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Article: Wrong tour operator can ruin spring break
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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Around this time every year there is always at least one scene on the
evening news of sunburned teens stranded in Cancun or the Caribbean
or wherever by a less-than-reputable tour operator.
The spring breakers will have crammed eight to a room to get a
"great" rate and then spent every other penny on food and amusements
only to find themselves stuck and broke when it's time to get home.
What's a vacationer to do? Finding a good tour operator in the
first place is worth the effort and the likely additional cost, say
travel professionals.
"You get what you pay for," says travel agent Peter Carideo of
CRC Travel. "These carriers that are setting up and closing down
just aren't worth it. . . ...