Why cant some tourists stop complaining!

Karan321

I have come across quite a few who first want to subsist on ridiculously low budgets and then just cant stop complaining about the bedbugs in their rundown hotel, the quality of food in the roadside shack and so on.

I have absolutely no problem with what one is prepared to spend as long as they are contended with what they get but then they should either start paying or quit complaining. Like most developing countries even for basic amenities one has to pay a price here which if one factors in the conversion advantage is still very low. I’ve had acquaintances enquiring about the cheapest restaurants in town not considering the hygiene factor and their low immunity to Indian bugs, ending up with a stomach infection and then complaining about the general quality of food in Indian restaurants.

Recently while up in the Himachal hills near Chail, I came across this European traveler who was looking for a place to stay for an unmentionable amount. We had absolutely no idea so he said he was going to ask some real travelers. I guess he was referring to the sorts who after a few reefers couldn’t care less if there was roof on their head. Anyway he finally shacked up at a hut in a nearby village which is perfectly allright if I had’nt found him the next morning outside our hotel complaining about no electricity, no water, no proper bed and the like.

Anybody with me on this……

Rob_The_Pom

Yup, I'm with you on that one.

You get what you pay for.
If you don't like the place, stay somewhere else.

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Nick-H

Me too. Along with the Rupee Quiblers.

Maybe for the guy that you mention it was his way of boasting about the conditions he'd stayed in. Boring either way!

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tonylittle

I like to tell them porky pies ,by saying paid 150 rps. when i have paid 600 rps .it sure gets them upset

vistet

Takes me back to last century , in Nepal . Listened to this long rant by a (well-heeled) trekker : why can`t you get a decent hardboiled egg here, they`re so daft.. I`ve tried everything , told them how long, I even borrowed them my watch etc"

All this in Jomosom, where he could plainly see that the food was made on a wood stove , in the middle of a high altitude desert (the firewood being carried 1-2 days on the same trail he came up), and the water boils at 85 degrees.

Judi

Count me in too.

Some people seem to want to travel for less than the cost of staying at home .... and as for the 'rupee quibblers' - words fail me.

cyberhippie

Reminds me of the "real traveller" that walked into our room in Pushkar, asking about the price, he was dismayed to hear that it was 150rps, "Oh never mind then I've got a place for 50rps but I'm looking for something cheaper" we couldn't help but laugh!!
As for "rupee quibblers" send them back on the next flight!!!

oldhippie

Have you see Indian tourists in SE Asia or Hong Kong?
They do the same. They are by far the stingiest travellers of the lot.

Indians are famous for complaining in hotels and then asking for free stuff to compensate. I have seen Indian tourists in Hk bargaining for everything from bread in the supermarket to a train ticket. Many of the bars and restaurants in HK are so sick and tired of them that they do not let any Indian package tourists in.

IMO if anyone cannot afford the trip (regardless of their nationality or race) they should stay home.

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lonelyaztec

Yup.

Quality comes with price.

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Casey

I recall being woken up at 2 in the morning by the screaming guy who wanted 25 rupees off his room. He spent about 1/2 hour arguing and then went to his room, took out his guitar and began wailing away with no regard whatsoever to those around us he was disturbing. As I was in a very cheap place in Mumbai and was leaving at 3 in the morning I just got up and packed my bags. Otherwise, I probably would have jumped out of bed, paid the damned 25 rupees myself, told the offender to work an extra month before going away to be sure he could afford it and then forgot about the incident. In fact, this is one of those times I wish I had acted on impulse and done just that.

rangss

At last someone spilled the other side's story ...

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iwanttogoback

we were so amazed at the low prices of many things in india that we reckoned that when we got home to australia we'd be saying 'what?!!!!!!! you want how much?????????? but in india...'

what is a rupee quibbler?

Vasko

Yeah, what's a rupee quibbler? By the sound of it I hope I'm not one...

SHIMLA

Bargaining is in an Indian's blood !!

This is in no way to justify the behaviour of Indians described above, but a thought comes to mind - when an Indian visits the West, he gets the disadvantage of the rupee conversion rate; whereas when a Westener visits India, he starts with a huge advantage on the same factor. Even then if a Westerner cribs, well,.....

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Judi

Rupee Quibbler[/b]

You know - someone who always refuses to pay a couple of rupees more than he thinks he should, and argues over the price of a cup of chai even. That's a Rupee Quibbler - and I feel sure that we have all come across them (Not here on IM, I hasten to add ).