Booking it yourself, it is worth the risk?

Posted 10 years ago

Family holidays are priceless. Booking it yourself, is it worth the risk?

We recently assisted new clients who were travelling from Australia to Europe including Paris.

This family had organised most of their travel arrangement with us but decided for whatever reason to book their accommodation in Paris online. At the time they informed us that they had found this very nice well decorated property right in the middle of the Louvre area and at am amazing price... of course...

At the time of completing their final travel arrangements throughout Europe we casually checked with them on their Paris apartment that they had booked directly on a random website.
It is then that the couple looked at each other with a grim look on their face, ...prior to admitting that they had deposited 500 Euros at the time of the booking only to find out a week ago that they had lost the money to a fake website promoting many individual private rental apartments in Paris.

Fortunately, we were able to take over at this stage to find a suitable property at a similar price and well located in the Marais area. 
This is not the first time we had encounter this situation or heard of other Australians being caught out.

As a fully AFTA licensed agent and full member of ATAS our clients are our first priority.
France at Leisure delivers travel solutions to make sure our clients get the most out of their family holiday.

"Without an agent you are on your own" - strongly promoted by AFTA the Australian Federation of travel agents.

ATAS accredited agents are trusted, reliable and trained travel professionals. 
Booking with an ATAS accredited agent means you’re in safe hands and can travel with confidence.