Travellers be warned...
This follows news that in Florence, Italy, it has been found that many trips that are being taken around this most beautiful of cities, as advertised on "Tripadvisor," are not, in fact, registered, and therefore do not have licences or insurances...
"Tripadvisor appears to have no qualms about promoting concerns that may be unlicensed and lack insurance. " Says the Telegraph...
Customers are picked up by these operators from hotels or street corners and pay the guide, often in cash. One company admitted that 90 per cent of its business comes through Tripadvisor...
Police acted against two questionable operators in September after complaints from licensed tour operators and drivers to Florence's Chamber of Commerce...
It was difficult to find Italian officers who could pose plausibly as foreign tourists, but they finally caught out Per's Bike Rides and Tuscan Wine Tours, confiscating their vehicles and fining them for trading illegally...
So let this be a warning for all, in particular Tripadvisor itself...
For more on this follow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6560309/Unlicensed-tours-thrive-on-the-internet.html
Barticus.
This follows news that in Florence, Italy, it has been found that many trips that are being taken around this most beautiful of cities, as advertised on "Tripadvisor," are not, in fact, registered, and therefore do not have licences or insurances...
"Tripadvisor appears to have no qualms about promoting concerns that may be unlicensed and lack insurance. " Says the Telegraph...
Customers are picked up by these operators from hotels or street corners and pay the guide, often in cash. One company admitted that 90 per cent of its business comes through Tripadvisor...
Police acted against two questionable operators in September after complaints from licensed tour operators and drivers to Florence's Chamber of Commerce...
It was difficult to find Italian officers who could pose plausibly as foreign tourists, but they finally caught out Per's Bike Rides and Tuscan Wine Tours, confiscating their vehicles and fining them for trading illegally...
So let this be a warning for all, in particular Tripadvisor itself...
For more on this follow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6560309/Unlicensed-tours-thrive-on-the-internet.html
Barticus.
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