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Paying adult price for a child

  • 25-01-2014 1:50am
    #1
    angeleyes
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    I was enquiring earlier today about the cost of bringing my child and myself and my disabled sister on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. My sister would be staying in the hospital so is facilitated there.

    However when I enquired about the price to bring my eight year old daughter the company Joe Walsh Tours tell me that it is full price for a child. If I was sharing with another adult there would be a small discount.

    When I said it was a rip off I was told in a condescending manner that they not that expensive. To be honest I think this is totally absurd there is no justification for charging full price for a child. Can a tour company actually do this?


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  • #2
    veetwin
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    Pretty normal to pay full price or something close to it for children over 2 years. The justification may be that an 8 year old child occupies the same seat a full fare paying adult does. It might be a lot of things but it is not a rip off.


  • #3
    killbillvol2
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    angeleyes wrote: »
    I was enquiring earlier today about the cost of bringing my child and myself and my disabled sister on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. My sister would be staying in the hospital so is facilitated there.

    However when I enquired about the price to bring my eight year old daughter the company Joe Walsh Tours tell me that it is full price for a child. If I was sharing with another adult there would be a small discount.

    When I said it was a rip off I was told in a condescending manner that they not that expensive. To be honest I think this is totally absurd there is no justification for charging full price for a child. Can a tour company actually do this?

    Why should it cost less to bring an 8 year old child? Where does the tour operator save money because it's an 8 year old rather than an adult?


  • #4
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    However when I enquired about the price to bring my eight year old daughter the company Joe Walsh Tours tell me that it is full price for a child. If I was sharing with another adult there would be a small discount.

    If this means that if you are sharing with a child there is no discount, but if sharing with an adult there is a discount, then it is odd. If this means that if 2 adults share with a child there is a small discount then that is reasonable as there would be 3 people in a room. There is no reason that a child should pay less than a adult, except they might eat less, they also occupy a bus seat, airplane seat etc.


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