点评:I booked a scenic flight and accommodation with Discovery Parks at Wilpena Pound. The scenic flight was with Wrightsair, however only able to be booked through Wilpena Pound (discover Parks), We booked two rooms from 2/9/25 for two nights departing on Thursday 4th September 2025. The scenic flight was from Wilpena's airport over Lake Eyre on Wednesday 3rd September. On booking it was explained that due to weather and other the flight may be cancelled. This is where the lack of business integrity and fairness ceased from Discovery Parks. My accommodation with them was solely contingent on the scenic flight. They in their wisdom quoted their refund policy (ad nauseam) that included a penalty of one days accommodation of which in our case was $640.00 for cancellation of the accommodation. I argued that this was unfair and potentially unlawful as all bookings had to be done through them and if a cancellation was required, they would be cancelling not me, the refund should be in full. After having the first representative of Wilpena hang up on me and a long debate with another representative after I had rung back I received the concession that they would assess the situation on a case by case basis. I booked paying $4,722.12 which included a credit card fee of $42.12. This doesn't take into consideration that we were traveling from Brisbane to undertake this short holiday. This included Qantas flights to Adelaide return, car Hire, and accommodation in Adelaide on return to Adelaide prior to flying home. The scenic flight was cancelled after another round of debate they refunded in full. Is this the way to run a business? The refund should be policy in these situations and automatic. I will not stay with Discovery Parks ever. Great PR fellows.
翻译:我预订了位于维凭拿庞的 Discovery Parks 观光航班和住宿。观光航班由 Wrightsair 航空公司提供,但只能通过维凭拿庞 (discover Parks) 预订。我们预订了两间客房,从 2025 年 9 月 2 日起住两晚,于 2025 年 9 月 4 日星期四出发。观光航班于 9 月 3 日星期三从维凭拿机场起飞,飞越艾尔湖。预订时,他们解释说由于天气等原因,航班可能会取消。Discovery Parks 的商业诚信和公平性就此消失。我与他们的住宿完全取决于观光航班。他们明智地引用了他们的退款政策(令人厌烦),其中包括一天住宿的罚款,在我们的情况下,取消住宿的罚款为 640 美元。我认为这是不公平的,并且可能是违法的,因为所有预订都必须通过他们进行,如果需要取消,是他们取消而不是我,应该全额退款。维凭拿的第一位客服代表挂断了我的电话,我回拨后又和另一位客服代表进行了长时间的争论,最终他们让我做出让步,会根据具体情况评估。我预订了4722.12澳元的套餐,其中包含42.12澳元的信用卡手续费。这还没算上我们是从布里斯班出发来此度过这个短暂假期的费用。这笔费用包括澳航往返阿德莱德的航班、租车以及回程回程在阿德莱德的住宿费。观光航班被取消后,经过又一轮争论,他们最终全额退款。这就是经营企业的方式吗?在这种情况下,退款应该是政策性的,而且是自动的。我再也不会住在探索公园了。公关人员太棒了。