Umngcwabo wakamuva weNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth owesibili ubukwe ngabantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezine emhlabeni jikelele, kwaba yisicelo senkosi yaseBrithani ehlonishwayo. Ukusabalala komhlaba wonke kuletha ukuthuthukiswa okungalindelekile, kodwa okwamukelekayo emnothweni waseBrithani ontekenteke. Ezokuvakasha eziqhingini zaseBrithani kulindeleke ukuthi zidlondlobale iminyaka eminingi, kulandela ukunaka komhlaba wonke emikhosini ewumbukwane yesizwe sethu esizilayo.
U-Patricia Yates, isikhulu esiphezulu sophiko lwezokuvakasha lukazwelonke lwase-UK Vakashela iBrithani ulindele ukuthi abantu “beze bazozibonela izindawo zethu ezidumile emhlabeni wonke, amasiko ethu, amagugu ethu nomlando futhi, njengoba sibheke phambili ekugcotshweni kweNkosi uCharles III, ingxenye yezinto ezenzeka kanye ekuphileni ongaba nazo eBrithani.”
Ngaphezu komlando
IBrithani inomlando weminyaka engaphezu kuka-2000 obonakala yonke indawo eziqhingini zethu, Kodwa abantu bathola ukuthi kuningi okunikezwayo kunezigodlo, izinqaba, umbukwane kanye nesiko. Ukuthuthukiswa okulindelekile kwezokuvakasha akuzona izivakashi ezisuka kwamanye amazwe kuphela. Abomdabu baseBrits sebephinde bawathanda amaholide ekhaya.
UJim, uchwepheshe wezakhiwo oneminyaka engu-55 ubudala waseYorkshire uthi: “Usujwayele ukufuna ukuya kwelinye izwe kangangokuthi ukhohlwa ukuthi sinakho yini ngempela lapha emnyango wethu. “SineHighlands, Dales kanye neLake District. Amabhishi ethu nezindawo zasemaphandleni ziyakhazimula. Amadolobha ethu anempilo futhi ajabulisayo.”
“Okubalulekile nje ukuthi ipondo lami liya phambili kakhulu lapha e-UK. Angiziboni ngikhokha ukuze ngiphinde ngindize phesheya maduze nje.”
Ukushintsha kolwandle, kodwa kwabanye kuphela
Amanye amaBrits amaningi kulindeleke ukuthi alandele. Amaholide aphesheya ayathandeka kancane. Ukwehla kwamandla emali, ukulahlekelwa-imali engenayo ngokwemibandela yangempela, nokulahlekelwa kwenani likapondo kuqondane nalolu thando oluvuselelwe kabusha nogu lwethu lwendabuko.
Amaholide esimanje athuthukile kangangokuthi abantu bangaya lapho bethanda khona, ngesikhathi abathanda ngaso. Bangakwazi ukucacisa ibhajethi futhi bakhethe ubude bokuhlala. Bangakwazi ukuklama iholide abalifunayo ngezinhlelo zokusebenza namasayithi okubhuka. Ngamafuphi, banokuguquguquka okuphelele… ngaphandle uma bephethe i-timeshare.
Amalungu ezindawo zokungcebeleka azibophezele ngokusemthethweni ohlelweni olwakhiwe ngeminyaka yawo-1960s, olunokuthuthukiswa okuncane kusukela lapho. Kube nezinguquko eziningi ezishubile, njengezindlela zokushintshisana, “amasonto antantayo” noma Uhlelo Lwamaphuzu. Kodwa konke lokhu kwamukelwa kabanzi ukuthi akusebenzi, kuyilapho izindleko zikhuphuke ngezinga elishaqisayo.
Amasistimu okushintshaniswa kwe-Timeshare akhona kodwa abanikazi bavame ukudonsa kanzima ukuthola ukutholakala abakufunayo futhi kufanele babhalise ukushintshanisa kwabo kuze kube manje kusenesikhathi, abaningi baye bayeka. Baye bafunda ukwamukela ukuthi lilonke kufanele baye eholidini endaweni yabo yokungcebeleka, ngokuvamile amasonto ambalwa, futhi baphoqeleka ukuba bakhokhe minyaka yonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bayayisebenzisa noma cha.
Yebo kunenombolo yezindawo zokungcebeleka zeshare ezizinze e-UK, futhi abanikazi balezi zindawo zokungcebeleka bangase bazuze ekwenyukeni kwesidingo sendawo yokuhlala yamaholide esekelwe e-UK kodwa lokhu kumelela kuphela idlanzana labanikazi beshare lesikhathi base-UK abaningi abangabanikazi bendawo eSpain.
Usizo luseduze
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi nakuba izinkontileka ze-timeshare zenzelwe ukuvimbela amalungu ukuthi ashiye iqembu, kungenzeka ngosizo lochwepheshe. “Abenzi bamaholide badinga ukuguquguquka kunanini ngaphambili,” kuchaza u-Andrew Cooper, oyi-CEO ye-European Consumer Claims. “Ngeke bamukele amaphakheji wokusika amakhukhi anelise izizukulwane ezedlule. “Bafuna ukwazi ukuya (ngokwesibonelo) eNiagara Falls, ngesonto elizayo, izinsuku eziyishumi nanye, eziyisikhombisa zalabo abasehhotela nabathathu endlini yezimoto.
“Bafuna iholide labo linikeze ulwazi abalufunayo, luhambisane nesabelomali sabo futhi luhambisane nesikhathi abasithandayo.
"Abanikazi besikhathi bayabona ukuthi abanye abavakashi banale nkululeko, futhi bayayifuna."
