itravel2000, a Travelzest company has once again come out, this
time supporting Westjet and the Association of Canadian Travel
Agencies' (ACTA) in their call for greater transparency in taxes
and fees that are being charged for vacation packages. Tour
operators inflated taxes as a scheme to advertise low base
prices.
This is not the first time that itravel2000 has gone public with
their dismay of travel advertising practices. In August 2008, a
petition initiated by itravel2000 received over 22,000 signatures
in response to their desire to have airlines advertise the final
price that customers pay rather than advertising the "taxes" which
can sometimes be more than the base fare that is advertised. "It's
not fair to the consumer to have a misinformed representation of
what the price breakdown is. When you purchase anything else from a
retail outlet, you expect the base price and the tax that is in
line with the individual provinces" said Stuart Morris, VP of
Marketing at itravel2000. "It's about time that we as consumers
stand up and demand full disclosure of all taxes and fees
associated with the advertised trip" added Morris.
About itravel2000
itravel2000, which was acquired by UK based Travelzest in October
2006 is a leading travel retailer with 16 years experience.
itravel2000 was a pioneer of on-line travel and has 100 travel
agents to assist travelers by phone. To see how we're fighting to
save you money, visit www.itravel2000.com.
About Travelzest
Travelzest plc is a dynamic travel group, with a collection of four
on-line travel retailers and nine specialized tour operators. These
companies operate in fast growing sectors of the market, are low in
fixed assets, and have unique propositions and attributes that make
them resistant to the ‘unbundling’ and price
competition being experienced in the mainstream parts of the
market. Travelzest's vision is to continue to leverage their brands
that have been built up over their long and successful histories
while driving synergistic benefits. Travelzest is traded on
London's AIM Exchange under the symbol TVZ.
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