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extremevx
Joined 2015
Posts: 141

Sometimes it sucks to be american

8 years ago

My wife and I leave odessa airport for melton beach resort on the souther tip of the sinia peninsula. It's a popular russian/ukrainian vacation destination. The prices now are even cheaper since the russian jet the crashed a few months back. The airfare, hotel resort and meals are all inclusive for $640.00 for two people flying out of odessa.
But when the travel agent faxed a copy of my passport to the resort and they found out I was american, then suddenly I am not privy to this cheap vacation. When the travel agent told then that there are 3 ukrainian girls going along with this American and if he can't go for the same price then nobody goes. After some negotiations we settled on me having to pay an extra $15 a day for 7 days. We will see if this stands when we get there, I told the travel agent to have it in writing before we give her money. But it probably doesn't mean nothing to these people in Egypt. Just goes to show you how you get hosed if your an American. I wish my ukrainian resident permit was here already so I could pass it off as a passport to the hotel when I get there since they look the same as a ukrainian passport only they are green instead of blue.

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