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Did the lady issued you a receipt?
What is the total amount written on the Receipt?
If it isn't 105K, you have a case, otherwise no case.

XXLDICK:
Okay, only people of different nationalities should be duped

OP, next time always verify things. Such can never happen to me

That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad?
You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table.
"It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here.
It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself.
Bless ya brah....

typical nigerians the only thing they are very good at is scamming their fellow country people

Do South Africans come to Nigeria for vacation? ..just asking.

toprealman:
That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad?
You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table.
"It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here.
It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself.
Bless ya brah....

What I meant is we shouldn't dupe anyone irrespective of one's nationality or any reason at all.
Different nationality doesn't make it less disgusting to me.
Sure, I have fallen victim in the past. But experience they say is the best teacher. Now, I'm extra careful

obidevine:
Hello nairalanders, I'd like you all  to read this my epistle on my bad experience with a travel / hotel  booking agency  in Muritala Mohammed international  Airport, Lagos , Nigeria.

I and my wife got a 3 months  visitor's visa to South Africa , our visas were granted after we had satisfied all their visa requirements ( with our hotel bookings and statement of account verified) .

On the day we were meant to travel, we got to the departure area of Kenya airways (the airline company we were meant to fly with), the airline attendants asked for a copy of our  hotel booking  and "yellow card",  to my surprise I and my wife forgot the print out of our hotel booking, but luckily we had our yellow cards.

The flight attendant told us that we couldn't go through without our hotel reservation, I told him that we got the visa because the south African Embassy had verified all our documents -hotel reservations included-  before granting us the visa , the attendant ( a nigerian) was adamant that without the reservation we couldn't go through, he even told us that even if he let's us pass that when we get to South Africa they would send us back because we didn't have evidence that we had a hotel reservation,  I thought to myself " which kain wahala be this sef".

A lady who  was standing beside called my wife aside and said she could help us book another hotel accommodation, she directed us to her desk just opposite where the airline attendant was harassing us, we had to cancel our former booking and eventually ended up paying 105,000 naira for 4 nights stay in another  hotel, the lady printed out the document and handed it to us, we took it to the attendant and he granted us passage.

When we eventually arrived Johannesburg, South Africa to our surprise they didn't even ask us for the hotel booking, they only checked our yellow cards , warmly welcomed us to their beautiful country and stamped us in , we found our way to the hotel they booked for us,  after showing the hotel manager ( who coincidentally is a Nigerian)  the booking print out  he looked at it and told us that the booking was only done for 1 night, I and my wife didn't look at the print out in Nigeria because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight ( it was when the hotel manager pointed out a couple of things  on the printout that we  realized to our dismay that the lady in Nigeria booked only one night for us after collecting money and claiming she booked 4 nights) , I and my wife were perplexed, we had to pay for another 4 nights . It's obvious that the Nigerian man working with Kenya airways that checked our documents at Muritala Mohammed airport  connived with the hotel booking agency to rip us off.

The reason I'm writing this is to bring to the fore the fact that this travel / hotel booking agency with their desk directly opposite Kenya airways departure section is a big scam ( they didn't even put their name on the receipt because they know they are a scam) the reason why we didn't scrutinize the printout like I said was because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight.  I really don't know why we ( Nigerians) like to be so cruel to ourselves. This should serve as a warning to all of us that we should always scrutinize receipts and other documents given to us.

After your holiday,take your receipts back and demand for a refund.

Jwonder:
that's Nigeria for you

9ger no go carry last!

105k for 4 night u most b having a laugh

XXLDICK:
What I meant is we shouldn't dupe anyone irrespective of one's nationality or any reason at all.
Different nationality doesn't make it less disgusting to me.
Sure, I have fallen victim in the past. But experience they say is the best teacher. Now, I'm extra careful

You are right, the menace of fraudsters should not be condoned irrespective of the nationality of their victims.
But then again, I don't think the OP is in support of such rip off. He was only dealing with the matter at hand.
Compliments of the season bro.

toprealman:
That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad?
You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table.
"It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here.
It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself.
Bless ya brah....

