单选题
Although most people return from package holidays reasonably satisfied, this is not always the
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Take, for instance, the nightmare experience of a Frenchman who went on
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to Colombia. The hotel in the small Caribbean port was over-booked. The holidaymaker was
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round the streets, looking for a
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and breakfast place, when he was arrested for vagrancy. He was
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, where he told the magistrate that it was the hotel"s
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The magistrate was the hotelowner"s brother, and he charged the tourist
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making false accusations and sent him to prison for
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had left. He had insufficient funds to buy a return ticket,
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he went to the Post Office to send a telegram to his home in Montpellier, asking for money. He was
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before he could send it. This time he was charged with legal
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. It was explained that, having missed his return
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, he could no longer be classified as a tourist. He now needed a work
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, he didn"t have one. He was fined $500 for this
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, and a further $500 when he again blamed the hotel for overbooking. His
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was confiscated because he couldn"t pay the fines. He hitch-hiked to Bogota
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the consulate finally arranged to send him home. All things
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, I would prefer to plan my holiday independently.
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my view, it"s safer to "do it yourself". And the advantages of planning your holiday yourself are
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. If it is well-planned, an independent holiday can usually be good
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for money.