can still buy it and go, the tourism without making additional payments trip can not take place (it is a ready-made package tours).

The base price of the tour package is formed of airfare, accommodation and meals in your hotel, transfer from airport to hotel and back, health insurance. What we have above?

Fuel Surcharge

"Here it is, the aching tooth! "- So may respond to a fuel surcharge, most travel agents. The very essence of surcharges for fuel arose when air carriers together with tour operators began to massively raise charter flights to popular tourist destinations. Normally a contract for charter flights is for the whole season, but then determined and put into the package tour ticket price. And the airline expects fuel surcharge based on the average value of possible fluctuations in the price of kerosene during the season. This fee is required for the tour, ranging from 40 to 150 conventional units (dollars or euros) per person. Typically, tour operators on your site up the table, where painted all fuel surcharges, depending on the direction (of the country), common in the region (where the flight takes place), seasonality, etc.

But not always the availability of fuel surcharges for the tour operator explained by the needs and conditions of the air carrier .  Many travel agencies have charter flights and employ blocks of seats on scheduled flights, and still put a fuel surcharge .  Firstly, because they provide extra income Statement .  It seems like a small amount, but with all the tourists, "accumulates" a good idea .  Secondly, in package tours lay the minimum fare for flight ticket, and then when they can not provide a flight on the value stated in the tour package, announced surcharges .  Sometimes they do not even "name-calling" fuel surcharges, and so designate - surcharges for flight .  And in this case, the price of extortion can be quite inadequate - and 250, and 300 have . e .  person .  As an example - the direction of the Arab Emirates, where tour operators lay the minimum fare airline Emirates, and then raise the price to provide flight .  Pre-calculate the surcharge because once included in the tour is unlikely, so it is a plus to the cost of the permit .

No travel agent or tourist fuel surcharge can not be avoided, if it is declared as a mandatory extra charge for the tour. The only way out - with your travel agent to find a travel agent tour, which is more than fair pricing and fuel surcharges will be charged. Perhaps the price of the tour package he will have a little higher (some risks are still to be laid down in the permit), but the output will turn out better than the tour operator with "extortion."

Specification of flight

Another cunning marketing move some tour operators and additional costs for tourists .  The fact that on some popular routes (Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, etc. . ) Makes several charter and scheduled flights a day, the airlines of different levels and is not always a comfortable departure time, arrival .  And so it began to offer this service as "concretization Flight": paying from 25-30 . e .  person, you can select the specific flight of the available potential .  Extra optional (because directly and is not included in the tour package), but, in my view, voluntary-compulsory .  Because if you do not pay for the specification, then it is likely to be the most inconvenient time for flights .  In addition, there were cases when tourists "without specifying" sit on different flights, even though they were flying family or .  Prove in this case it is unlikely that it will turn out - you will be provided with the same flight on a certain day, that is the conditions of the tour are made .  Well at least that the surcharge for flights specification submitted by our tour operators are not massively, and most allow free to choose available at time of booking flights .  I draw your attention that the fee specification flight does not mean that he will not be arrested and will leave on time .  But it claims, rather, to the air carrier, so it's a different story .

Insurance on his own recognizance

Additional payment for the tour, which we have already discussed in previous editions of the blog.

Travel cancellation expenses considered to be voluntary, but it happens that a tourist does not assess their risks to health or the visa history and refuses additional costs, and then the problems begin and scandals. Here are some travel agencies and insurance on his own recognizance made mandatory surcharge for the tour. It is worth it is inexpensive - from 15 USD person, but also includes minimum risks (usually serious health problems, with the room in a hospital). So if the travel company said the mandatory surcharge for "house arrest", then I recommend to make the insurance in the extended version - if you do not care to pay more, so allow for more risk.

Changes in booking the tour

This surcharge will be charged in the case of tour operators, if a tourist is changing the essential conditions of the tour. For example, changes the hotel room category, a fellow traveler, etc. Additional payment for the reservation is 10 USD and higher. Immediately it is impossible to predict, because it is also not previously included in the tour package.

Changes in the conditions of the tour is considered to rebook, ie cancellation of the old and the design of new applications. Another hotel or room category it is necessary to confirm once again, cheap rewrite another companion, and it is all the work of the tour operator, which involved staff.

Sometimes, however, the substitution of one letter in the name, or the names of tourist numbers in the passport data is also considered a change of reservation (although this is a technical point) and "punished" surcharge. But it is rather a disciplinary measure for tourists and travel agents - must be careful when providing data and reservations.

There is also a variety of additional payments to the tours, for example, for food on a cruise ship or hotel accommodation in the city center in a bus tour. But this specific charges caused by the views of the tour. Not included in the package tour and visa (visa fee), just because someone she could be in there, and someone will issue its own, without the involvement of the tour operator.

