Shearings Coach Holidays

...Which brings me on to Shearings coach holidays. Shearings offer either half or full board so that takes care of most of the food. They also look after petrol (well OK, diesel in the case of their coaches!) and the road tolls. All we had to worry about was the bar bill and sun cream. In all, for me, the missus, and a 6 year old lad, it cost us £850 half board for 7 nights in resort and 3 days travel. Straightaway, we saw the value for money inherent ...
...First Choice Holiday Hypermarket, and Shearings seemed to have made sure they knew their stuff, too. So far, our first impressions of Shearings were very good. We booked with only two weeks to go... more than one week to go and our travel documents were ready for us. Sorted with no fuss at all. My only concern, being a high mileage driver, was the length of the coach trip itself, but we'd soon see. On Our Way: There we were at Digbeth Coach Station ...

schneckster 26.08.2004 · Read full review
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We used Shearings for the first time in December 2002 to go to the snow for Christmas. Two years earlier we had been on a similar holiday with another company. We chose the Shearings holiday from their brochure on the grounds of length of holiday available, destination and description of accommodation and excursions etc. Since we have two children, then 7 and 9 yrs of age, we were also looking for something that would suit them. We chose an 8 day ...
...clearly had discretion since another Shearings vehicle which was travelling with us to the same destination had a driver who insisted on sticking to motorways. Passengers on that bus seemed less happy with "their man" so I guess we were lucky. The hotel was very pleasant and the food was very good, though there was an over-reliance on pork for some people's liking. The Village location was also very nice and just a few minutes walk from a chair ...

hayslad 15.05.2003 (12.11.2004) · Read full review
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...holidays!! I first travelled with Shearings (they've now merged with Wallace Arnold) with my parents when I was 13. We went to Lido Di Jesolo in Italy. I'm now 36 and have been to Spain, Italy, Slovenia and Poland with Shearings (in 3 weeks I'm off to Belgium with them) and I've been to France and Austria with rival coach companies. There's a huge range of destinations, but I'll put them into 2 simple categories. 1) Overnight Express: you stay ...
...out of your price bracket! Shearings regularly give discounts for late bookings so if you are not restricted to any particular time, you could save up to £100 each (on average) Coaching holidays in general tend to attract a more mature clientel. I'm putting this in positives because it means you won't be stuck with a load of lager louts as they tend to go on short boozy weekends with the cheap airlines. You'll find a lovely mix of people (many ...

loum70 09.07.2006 · Read full review
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Just come back from the Beresford Newquay worth a visit ,good food ,friendly staff . The room we had was really pleasant ,overall good value for money. ...

KERRIL 07.07.2007
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...the long travelling times on Shearings coaches and here is the reason. Shearings Coach Depots (in our case Normanton in Yorkshire) have a closed barrier across the entrance until 4.30 pm and coaches are not allowed in, regardless of how near the holiday destination is, so drivers have to kill time on the motorways. The alternative would be a long queue of coaches waiting outside the depot until 4.30.pm until the barrier is lifted. This is so that ...
...this, we stayed at the Shearings Burlington Hotel in Eastbourne for a week. We booked 8 months before and paid extra for a sea view, expecting a really smart room, but instead got a tiny scruffy room on the top floor, with just enough space for a double bed, a bathroom and a tiny wardrobe. Our small room was even partitioned off to make a shower for the room next door. Wallpaper was peeling off, and the paint was full of scuff marks. The corridors ...

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...magical - I cannot praise Shearings too highly for making the experience so memorable. We flew from the USA and joined my son in the UK who had booked the holiday via Uniglobe Gemini Travel, Ashford, Middlesex, UK. From start to finish the nine day tour went without a hitch. The coach was extremely comfortable - in fact our second home . Our excellent driver and tour guide Glen was so friendly, with a great sense of humour and a fantastic ...
...obvious pleasure and enjoyment in the caring for each and everyone of his passengers on board - we cannot praise him too highly. We thoroughly enjoyed the included tours, sidetrips and stops along the way. The hotels were very good indeed - clean and comfortable - in fact in Montecatini at the Grand Plaza it was a work of art to complete the five course dinner each night! We cannot wait to take another tour with you and if we get another ...

