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Originally Posted by Bellemum

Thanks for all your replies - I think we will have a go at DIY - seems like we may save some money.

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Not necessarily, just price it up yourself and take it into a TA and get them to beat it (I do this every year and always get a deal - biggest discount was 23% off Virgin advertised price).

Last few trips have been booked through Thomas Cook (package pulled together with their Signature team) although nothing we are having is from TC themselves (direct flights with BA for ~£600pp in school holidays, on-site at Disney for 2 weeks, Disney tickets and hotel in Fort Lauderdale for 3 nights). Also got $200 gift card even though the offer had dropped to $100.

So you can still get DIY prices through a TA (and ATOL protected etc), there’s always a deal to be done.