Many things were not made good
Chile | Nov 27 - Nov 30, 2024

George
George A.
Ashburn, VA | Reviewed on Dec 07, 2024

Many things were not made clear during this trip. While everything was perfect from the local company Route360 in St Pedro de Atacama, arriving there and leaving from there to go back to Santiago was not very well organized.
First, no one explained us what to do in the morning we left Santiago. The driver came to pick us up from the hotel, but he knew nothing. We arrived at the airport to fly to Calama, but without any instructions and no one speaks English to explain where to go, what line to take, what register. Anyway, we were left by ourselves.
Same, even worst happen on the morning from the hotel in St Pedro to the airport. It was not clear who will pick us up from the hotel, what time and where. The hotel knew nothing. The itinerary says that the pick up will be confirmed one day in advance, but no one confirmed anything until 2 am, 3 hours before. So we had to stay whole night and wonder what will happen and will we be picked up.
The worst of all is the WhatsUp notification. The company uses Whatsup, but for every useful message from them we receive 100 spam messages, and who knows which is good and which is not. Searching through the spam to see whether we received any message became a day-long activity for both my wife and me. No serious company communicates with its clients through Whatsup. In fact, we deleted Whatsup from our phones 4 years ago for the same reason: the huge amount of spam we get from the USA
In overall, we are dissatisfied with how Kimkim organizes their trips

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Local specialist: Jesse Barrera
Jesse
Jesse Barrera
Local specialist in Santiago | Replied on Dec 10, 2024
Hi George, I appreciate your candid review and understand your disappointment. The online itinerary we provide before the trip has all the details of each transfer, tour, flight, and hotel: estimated pickup times, airline/flight number, info of providers, etc. Drivers don’t speak English and an accompanying bilingual guide has a cost. But my team was always available to answer any concerns during the trip. We use WhatsApp because it’s a free service for travelers from all over the world... Read more

Hi George,

I appreciate your candid review and understand your disappointment. The online itinerary we provide before the trip has all the details of each transfer, tour, flight, and hotel: estimated pickup times, airline/flight number, info of providers, etc. Drivers don’t speak English and an accompanying bilingual guide has a cost. But my team was always available to answer any concerns during the trip. We use WhatsApp because it’s a free service for travelers from all over the world and the preferred communication tool in Chile. But I am aware it is not for everyone. I am glad that the excursions went well and you enjoyed the 4-day trip in Chile to the Atacama Desert and I hope you will give Kimkim another chance to make it right!

Kind regards,
Jesse