Archers Holidays

We had never taken and all inclusive tour before nor had we used Archers. What a superb choice they turned out to be. The Wonders of China and the Mighty Yangzte was a fortnight of sheer delight. Every travel arrangment worked without a hitch, our tour director Kitty Shi could not have been more helpful and friendly, hotels were more than adequate and the food we enjoyed, albeit a little westernised at times, was exceptional. The cruise ship is certainly not liner standard - rooms are clean and well serviced but if you want luxury you may need to consider paying the premium for the ... more

Beautiful China, absolutely 100% from begining to end. We did this trip fom 13th of May for three weeks. We were first greeted at Heathrow airport , went through the normal securities before boarding our aircraft for our adventurous holiday, this was just one week after the earthquake and build up for the Beijing Olympics so although security was high we were all made most welcome On arrival in China we were made welcome by our guide Chris Wang, whom stayed with us throughout the complete tour, even when we had the odd wanderer , Chris would make sure we were all back together, the hotels ... more

We had a very similar but worse experience of Archers, to that reported by Mr Beveridge (27/12/04) to Ciao. We had to remind Archers to send the holiday documents. They were finally received only 4 days before departure! We had booked a resort holiday in Montecatini (travel via Venice Airport). When we checked in at the UK airport we were informed that the flight was cancelled and substituted with one that did not provide in flight catering. It was late departing. In Italy during transfer to the Venice hotel we were informed that the accommodation was replaced by a poor quality substitute. We ... more

I booked and paid for a Canadian holiday costing approximately £1,500, along with a friend to share room and experience. Eleven days prior to leaving I became too ill to travel and although my companion was to approach her daughter to accompany her instead, I believed I was doing the right thing by informing Archers immediately I would be unable to travel but the same day putting forward the alternative name. They do give a 14 day period prior to commencement for this arrangement but this was impossible in our case and my friend having travelled with Archers at least 10 times in the past ... more