点评:If you booked a one-week tour to Cinque Terre and Lake Como, Italy, how much time would you expect to spend in Cinque Terra? I expected to spend more than 9 hours in the place I had wanted to visit for decades. How about overnight accommodations? Nope, we stayed an hour away. Other tour companies reserve their hotels a year in advance and advertise their itineraries, stating how many days will be spent in each place. This tour company has plenty of disclaimers saying they can change the cities any way they want. They switched the tour ending point which caused several tour members to have issues with their return flight. The leader, Suzy, is, to put it delicately, a witch. She told one person not to come on the day’s activities because it might be too strenuous, though the person was absolutely fit and ready to participate. She refused another traveler’s reasonable request to accommodate a hearing aid accessory, though multiple other tour guides had gladly done so. One participant who had never been out of North America seemed happy with the tour; the experienced travelers not so much. The two women leading these tours readily admit they are not certified guides, and it shows. Suzy did not know basic facts about Duomo Cathedral. She could not convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit. She said Nicola Tesla invented the Tesla automobile. There were several other issues, too many to describe them all. It appears they have changed the name of this tour to downplay Cinque Terre.
翻译:如果你预订了去意大利五渔村和科莫湖的一周游,你预计在五渔村待多久?我预计在这个我几十年来一直梦寐以求的地方待9个多小时。住宿呢?不行,我们住在离这里一小时车程的地方。其他旅行社会提前一年预订酒店,并公布行程,说明每个地方的天数。这家旅行社有很多免责声明,声称他们可以随意更改城市。他们更改了行程的终点,导致几位团员的返程航班出现问题。领队苏西,委婉地说,就像个巫婆。她告诉一个人不要参加当天的活动,因为可能太费力,尽管这个人身体完全健康,可以参加。她拒绝了另一位旅客提出的佩戴助听器的合理请求,尽管其他几位导游都很乐意这样做。一位从未离开过北美的游客似乎对这次旅行很满意;而经验丰富的旅行者则不太满意。带队这两位女士坦言自己并非持证导游,这显而易见。苏西对米兰大教堂的基本知识一无所知。她不会把摄氏度换算成华氏度。她说特斯拉汽车是尼古拉·特斯拉发明的。还有其他一些问题,不胜枚举。看来他们改了这次旅行的名字,是为了淡化五渔村的名气。