In Monastir
In Monastir, Royal Thalassa, me and my uncle were scammed out of £38 straight at reception when we arrived. We payed hotel-tax 4 times without our knowledge. (£38 each, was meant to be £19 each). So I paid £19 twice and so did he. What's worse? I was waiting for change since we paid in cash. He didn't give us any. I didn't ask because I wanted to see if he was honest or not. Of course, later we found out were scammed AND didn't get change, so we were actually scammed £40 each (+£4)
Last thing to note about money, my uncle converted GBP but that same staff member didn't give him exactly what he was owed (154 dinars, he gave him 150). That told me even further that there was scams happening here. I demanded the 4 dinar, sure, its not much, but its about integrity.
Last year we got receipts, this year there was no receipts at all.
We booked with Haystravel- We booked for two beds. Instead we got a double bed. We spent hours in the morning trying to fix it, next thing we know, our morning and afternoon was wasted. Chardar at guest relations fortunately was able to get us a bigger bed but we still never got two beds. She did what she could.
The bathroom was flooding with water after a shower. One time the water turned off for about 15 minutes, I had conditioner in my hair. I didn't know what to do, so I had to wash it off with my drinking water. It wasted more of my time.
One of the staff got fired while we were there. Not sure what happened but a customer pushed him into the pool, so his phone broke. That staff member wanted money from him, rightfully so, but I don't think he recieved it.
The location was out of the way, and taxi drivers outside will overcharge you. They'll ask for 50 dinars (its an average of 25 in the day, about 40 at night).
The staff hadn't been there long, they seemed to be replacing them often, and I fear for some of them because some are so lovely and genuine. Big shoutout to Chadar, Amir, Moez, Aya and the EasyJet rep Wallid. These are people who I could tell have good hearts.
If you see them, tip them well, they'll go above and beyond for you.
I'm not a negative person, it's not my style, these are simply facts that can't be ignored. I'm making this review mostly because of the scam, and out of concern for the staff that I grew to really love.
- Anubis ❤️








