Uncertain fate with last year's vouchers

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The travel agencies already have citizens who last year had payments that they did not make and received a voucher for this year. Some of them have a dilemma whether if they paid for one last year, they will now be able to change the voucher for another destination.

The most popular destination, for which vouchers were mainly issued last year, is Greece. This country has announced that it will request a vaccination card, and that there will be other special protocols.  Citizens fear that they will meet the conditions for a summer vacation in Greece or that their voucher money will fail.

- For now, it is still uncertain whether I will be vaccinated by the summer, or whether I will want to be vaccinated. On the other hand, tests are an additional expense for me. Last year I had an early payment and out of season to spend cheaper. I do not have money for tests - says our interlocutor.

The Ministry of Economy told "Free Press" that the arrangements that were canceled due to the pandemic, and for which the agencies have issued vouchers, can be used for other destinations if the agencies have them in their programs. However, for the time being, the agencies refrain from a decisive answer, whether they will change arrangements and whether they will return money to the citizens. Some of those we spoke to say that they are waiting for official information from the guild, some say that they will return the money, but in 2022, and others answer that they have already given the money for the lease of the arrangements.

- If someone paid for Greece last year, and this year he wants to go elsewhere, he will be able to change the voucher for Turkey, with a surcharge, if needed. Vouchers abroad can not be exchanged for home destination - we were told in TA "Fibula".

Hence, they emphasize that now they offer reservations for arrangements with zero denars.

- At this time of year we usually sell the first arrangements. We do not have an offer for a vacation in Greece yet, but we have announced the offer for Turkey, from where we hope that the mandatory tests for covid-19 will be removed soon. To the clients who want to spend their summer holidays in Turkey, we offer a reservation for 0 denars and an opportunity to use the discounts for early booking - they say for "Free Press" from the travel agency "Fibula".

Regarding the public statements by travel agencies that they need a vaccination priority in order to be able to negotiate leases, from the Ministry of Economy say that such an official request has not reached them.

According to the agencies' estimates, the workload in this period is below 2% compared to the periods when the situation was normal.

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