Businesses and travel agents who have dealt with Priority Escapes told News24 the company was unreliable and inconsistent and engaged in false advertising for direct flights to the Maldives.The abrupt closure of luxury travel company Priority Escapes has been met with anger from would-be holidaymakers.
The Johannesburg company that provided exclusive holidays to the Maldives ceased trading last Saturday. In an email, which News24 has seen, Priority Escapes director, Francois Swart, said all marketing material, including social media and their website, would be closed down, and the company would no longer take reservations.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.