To avoid stress, do not use this company! Applied for visas for Tanzania in December, they eventually arrived after much chasing (multiple phone calls to misnamed Titan Help Desk!) on 23th January, when we were due to travel on 24th! Staff uncaring and unhelpful, promised to get back to me several times but never did! When they did arrive visas had been granted by Embassy on 12th January, 11 days before CIBT forwarded them to me. If you want to avoid stress do not use this company.

Unfathomable system and unhelpful staff Tried to help a friend to submit her multiple visa applications. She couldn’t get past the payment point, and CIBT staff kept on blaming her for the issue. I’ve worked in digital, including user interface design, for 30 years and I couldn’t get it to work. Each time I went to pay, the system charged £0.00, rather than the correct amount. Again, CIBT staff told me it was my error, despite its system’s inability to charge the requisite amount. The staff seem to have no customer focus at all — all they did was constantly tell me their system was correct, despite it being exceedingly obvious that it wasn’t. In the end, we gave up and successfully applied for the certificates direct from the countries concerned, all of which was very easy by comparison to CIBT’s useless service and attitude.

Watch out for their 0844 number Watch out for their 0844 number, it ended up costing me £24 in calls chasing them up. I suspect their final invoice bore little resemblance to their actual costs.Comms was poor with no feedback on progress or even if they even had the info we sent. Once chased a couple of times they actually started progressing things. It is a sweepstake if you get a knowledgeable uk based rep or an oversees “robot”.

I have to warn future travelers I have to warn future travelers with Uniworld against using their partner, CIBTVisas. After waiting three weeks, I found they had neglected my file. I applied directly though the Vietnam Immigration Department, but it looks like the visa will not arrive on time. It is also terrible that Uniworld doesn’t offer any compensation for the error their partner has made. Look out for yourself and avoid Uniworld’s partner I will probably avoid Uniworld altogether. Afterall, there are numerous companies that offer river cruises.

DON'T BELIEVE THE POOR REVIEWS I was dreading using this company because of the poor reviews. My experience was completely the opposite, I was kept informed throughout the process. Any questions by email were promptly answered by Raechel. The price was also very reasonable. I definitely use them again.