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raborabo
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Recently, there have been several posts to the Tauck Forums advertising travel and/or guide services. I feel that these posts should not be permitted on the discussion boards. Recommendations for guides and things to do for pre and post tours may be appropriate, but not advertisements from the companies providing these services.

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    SueSue
    I agree. I thought that ads weren't allowed on this board. Somehow they are getting through. Whoever administers this board needs to watch this.

    Sue
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    hodas4hodas4
    DIRTY GAMES on CruiseCritic.com – FRAUD REVIEWS by paid fans
    of SPB tours.
    Get real! There are more red flags in this part of CC than on a
    Russian street during their Bolshevik Revolution! As travelers and
    readers of CC’s forums we are asking for independent tours and
    want to deal with independent advisers. What we seem to be
    getting are the same people recommending the same companies.
    Why is the difference between the Google ranking of a St.
    Petersburg private shore tour companies and the companies
    recommended on Cruise Critic so huge?? Let’s try to find out and
    take a look at the posts of “cruiser Len” (search for Giantfan13)
    Nobody knows what happened to “agent” Len after his Russian
    tour, we can only guess. But this “independent” fellow has been
    posting day and night only about SPB-Tours and his favorite
    goddess, Vika (owner). Don’t you think his reviews sound phony?
    What about others? There is a whole team of such” independent”
    cruisers there!
    SPB tours fools people and her former visitors were writing
    about it! Her former visitors were trying rapidly to warn others
    through CC, regarding buses without air-conditioning, guides,
    who could hardly speak English, cancellation of the tours etc. But
    somehow all those posts just disappeared from the
    CruiseCritic.com
    DO NOT RELY on CRUISECRITIC REVIEWS – 80% are FRAUD!
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    Tauck EmilyTauck Emily
    Hi There,

    I appreciate your feedback. My name is Emily and I am one of moderators on the Travel Forum.

    Advertising travel and/ or guide services from other companies are not allowed.

    When we do see travel and guide services we do try to get rid of them as soon as they appear. That being said, some do slip through the cracks as the forums are available to everyone all over the world. People post on the Forums at all hours.

    Thanks,
    Emily
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