BPEARSON 08.06.2007 · Read full review
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August 2007 Holiday with WA Shearings to Sorrento and Amalfi Coast Italy. Using the Grand Tourer Service. August 2007. Decided on this type of holiday as my wife had taken a dislike to flying! This seemed the best option of a holiday abroad, in the sun. This particular tour offered a 6 night stay at a resort (SORRENTO) Others are based on a total Touring option. Organisation. Our Holiday began at our chosen pick up point where my wife and I ...
...for our chosen destination. (OTHER SHEARINGS COACHES FOR ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAYS WERE ALSO WAITING AT THE DOCKS) At this point I was a little concerned about our luggage as I had not laid a hand on it since departing from our pick up point! Did It get transferred to the correct coach? (YES) Was our suitcase about to depart on a Russian Experience and not an Italian? (NO) NO need to worry!! The organisation was 'spot on ' and we (and or luggage) ...

alliedprawn 12.09.2007 (12.01.2008) · Read full review
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DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY We booked a holiday to Scotland and it was confirmed by e-mail and paid for. We were supposed to be travelling on the Saturday and as we had not received the documents with the time of the bus departure we rang and were told there was no availbility and the holiday had been cancelled!!!!! Apparently they rang us once - did not get an answer and did not even think of leaving a message on the answer machine - or think to ring ...
...We were told this had been reinbursed but it had not! If we had not rang on Thursday afternoon to confirm Saturdays bus time we could have been left stranded at the bus station early Saturday morning as we had been given provisional time of 7.55 am. If this is how they conduct their business and treat customers they deserve to be named and shamed! We have travelled extensively and used many other companies and have never experienced such a poor ...

Tokyo64 24.04.2008 · Read full review
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Can I say that I treated this trip with some sceptisism. A coach from the UK to explore Italy seemed a long journey with boredom a constant threat. What a joy to be proven totally wrong. The journey to and from seemed to race by. Great commentries from the drivers, lots of advice on what to do and not to do. If you need to see Italy in an abreaviated fashion then this has to be the trip especially in their luxury coaches. Every whim or complaints were treated equaly and with promptness. Full marks to Shearings for a great Italian holiday ...

golpher-4 12.01.2008 (11.01.2008)
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Went to Croatia with WAShearings in September 2007. The Grand Tourer coach was great, plenty of legroom and more room between the two seats. The hotels were all of a good standard, the food sometimes predictable, sometimes tasty. As usual the days were long and northern France boring and Germany beset by traffic delays. The disadvantage . . . our driver/courier was OK as a driver but rubbish as a courier. Very disorganised. The coach started dirty and at the end of the fortnight was very dirty. The GPS was "programmed incorrectly" and the CDs did not work after a local guide stopped them to play some local music. He had to be reminded to switch the water on for the drinks, and that was after he had persuaded us to keep HIM plied with coffee. He was also very good at not telling groups of people what next day's times were.! ...

rathbone 24.09.2007
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Shearings have there good and bad points. First the bad. Don't book with Shearings if you want to go on holiday on a specific date. I booked a 5 day holiday to the Tarbet hotel in Scotland in February for the 21st of July for our silver wedding which was on the 23rd. I paid in full 8 weeks before departure and then 6 weeks before departure Shearings wrote to me saying they had to cancel the holiday due to lack of numbers. I could either have ...
...couldn't find anything else suitable and so had to go the week after. We were very annoyed to say the least and I had to change my holiday dates at work which didn't go down well. So just be aware, they can cancel your holiday anytime they like and just give you £10 compensation but if you cancel they can take 90% of your money. The holiday itself was good, we had a very helpful coach driver who had a great knowledge of the area. It is the first ...

curlywatts 04.08.2008 · Read full review
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My Husband and I booked to go to the Royal Esplanade in Ryde, Isle of Wight the week before Christmas. Living in Poole Dorset we thought it wasn't far to go as we can see the IOW from home. It took us 8 1/2 hours to get there as they first take you to London Gateway then down to Portsmouth a total of 215 miles. It is 56 miles from Poole to Portsmouth. The return journey was going to be approx 10 hours. People returning to Yorkshire had less travelling time of 8 hours. Shearings seem to beleive that people enjoy the coach journey, well people I've spoken to only enjoy what is necessary not the extra miles added on for no good reason . ...

hijack99 28.12.2008
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...a LLandudno weekend with WA Shearings and it was appalling as was the coach driver, who was Welsh and was the most unhelpful, sarcastic person I have ever met. We left Yorkshire at 10am and got to LLandudno at 4pm! So much for a weekend as we left at 9am the next morning! Stops in LLangollen - where we spent more time in the village than we did in Llandudno before the shops shut - on the way and a detour through the Welsh countryside - the A55 is ...
...fiasco. On complaining to WA Shearings it took a month to get a reply and when we did we were told that people who book coach holiday like coaches! I am sure that if you cannot drive somewhere you do not like to sit for hours on end getting knowhere fast. I am also sure that if you book to go to Llandudno you would actiually like to see it before the sun goes down!! Overall Shearings is an absolutely appalling company with awful staff. AVOID AT ALL ...

Amphipolos 23.06.2008 · Read full review
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stayed at royal hotel whitby,the room was shabby looking on to a brick wall. meals terrible had to leave early. ...

jack217 20.03.2008 (19.03.2008)
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You were lucky that all went well. Shearings cancelled our holiday twice and then you find out what customer service is all about. In their case Nil. Not the company for me I am afraid. Totally unhelpful and without any regard for hurt feelings. I would not like to trust myself to travelling with this company. ...

Marinavi 04.07.2008
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