Bogotá Directory|Arepa of shame

THE AREPA OF SHAME:

The arepa of shame is awarded to those individuals, companies or websites that have excelled in the art of cynicism, awkwardness and making it difficult for consumers to give them their money. It takes a certain stupidity to win this most prestigious of accolades and arepa medal winners should wear their arepas with pride. Send an email to nominate a winner.

Current title-holder

-TurBus of Chile - Aviatur.com rapidly relinquished their arepa and it headed south to Chile. Turbus is arguably one of the most sophisticated bus networks in Latin America, their website is so fantastic that you can even choose how much your seat resembles a bed, and then click on it to pre-book it (clicking on the driver´s seat doesn't work)

However, TurBus will not let you buy a ticket without registering, not such a great problem, except for they won't let you register without a Cédula Chilena, so it is off limits to all foreigners, oops! That's TurBus embracing tourism.

Previous winners

-Aviatur.com - Because their "online payment" process requires one to send 5 emails, go to the bank to withdraw funds, go to Aviatur's bank to deposit the same, go to the internet café to scan the receipt, send the scan in another email, send a 7th email to confirm they received it, then call them. Well done Aviatur!