Comments for Booking activities in advance

Nov 16, 2012

Advantages of pre-booking activities in Victoria Falls
by: Tony

Hi Di

Pre booking is not always necessary (although still recommended as it has several advantages) at all times of the year, but certainly in December it is almost essential as Victoria Falls is very busy at that time of year.

It doesn't make any difference to the price whether you pre book or book when you are there, I think many people think they will get a better deal when they are on the ground, it just doesn't happen that way. Prices are standard direct from the operator or from an agent.
For instance the price for the helicopter 12minute flight is US$130, whoever you book through. Some local agents will knock a few dollars off their commission and hand this onto you, but you have to hunt these guys out...

Recently we had a client who we were dealing with, he gathered all his information from us, but then decided he didn't want to book through us before hand and would rather do it when he was in Victoria Falls(he was worried about paying for something on the internet!) Well... in the Falls he got scammed by the taxi drivers who took his US$300 for 2 x chobe days trips, gave him vouchers and everything, but was a complete scam, no booking was made. So be wary of these guys, think you are going to save a buck and then end up losing hundreds.

We spend hours if not days discussing itineraries with our clients making sure that they get exactly what they want, maximising their short time in the Falls. If you don't do this before hand you will be wasting your holiday time doing all this planning.

In some cases the activities might be fully booked or you can't get the time slot you would like (for instance the helicopter ride is better in the afternoon slightly less spray as the day warms up) so its a good idea to pre-book an afternoon time slot.

There are also several package deals available when booking a few activities together from the same operator, when on the spot you might not be made aware of these and it can all get a bit confusing so you can spend you holiday time messing around trying to make decisions and bookings.

Also if you pre-book and pay up front you don't have to worry about paying there, not all the operators accept credit cards and therefore you have to carry cash or draw money from the ATM machines which can all add to the cost, using credit cards in another country also incurs other fees.

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