Golden Sun

...I had never heard of Golden Sun Holidays before now and it was only by chance whilst booking online that I came to book with them. *THE COMPANY* Golden Sun Holidays are part of The Golden Sun Leisure Group who also runs similar holidays under the name Airglobe Holidays. Until recently their two main areas of holiday expertise were Greece and its Islands, and Cyprus. They have now added to that list Portugal and Croatia. The company is a member of ...
...great money saver. All the Golden Sun reps were there and they made sure we had a good night and they weren’t pushy if you didn’t want to try pole-dancing! (Again, another review completely!) Here are a few prices of the trips: (approximate in £) Day trip to Rhodes town ~ £7.20 Day trip to water park ~ £7.20 Island tour by coach ~ £27.20 Castaway cruise along Island ~ £26.40 We were told by others who went on them that they were a good day, ...

frizzball 18.09.2004 · Read full review
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...a weeks holiday booked with Golden Sun, on the volcanic Aegean island of Santorini. My boyfriend and I flew from Gatwick with Excelair, for one week in a self-catering appartment in the resort of Perissa at the Perissa II Studios at a cost of £179 each. With a flight leaving at 6am, we were sold on the fact that after a direct flight and transfer of around 25 mins, we would be on the beach by lunchtime. We left home at 3am to reach the airport for ...
...the new 767 chartered by Golden Sun to take us there was the biggest plane ever to fly to Santorini and the previous night the Greek Aviation Authority had refused the plane landing permission as they didn't have the legally required fire-cover. We were also informed that in order to get to Santorini, we would have to endure a 3-4 hour ferry trip on arrival. Still, although disappointed that we clearly weren't going to be on the beach by lunchtime ...

Discobunny 11.05.2001 · Read full review
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...GTT were a subsidiary of Golden Sun holidays. This was a good thing, as GTT were not known to anyone we spoke to, whereas Golden Sun at least have a reputation… whether it was good or bad depended on who we spoke to. Getting ******* Anyway, the invoice came through within a week or so, and the tickets a couple of weeks before we departed. Everything nice and good, except they did not charge us travel insurance (see previous op) which did ...
...flew with JMC, and not Golden Sun, so that part of the holiday does not apply to Golden Sun) then stepped out into the airports meeting part to meet our representative, the first part of our Golden Sun experience where they were actually doing something more tangible for us. That was the first mistake I made on the holiday, but keeping with the promise of making everyone we met smile… we went to the JMC people, who laughed AT us, then pointed ...

danradders 31.07.2001 (01.08.2001) · Read full review
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...over the New Year with Golden Sun, which was very enjoyable and went without any hitches. Having woken up the morning we were due to fly to find it was snowing heavily we were expecting the worst, but luckily Manchester Airport had invested in some super duper snow shifting machinery which meant that we were only delayed for half and hour while they de-iced the wings. We flew with Eurocypria, and the flight both ways was fine although the seats were ...
...As it has already been said in another review you get what you pay for, and for what we paid for this particular holiday we felt that Golden Sun delivered reasonably good value. For a deal at the right price, we would definitely consider going on another holiday with them. ...

Susanlj 08.06.2001 · Read full review
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...Not the case. The Golden Sun brochure stated that the accomodation was basic and this we accepted. What we could not accept was that basic also seemed to mean dirty. When we arrived, the shower floor was covered in mud, the apartment floor was dusty and the fridge had someone's old nasty plaster stuck to the front of it! We went straight into town to find the rep to ask to change accomodation. She rambled on about how everywhere was booked up and ...
...good holiday with 'the servive of a Golden Sun representative' as promised in the brochure, then don't book with this company, you won't have any service whatsoever. Lets just hope that they reply to my complaint letter within the next 10 days or I will be complaining through ABTA! ...

madmish 08.08.2002 · Read full review
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We discovered Golden Sun Holidays in 1999 and had to take the brochure to the travel agent to ask them to check that there wasn't a misprint on the prices to Skiathos - there wasn't - we went two years running, in June, for a fortnight to this beautiful island for £249 each! We had good standard basic self-catering accommodation each time and would recommend Golden Sun to anyone who likes a traditional Greek holiday at a bargain price. They do two ...
...next one! First-time Golden Sun travellers were appalled and unlikely to use again - marketing/ publicity opportunities lost here. Also, they lost a lovely property in Agia Pareskevi to an operator who hiked the price nearly double the following year. We would actively try to choose another Golden Sun holiday in future. ...

Yiassas 23.09.2001 · Read full review
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...and the holiday was with golden sun.i think we paid around £99 pp for a week. We ended up in Golden days hotel. When we arrived at the airport we were greated by the golden sun team, who were all very friendly and happy and showed us to our coach. The journey took 30minutes. We were very pleased with the hotel when we arrived.The rooms were basic but very clean,2 single beds, a shower, 2 electric hobs, and a lovely size balcony. No mod cons, but ...
...and the bar stayed open until there was no one left to serve! we even had one of the bar staff carry our bags to the room!! The owner couldnt of been more friendly, and nothing was too much trouble for the staff. The hotel room was cleaned every day by a lovely lady, which is unusual as when ever we have been away before the room only got cleaned once or twice a week! The rep was very informative and knew alot about the island, and was happy to answer ...

chowmein2000 14.04.2004 · Read full review
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...were messed about completely by Golden Sun. Not only did they place us in the worst hotel on the planet but they lied to us by telling us that the lively centre of Malia was only 15 mins away. We found out on our arrival that it was actually 45 mins away. We were not going to let this spoil our holiday and we had a really good two weeks but on our return we complained to the company. Now they have broken their own rules by not replying to us within ...

Sabrina_imogen 09.09.2000 · Read full review
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