DO NOT USE LION TRAVEL'S SERVICE. THIS COMPANY EXPOSE ITS TRAVELERS TO UNSAFE, UN-HEALTHY, UN-SANITARY CONDITIONS CAUSING HAZARDOUS HARM!
Lion Travel made numerous false and misleading representations and repeatedly demonstrated a disturbing disregard for the physical safety, health, and well-being of its customers.
For example, the company placed guests in a hotel that housed cats without making sure it's not a health concern for travelers. This level of negligence could have triggered a severe respiratory reaction or even a life-threatening medical emergency.
The hotel accommodations were also shockingly unsafe. No elevator, bathroom lacked basic safety features including a shower door/curtain, safety grab bars, and anti-slip mat. After showering, the entire bathroom floor became dangerously wet and slippery, creating a serious fall hazard that could easily result in broken bones, head trauma, or even death. Another family left the tour that night.
At the hotel, we suffered close to one hundred bedbug bites and later confirmed by a dermatologist to be bedbug bites. We caught and killed a bedbug on the bed. The bites caused severe allergic reactions, intense itching, elevated blood pressure, headaches, and significant emotional distress. This injury completely ruined not only the tour itself, but our entire trip in Taiwan. Unbelievably, Lion Travel feels they are only responsible for one night hotel charge.
The company further endangered participants with a 1.5-hour bicycle ride in extreme heat and humidity along a route with virtually no worthwhile scenery. Conditions were so severe that one nearby traveler rode for only ten minutes before becoming intensely flushed and appearing on the verge of a medical emergency.
In another incident, the driver assured us that a mountain hike would be easy and manageable. However, there were absolutely no contingency or safety arrangements for travelers unable to complete the hike. As a survivor of triple bypass heart surgery, I began experiencing chest tightness and shortness of breath at the midway point and physically unable either to continue to the summit or return safely to the starting point. I came dangerously close to suffering another heart attack.
Lion Travel promised but didn't provide an English-speaking tour guide. The driver had extremely limited English proficiency. So I was unable to understand the tour information, cultural explanations, or instructions, which diminished my ability to appreciate the advertised experiences.
In addition, several major attractions and activities promoted in the itinerary were either misrepresented or not available at all. For example, the promised "National Banquet" in Puli was never provided. At the Golden Needle flower farm, there were no Golden Needle flowers to see whatsoever, and travelers were left sitting idly for the afternoon. At Carp Lake, the boat rental had reportedly been closed for a long time, yet the tour still stopped there primarily for restroom use. Similarly, at Chi-Mei, there had been no food production activities to watch, and once again the stop appeared to serve little purpose beyond providing access to a restroom. These repeated disappointments created the impression that the itinerary was outdated, misleading, and poorly managed.
The driver also failed to arrange adequate restroom breaks throughout the tour. On multiple occasions, we were forced to relieve ourselves outdoors in the open. At times, passengers were even forced to use
small plastic bags inside the tour van as makeshift toilets. This was degrading, humiliating, and risking urinary tract infections; unacceptable for an organized tour.
It is deeply alarming that a company as large as Lion Travel could operate with such a gross negligence and repeatedly expose its customers to serious and potentially life-threatening dangers. Despite the seriousness of the bedbug bite incident, Lion Travel only offered a small compensation, which is totally unreasonable as the pain and suffering lasting not only one night, but for the entire rest of the tour, the remainder of our 5-week Taiwan trip and beyond. In addition, exposing us in hazardous ways that risk our lives is a very serious matter.
DO NOT USE LION TRAVEL'S SERVICE. THIS COMPANY EXPOSE ITS TRAVELERS TO UNSAFE, UN-HEALTHY, UN-SANITARY CONDITIONS CAUSING HAZARDOUS HARM! read more