Some stories speak for themselves:A holidaymaker who booked a three-week trip said she ended up 1300 miles away from her chosen destination after her travel agent mixed up her flights.Image- BBC News
Samantha Lazzaris booked a trip of a lifetime to Costa Rica, in Central America, but ended up in the US territory of Puerto Rico instead.
Miss Lazzaris, 33, from Bristol (UK), did not realize she was in Puerto Rico until she landed on the island last month and boarded a taxi, and the driver told her she was in the wrong country.
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Uhh, does Costa Rica even have a San Juan? I lived there for two years, and don't recall anywhere with that name. On the other hand, my friends stateside were always asking me how things were going down in Puerto Rico-- Rich Coast, Rich Port, they're easy to mix up.
ReplyDeleteAs Pacer mentioned, Costa Rica doesn't have a San Juan. It's San José. Must've been frustrating! Even if the travel agent made a mistake, it would've been easy to correct by the traveler, had she even looked at the tickets :P
ReplyDeleteYou're both right in that there is no major locale named San Juan located in Costa Rica. According to BBC News the mistake came about due to misread codes:
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"Ms Lazzaris' problem stemmed from an error made by holiday giant Thomas Cook, where a member of staff had used the booking code for San Juan (SJU), Puerto Rico, instead of San Jose (SJO), capital of Costa Rica."
A simple, albeit massive error was what led Lazzaris astray.