Wright Travel Agency - Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Specialists
Let me first mention that Wright Travel Agency owns and operates this website...so this bad review may be deleted.
I came to this website and diligently read reviews on travel agencies, not having a clue of the specifics I should be looking for. I saw that Wright Travel Agency had amazing reviews, there was not a bad thing to be said about them. I decided to email them, and Babs responded promptly. We went from there, me telling her what I wanted in a resort and with the trip for my guests. We decided to have our wedding at Azul Fives Resort. We secured a date and booked a room block so my guests could start booking their trips.
As soon as we signed a contract with Babs, we were told our guests would be working with a different travel agent, that we had never previously worked with. I kept an open mind and figured it would be completely fine. WRONG. My fiance's mother emailed and called a few times with no response. (Until I emailed asking that they contact her). Friends who had placed books were sent the wrong itiniaries. Prices were added on without consent (hotel transfers) and were not even brought up to my guests until they asked what the charges were for. Another thing - there are NO PROPER INVOICES OR RECEIPTS. I am an accountant, which may be why this is important to me, but it screams unprofessionalism. I have worked with a few other travel agencies and there are always numbered invoices, receipts etc. After talking with a few different travel agents, USUALLY round trip airport transfer is included in the all-inclusive price. I believe that we weren't provided receipts or invoices because this would have given it away that they were essentially double charging. We placed a room block for $100 per room, so when guests wanted to place a deposit, it should have been $50/person/room, 2 people to a room. This is the norm at least with Funjet, but usually is also pretty uniform with other resorts/travel agencies from my understanding. Not Wright Travel Agency!
The other huge problem I had was in regards to flights. Before signing a contract I made my wishes clear - which was to have a direct flight out of my hometown. I only requested this because I have taken direct flights to Mexico out of my hometown so I knew it was available. I was told this would be no problem UNTIL it got closer and I was asking about flights for guests. I was then told flights can only be booked out of Chicago (I'm from Milwaukee). Then, when someone even requested a quote on a price it was $800 round trip Chicago to Mexico, 12 hours of travel time each way. I logged onto Priceline and Orbitz and was able to beat that price by $300. Really? But hey, Wright Travel Agency let me know that I could always coordinate flights for 50 people on my own! As if I don't have a day job....
I tried to break my contract with Wright Travel Agency and basically lost my whole room block deposit, plus paid my guests out of pocket who won't be getting refunded. There was no wiggle room in trying to change travel agents (this was due to the wholesaler Wright TA goes through). After this being such a huge nightmare I ended up canceling my destination wedding. If this review helps at least one bride decide to book with a different travel agency, I'll consider it a WIN. Don't make the same mistake I did!
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