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20 Jan 20, 01:54 AM |
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slightly serious Dibber
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We always booked through our banks holiday service but they don't deal with Virgin always went with TC before, so since we were going with Virgin this year we booked direct with Virgin.
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20 Jan 20, 07:49 AM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
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This year, flights and car with BA, first weeks accommodation direct with a Casino, 2nd weeks accommodation with Booking.com.
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20 Jan 20, 08:34 AM |
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VIP Dibber
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Book everything myself. Flights and car direct with BA, Disney through Disney, villa through the owner on the dibb or through homeaway/holiday lettings, any other tickets through floridatix/attraction tickets, any additional hotel stays ie airport hotel, beach stay, universal hotels through either hotels.com or Expedia. All of this is booked on a deposit only and I pay the rest when it’s due, that way should I need to cancel I only lose the minimum amount. Made a mistake years ago booking a holiday with an agent on a low deposit scheme and I had to cancel but it meant I had to pay the whole deposit which was a big chunk of money.
I also like to have control over everything, where we stay, type of villa, be able to change things about myself rather than have an agent do it. We all do it differently, however I’ve yet to find an agent to give me exactly what we want in a holiday for cheaper than doing it myself. Plus, I LOVE sorting it all!
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23 Jan 20, 12:20 PM |
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Imagineer
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This time round went with travel republic for flights and car hire and direct through Hilton honours for the hotel, we saved a huge amount though would have preferred flying with virgin just a shame their prices are through the roof.
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24 Jan 20, 12:53 PM |
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Imagineer
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Usually I DIY but will use agents for certain things. I tend to use specialists for these bits and it has always gone well but this year I slipped up and used Hays.
Booked a cruise at the very end of December , price was already good and got a bit of discount too. Apart from consistently calling the Fantastica cabins Fantasmic throughout the call she seemed pretty good but a few days later I needed to call to add my cruise loyalty number and add a couple of requests. Five calls later and I still haven’t spoken to her or got the info I need. Not even an email . Apparently she’s a team leader which makes it all the worse as she’s hardly leading by example ! Our friends have now decided to join us on the cruise, but want a suite , they’ve given up on adding to our booking now and have booked their cabin separately ... so she’s lost a nice chunk of very easy extra commission too. I accept I’ve been unlucky as the customer service staff I’ve spoken to have done as much as they can but ultimately five failed requests for a callback from her over three weeks is dreadful. I’m an advocate of homeworking but in this case I wish I’d booked in branch (or obviously elsewhere) as at least I could walk in and get this dealt with ! |
26 Jan 20, 11:38 AM |
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26 Jan 20, 12:01 PM |
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Imagineer
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We used to book our package in store with Thomas Cook. Never had any problems. This year we have booked in store with Virgin Holidays. A new store has recently opened in Canterbury. My youngest daughter works just around the corner from then so is able to pop in with any queries etc. Their service has been fantastic so far. We very much appreciated the freebies we received when booking too - 3 mini bottles of Prosecco, bags of mini pretzels and Hershey and Reese chocolate bars. All given in a Virgin Holidays canvas bag.
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26 Jan 20, 02:11 PM |
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Imagineer
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I book everything myself but I have been going there for over 20 years. There's a lot to know about florida holidays and a first timer might be better off using a ta as can be overwhelming.
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26 Jan 20, 03:35 PM |
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Imagineer
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26 Jan 20, 11:58 PM |
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Very Serious Dibber
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I just wanted to add something to this. I had flights booked with TC using my credit card. I’d booked the flights myself and not through a TA. My credit card company paid me back the money for my original flights plus all consequential losses I had incurred due to the TC collapse. I had no issues getting my money back and went on to book Virgin flights independently. I booked everything else either with Disney direct or with individual hotels/ websites such as Hotels.com. I like being able to control of my own holiday and deal directly with the companies I’m using. However, my first holiday to Orlando I did use travelplanners and they were great.
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