I am visiting Kerala in February this year together with my family but my trip is already soured by the fraudulent / incompetent business practises of an agent operating in Kerala,
The agent in question is Lakhadsweep Holidays who I paid a deposit of 47, 377, 75 INR to for a 5 day package to visit The lovely Lakhadsweep islands.
The deposit money was taken out of my account on the 14/9/15 although many times afterwards Lakhadsweep Holidays denied recieving the money.
I asked the company several times to contact their bank to see if there was a transaction problem but although they promised me that they would, nothing happened.
It was not until the 9/11/15 after I had contacted SPORTS that he admitted that the money was in his bank account which caused me both stress and money as I had to do a money trace(which costs money).
Lakhadsweep despite my attempts to ask for a refund communicated that they would go ahead with the holiday transaction for the agreed date of 21/2/16 even though THE PACKAGE DID NOT EXIST(The Samudran package starts first in March).
I am now in a situation where they have said they would pay the deposit back on the 25/11 but have not / can not /will not send me the evidence that they have started the transaction and I have of course not recieved my money.
I dont know if Lakhadsweep Holidays are crooked, fraudelent or just incompetent but either way It reflects badly on Kerala tourism.
I would like anyome who reads this to noy use the Lakhadsweep Holiday and hopefully one day the tourist board(whom I am in contact with) will take the companies license away from them so they can not operate and other tourists will not have the same experience as me.
I can provide e-mail corresponence to back up my claim if that is neccersary.