In any case - be careful, specify all additional payments in advance, consult with your travel agent and estimate the final cost of the tour. Who owns the information - owns situation. Fewer surprises you with additional payments, and more positive from a good holiday!

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Exercise for orgasm gaining popularity

Among women from different countries growing popularity of orgasms, do not come from the traditional sex with men, and as a result of exercise. At the head of this strange trend go dancing with a pole, twisting and lifting weights.

exercises for orgasm

Do orgasms caused physical activity, there is quite a rigorous scientific basis. Immediately several studies have confirmed that women are able to feel like feeling while having all kinds of sports .. And similar fashion exercises for orgasm   rapidly gaining momentum, thanks to the Internet, as well as the surge in popularity of fitness facilities.

exercises for orgasm

Scientists from the University Indiana recently found that most women seek non-sexual orgasm when climbing on the ropes, with a sixth exercises, cycling and twisting, and lifting weights. In general, any effective are exercises for orgasm That are actively involve the abdominal muscles. The researchers found that 9% of women in general are capable of orgasm ... from walking.

exercises for orgasm

But the highest performance in this case provide exercises for the abdominal muscles with the use of a simulator that West called "captain's chair", and in Russia vertical reception with beams for the press. A woman rests her hands on the bars and raises the lower torso to stretch the press.

In a study of US scientists participated only those women who had never experienced "sports orgasm." It was found that 45% of the currently received sexual pleasure from the "captain's chair", 26, 5% of lifting weights, 20% of yoga, 15, 8% of the cycling, and 13, 2% of the running. Thus at 40% participating in the experiment orgasm arose more than 10 times when performing different exercises. If this goes on, men will definitely superfluous. (READ CONT)

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I became a bodybuilder in '93!

In '93, he keeps a physical shape that she envied and 20-year-old. And all because he wanted to impress the ladies.

Imagine an ordinary pensioner, burdened by numerous sores and ailments that are almost all who have lasted up to 85 years. And suddenly he decides to whatever was to find ... beach body! And this age, to live up to that can not be Statistics vast majority of people. Retired begins regular exercise, including jogging and working with weight training equipment.

It was decided to do this on the decline of life who was born in London, Charles Yugster, now resident in Switzerland. He had no doubt of the validity of claims that a new business can start at any age and have not seen anything in nevomozhno sport for seniors . And besides, Charlie wanted to "70-year-old girl on the beach began to turn heads" in his direction. And I made it.

In the near future a true master sports for the elderly   It is going to take part in three prestigious competitions: regatta World Masters Rowing Regatta, the World Championships in bodibidingu World Masters Athletics Championships in Brazil and in the European Championship on fitness strenfleks European Strenflex Championships in Switzerland. And Charles is the only athlete in history, who qualified for all three tournaments simultaneously!

A retired dentist in 89 years began to swing three times a week, visiting the gym. He worked under the guidance of a personal trainer and gained muscle. Then he became interested in water skiing and other sports. From geriatric ailments was gone! "I used to in my life in sports, - says Charlie. - But you can start something new at any age. It does not matter how old you are it." (READ MORE)

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Dietary fiber: a useful menu for the day

Dietary fiber - a kind of carbohydrates which are not digested in the intestines, but play an important role in a healthy digestion. How do they help stomach and intestines to work better?

In order to provide the body with the necessary standard set of 2,000 calories, you can eat, for example, three large hamburger .  Or more fried chicken .  Or an entire pan of potatoes with butter ... But is this food healthy and balanced? No .  And not only because the products are not uniform we provide a sufficient amount of all components .  Just to the food eaten by us not only learned but also - after digestion - just left the body in a natural way, you need to gut it was that push out .  Alas, most of the trendy diets sin that underestimate the role of the volume of food eaten .  Without certain foods rich in dietary fiber, no one diet will not be effective, and digestion - Health .  Only food, rich in dietary fiber, allows us to form sufficient to active intestinal motility amount of food masses without increasing caloric intake .  The fibers getting into the intestines swell, making stools softer and provide a comfortable removing all processed .  By the way, an important point: to swell the fibers need to drink plenty of water, at least one and a half liters a day .

Where to look for dietary fiber ?

Almost all plant products that have not undergone profound industrial processing. This whole-grain cereals, flour of raw grains, legumes, including pods, most fruits and vegetables - cabbage, bananas, celery, carrots, apples and so on. D. Good idea - to include in your daily menu of whole-grain cereal for breakfast, vegetable salad for lunch and a casserole of brown rice for dinner. So you ensure yourself healthy digestion, which means - excellent state of health and the timely removal of waste substances.

