do you Have any christmas gift cards for a trip there? Take the terms and conditions carefully, as they are often of only limited interchangeability only.
a trip to the sauna or to have a dinner for two to a slipcursus, hot-air balloon, or kite surfing, there are a variety of types of trips that you a Christmas gift you can give or receive. In the netherlands there are approximately 250 issuers of gift cards, of which three occur exclusively in trips to target.
for Yourself in a book is cheaper than with a gift card
most people are happy where they are, so a trip to the gift given. However, the belevingscadeau also causes skin irritation. Last year, around the holidays, which received the association of 2,500 of the negative comments about the gift cards. The complaint focused on, among other things, the limited number of inwisselpunten, the period of validity, and the value of the voucher.
So says one of the respondents: “The Hotelbon, it was accepted only on days on which low prices prevailed. Often, these rates are lower than the number on the receipt was.” Another consumer said: “We were able to use the voucher to only one fixed menu at the hotel’s restaurant. We wanted to be however, the à la carte menu, then the voucher is still only half as well.”
the Price of a trip to difficult-to-explain
Martin Wanted to be president of the trade Association for gift cards, the Netherlands, points out the problems: “The amount of pain is nothing compared to the 40 million gift cards annually in the Netherlands to be sold.”
He explains that the rate and duration of experience gift vouchers are harder to control than a voucher with a monetary value, such as the Boekenbon. If you have a gift card to spend for an luchtballonvaart that it is still valid. It is difficult to find a balloonist to a fixed-price agreement for two years. The next year, the gas may be more expensive, and the balloonist was more money to ask for. Also, the prices of accommodation vary greatly throughout the year.”
Is not a law to have validity, to extend the < / p> for more than a year ago, it had the Second Member of parliament, Joba van den Berg (CDA) is a motion to set the minimum statutory period of validity of the gift card to up to two years of age. Which motion was adopted, but the new laws are not quite there yet.
a Lot of beleveniscadeaukaarten, such as those of the GiftForYou and Bongo are still in a period of one year. However, late in the service of GiftForYou to know that a number of the vouchers all valid for two years, and that the other is still searching for a solution. At present, the validity period of the voucher has already been extended by a year, but it will cost you 5 euros.
gift cards be redeemed for money
If you are not happy with the card, or have accidentally let it expire, you can still exchange it. That is, the issuer of the voucher itself, but also on websites such as Wissel.nl. You will get another gift certificate, or money back.
“There will always be people that have been left behind as a voucher for you to give up, and that contributes to pain,” says De Wilde. According to the Consumers ‘ association has a one out of ten people will have an expired gift voucher at home. “However, the sale of gift cards, last year has increased and we expect this year to also increase. It’s a great gift to give.”
Tips for use of a gift card to check how many sites are in the vicinity of the card is to spend gift card with a seal of approval from the Foundation and Hallmark gift cards are guaranteed to have at least two years Spent on the maps that have only one chain be exchanged as soon as possible in order to loss of credit in the event If the receipt is expired, you can get the seller to its call. Sometimes they extended as a gesture of goodwill, the validity of