I am ashamed to admit that I have been on 2 Club 18-30 holidays over the last few years. The first of which, to Gran Canaria was brilliant. The second to Kavos in Corfu, the worse holiday I have ever been on.
If you are going in a big group the actual cost of the holiday isn't too bad with lots of discounts, so the overall price of the holidays doesn't seem too bad. My first experience of a Club 18-30 holiday was with 9 other girlie friends to Gran Canaria. This holiday was excellent; being a big group we seemed to attract a lot of attention from the reps and met some fantastic people over the two weeks. The hotel was great for what we needed, with good overall facilities and an onsite supermarket, ideal for those moments of dehydration! Overall a brilliant holiday.
Spurred on by this experience, the following year myself and a smaller group of friends (2 couples and 2 singles), booked another holiday with Club 18-30 to Kavos in Corfu. The experience here however was completely different.
The trips they offer are basically the same wherever you go with them, a booze cruise, bar crawls, a stag and hen night etc etc. We had decided before going as a group that we wouldn't be persuaded to pay for the trips as they're not worth it, but wow are they desperate to get you to cough up your dosh! Our rep, the head rep, told my friends and I, first thing on arriving there a whole load of lies to deceive us and get us to pay. Promises of Bud and Becks bottled for the lads and decent flavour cocktails and a sexy stripper for the ladies. What a joke! The beer, bottled yes, drinkable no way. Cocktails, yes if you can drink the cheapest dirtiest vodka from a bucket!!!! And the stripper...Disgusting. We made the mistake of being bullied into paying for the trips, and they were worse than imagined. The biggest mistake we made. Whatever you do, don’t make the same one!
The accommodation in Kavos was appalling. My friend’s apartment fell apart; a windowpane fell out of the balcony door, narrowly missing my mate’s leg. 4 days it took for this to be repaired. Can you imagine the insect bites they suffered as a result!? To top it off, the worse thing about the whole experience for me was that when it came to the end of the holiday and we could finally get out of there, we were told as a group that we owed the hotel and Club 18-30 about £75 in damages. Shocked, that’s the only way to describe it. A hole that had been in our apartment door since we had arrived they were charging us with causing!! Along with the broken balcony door, a stained sheet and dirty walls! Unbelievable! They had taken all of our deposits and were still demanding more money. We had a huge argument with the reps, who were totally on side with the hotel, and in the end, very begrudgingly paid. We did take photographic evidence of the alleged damage and lodged an official complaint about the holiday in general with the company. However, surprisingly the company did not follow this up and no money was reimbursed.
I have never felt so cheated before and I am pretty sure they are still charging people now for the same damaged door they charged us £50 for. I will never ever go on a Club 18-30 holiday again, and I would say to anyone if you plan on going with your boyfriend or girlfriend, then don't, the reps are interested cos they can't 'pull' you!
If you do have the misfortune of being roped into going on one. Please, don’t go to Kavos, don’t pay for the trips whatever they say or however much they pressure you, and refuse to pay for damages your certain you didn’t cause.
Your holiday is what you make it, just take my advice, and don't make it a Club 18-30 one!!!
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