Far East Travel

Wendy at Far East Travel is the best and saves me money every time. OK, I finally wrote it, exposing my «secret fishing spot» to the whole world. 8) That’s right, I’ve been using Far East for many years, whenever I want a good deal. Often, I would plan a trip with a large group, and several of us would get quotes from our own travel agents. I think Wendy has beaten the others every single time. But even more than a cheap price, Wendy has seriously *SAVED OUR SKINS” in those times of desperation no one expects. When Hurricane Sandy hit, shutting down Logan, I worked with Wendy to get to a very important trip by re-​routing our tickets through Cleveland, and then Chicago. Long story, but we rented a car and drove to Cleveland, but their airport also shut down while we were en route, and so we continued driving to Chicago, in order to catch a new flight that Wendy arranged. Recently, the shooting at LAX closed that airport and prevented 6 friends of mine from coming to Boston, and Wendy was the only one who found a new set of tickets on the same airline, at an airport no one thought of using. Several times, I showed Wendy what I found on Kayak or Orbitz and asked her if I should even use Far East, and she says without hesitating NOT to use Far East and that for many simple round trip flights, it’s cheapest online — I like honesty. I have no other connection with Far East other than having stumbled upon them years ago and been very happy since. I was googling their mailing address when I was shocked to see the lone negative review. I felt I had to respond with my personal experience. I am not saying anything against the previous reviewer, but only sharing what I know. I encourage him to compare prices against Far East Travel (founded 7 years before the more popular FETI — hence the name clash is FETI’s fault!). So, I am risking my unfettered access to Wendy by inviting others to crowd me out… but I felt it was just wrong and unfair to leave Far East with a single negative review.

I accidentally went here instead of FETI because far East Travel makes up the right acronym and it’s in the same building.
I had been working back and forth with Tiffany over email to get the paperwork right. When I arrived at Far East Travel there was a sing on the door to wait for ½ hour. When the person arrived she said I had all the wrong paperwork but that they’d take it.
I didn’t realize my mistake until I called FETI to check on the status and they didn’t have a record. Tiffany was helpful and friendly.
When I picked it up (a week later than they estimated) they insisted the fee was $ 210. But of course there was no written price list for their services and they had never told me that. FETI is $ 185 as are other Chinatown operations I could find.
Don’t make the same mistake! Go to FETI.