On the one hand, the dietary fiber is not digested and, therefore, do not increase caloric intake. On the other - they create volume in the intestines, which is why we feel satiated for a long time. It is this property of dietary fiber allows us to not overeat and do not gain extra weight. In addition, dietary fiber helps to get rid of high cholesterol, causing the gallbladder actively take him out of the blood.

How can you include foods rich in dietary fiber in the daily diet? Nothing complicated:

- Breakfast - porridge made from whole-grain cereal cocktail or cereal with milk, juice or yogurt;

- On the dining side dish - boiled brown rice or fried green beans or a salad of leafy vegetables, carrots and radishes

- Dinner - two or three toasted whole-grain bread with curd cheese or fruit puree.

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It is proved that fruit and vegetables do not help to lose weight

Scientists from the University of Alabama experimentally tested the effectiveness of such a good the Council is aware of nutritionists, as a recommendation to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. As a result, the researchers concluded that, although the Council is effective as a measure of a healthy diet - those who want not just eat right and lose weight, it does not help.

Fruit and Weight Loss

  Seven clinical trials held under the supervision of Dr. Kathryn Kaiser, took part in the general of 1,200 people. Volunteers held in diet according to the recommended today consume nutritional norm 1, 5 - 2 servings of fruit and 2-3 servings of vegetables per day.
 
  Analysis of the results showed that while a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is very useful for maintaining human health, for weight reduction, it is not practically affected.
 

  However, experts emphasize, that this conclusion does not mean that for the sake of losing weight should not abandon eating fruits and vegetables. According to them, those who want to lose weight, you should there are fruits and vegetables so as to seek to reduce the calorie content total food intake.

"Our results suggest that a simple replacement part a diet of fruits and vegetables is not working, an integrated approach, which will reduce the entire volume of food consumed, "- commented on this about Dr. Kathryn Kaiser.

It is significant that scientists are not first prove virtually useless fruits and vegetables in weight loss. Several studies have demonstrated that leaning on the various fruits, people unconsciously begin to consume more calories per day. (READ MORE)

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How useful the correct posture

Our mothers were right when they taught us to stand up straight and do not slouch. Scientists have found that the correct posture is good for you - it makes the pain easier to bear.

A person with   correct posture   not only makes a good impression on others, it is still better to cope with the pain. But fans slouch have hard times, as their body is more susceptible to discomfort. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Universities of Toronto and Southern California.

Scientists have attracted a group of volunteers who are beginning to strengthen the hand cuff pressure and inflated them to that level until people began to complain of pain. So determined pain threshold . Then, the volunteers had to hold out for 20 seconds in three yoga poses.

It turned out that the dominant position of yoga, in which a man stands upright, not hunched over, legs spread wide, increases pain threshold As reported in the journal Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. The researchers decided to find out whether this effect is "contagious", that is, whether one person is better to endure pain, looking at correct posture   another. To this end, participants were asked to sit down and discuss with researchers the different images of nature. Pain threshold   was measured before and after the debate.

When the researchers themselves were sitting right and volunteers stooped, their pain threshold is decreased. Scientists are not sure what is the cause of such a connection. It is possible that a particular pose, in which the hands are on his knees, and back and neck straightened, increases the production of testosterone in the body. This hormone affects the growth of the pain threshold.

So we have to continue to try to watch your posture and back - all this directly affects the health and sensitivity to pain.

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The designer grew on his face the whole alphabet

For two years, this designer from New York has experimented with facial hair, making up with her via different letters of the alphabet. Its unique experiment has attracted the attention of journalists and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

Grooming facial hair

Is it possible to grow on his face the whole alphabet? That is the task set before a designer from New York, Michael Allen, who just got tired of wearing the beard. And then he set himself the task of incredible - for two years to carry out cut beard and mustache   so that the resulting image correspond to each of the letters of the English alphabet.

Grooming facial hair

As soon as he achieved the appearance of some of the letters, he did a photo, and then completely shaved off his mustache and beard to grow the next letter. On average, for each maneuver it took about two weeks. Neat cut beard and mustache   He held daily, and you can only envy such an incredible endurance of men.

"In the last two years in the world is in a trend of beards, which seems to me amazing, - says Michael. - I've seen on the streets a lot of different styles - from espanolok and rough unshaven until thick, bushy beard. The idea alphabetical beard came up to me after a playful conversation with my friends. But I do it once was filled, and for me, as a designer, it is of great interest. It was necessary to be creative, because not all letters can be presented on the face by a mustache and beard, over some had to seriously consider " .

From time to time recognition of letters designer checked on his 6-year-old son who is looking at the face of the Pope, I had to understand what letter he sees before him. And if the boy did not recognize it, then Michael was trying to come up with something more meaningful. The project started in 2011 and ended at the end of last year. (READ MORE)

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