Thanks for coming to my rescue.

obidevine:
Thanks for coming to my rescue.

REGARDS BRAH, WE ALL LEARN EVERYDAY.

obidevine:
Hello nairalanders, I'd like you all  to read this my epistle on my bad experience with a travel / hotel  booking agency  in Muritala Mohammed international  Airport, Lagos , Nigeria.

I and my wife got a 3 months  visitor's visa to South Africa , our visas were granted after we had satisfied all their visa requirements ( with our hotel bookings and statement of account verified) .

On the day we were meant to travel, we got to the departure area of Kenya airways (the airline company we were meant to fly with), the airline attendants asked for a copy of our  hotel booking  and "yellow card",  to my surprise I and my wife forgot the print out of our hotel booking, but luckily we had our yellow cards.

The flight attendant told us that we couldn't go through without our hotel reservation, I told him that we got the visa because the south African Embassy had verified all our documents -hotel reservations included-  before granting us the visa , the attendant ( a nigerian) was adamant that without the reservation we couldn't go through, he even told us that even if he let's us pass that when we get to South Africa they would send us back because we didn't have evidence that we had a hotel reservation,  I thought to myself " which kain wahala be this sef".

A lady who  was standing beside called my wife aside and said she could help us book another hotel accommodation, she directed us to her desk just opposite where the airline attendant was harassing us, we had to cancel our former booking and eventually ended up paying 105,000 naira for 4 nights stay in another  hotel, the lady printed out the document and handed it to us, we took it to the attendant and he granted us passage.

When we eventually arrived Johannesburg, South Africa to our surprise they didn't even ask us for the hotel booking, they only checked our yellow cards , warmly welcomed us to their beautiful country and stamped us in , we found our way to the hotel they booked for us,  after showing the hotel manager ( who coincidentally is a Nigerian)  the booking print out  he looked at it and told us that the booking was only done for 1 night, I and my wife didn't look at the print out in Nigeria because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight ( it was when the hotel manager pointed out a couple of things  on the printout that we  realized to our dismay that the lady in Nigeria booked only one night for us after collecting money and claiming she booked 4 nights) , I and my wife were perplexed, we had to pay for another 4 nights . It's obvious that the Nigerian man working with Kenya airways that checked our documents at Muritala Mohammed airport  connived with the hotel booking agency to rip us off.

The reason I'm writing this is to bring to the fore the fact that this travel / hotel booking agency with their desk directly opposite Kenya airways departure section is a big scam ( they didn't even put their name on the receipt because they know they are a scam) the reason why we didn't scrutinize the printout like I said was because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight.  I really don't know why we ( Nigerians) like to be so cruel to ourselves. This should serve as a warning to all of us that we should always scrutinize receipts and other documents given to us.

Na dis kind thing I no dey like! Have you reported this incident to the police or the local DSS office? You know where the hotel booking agency official is located within the airport. There is an Airport Police Command located on that trunk road that links the MMIA Airport to the local airport. Report the case. Follow up with the police. Do your best to ensure the culprits are brought to book. And then update us on the progress made. That is the way to fight crime!

laudate:
Na dis kind thing I no dey like! Have you reported this incident to the police or the local DSS office? You know where the hotel booking agency official is located within the airport. There is an Airport Police Command located on that trunk road that links the MMIA Airport to the local airport. Report the case. Follow up with the police. Do your best to ensure the culprits are brought to book. And then update us on the progress made. That is the way to fight crime!

Thanks will do just that

obidevine:
Seems you didn't read my story well

I sure i read it very well,

If you booked yourself the first time around, you'll have access to your confirmation in your email via your smartphone- No need for print out

If your in a rush at the airport you could still have booked there and then with your phone

Travel agents are going out of fashion everywhere else apart from Naija, I've never used them- expect for online agents like expedia

Not too sure you will get much reprieve though I'm sure the guys at the airports are one man agents.

hope you enjoyed your time in SA