Comments on: Beware of Ryanair http://www.myguidetravel.com/blog/beware-of-ryanair/ Insight on the travel and tourism industry Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Sean Kelly http://www.myguidetravel.com/blog/beware-of-ryanair/#comment-55 Sean Kelly Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:41:59 +0000 http://www.myguidetravel.com/blog/beware-of-ryanair/#comment-55 Ryanair have made air travel a lot more accessible for a large number of people over the past two decades, especially by flying from/to regional airports in smaller cities and towns in Ireland and the UK as well as Continental Europe. Traditionally these areas would have had a hard time getting air service from "legacy" airlines in the past. The downside to Ryanair is the airline's overzealous (some would say vindictive) adherence to strict policies and an essential lack of customer service. The airline's penchant for adding numerous "optional" charges that are anything but optional in reality is a bone of contention for many people. The best example of this is the credit card processing fee that Ryanair charge per person for making a booking with them. Never mind the fact that this charge is calculated irrespective of the actual processing cost Ryanair incurs, they do not accept any other form of payment for advance bookings! Whatever one's opinion on Ryanair, the old adage rings true "caveat emptor". Buyer beware! Ryanair have made air travel a lot more accessible for a large number of people over the past two decades, especially by flying from/to regional airports in smaller cities and towns in Ireland and the UK as well as Continental Europe. Traditionally these areas would have had a hard time getting air service from “legacy” airlines in the past.

The downside to Ryanair is the airline’s overzealous (some would say vindictive) adherence to strict policies and an essential lack of customer service. The airline’s penchant for adding numerous “optional” charges that are anything but optional in reality is a bone of contention for many people. The best example of this is the credit card processing fee that Ryanair charge per person for making a booking with them. Never mind the fact that this charge is calculated irrespective of the actual processing cost Ryanair incurs, they do not accept any other form of payment for advance bookings!

Whatever one’s opinion on Ryanair, the old adage rings true “caveat emptor”. Buyer beware!

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