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Virgin Holiday Offer Barbados (Pt1)

Advantages: Great Value
Disadvantages: On this occasion booking/ticket admin stressful

...closely at excellent reviews of Virgin Holidays by fellow Ciao members going back to 2000. It is fair to say that some of what follows revisits/mirrors areas, experiences, and issues previously highlighted by others in some cases as long ago as 2000. I hope to complement all this excellent material, and importantly provide something of an update based on our recent experience.

Why did we go for it? After all we had decided that we ...
...carried a ‘bargain’ ad from Virgin Holidays…. the ‘May Sale’ offer of 7 nights at a 3* named hotel in Barbados including Virgin-Atlantic flights from Manchester or Gatwick, all for the princely sum of £399 each. An opportunity too good to miss with family commitments dictating the first week in June as the time to go.

Coping with Virgin Holidays booking, invoicing, ticketing process required on this occasion, patience, fortitude, perseverance, ... more

wanlan 24.07.2007 (24.07.2007)
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Western Renegade Fly Drive

Advantages: Get to see loads in a fairly short time
Disadvantages: Tiring, living out of a suitcase some of the time

...not the 2004 one - Virgin honored the price quoted without hesitation. Pre-allocated seats were arranged on the aircraft and we were offered a number of excursions through the Virgin brochure. We decided to book the San Francisco City Tour and Alcatraz visit for the day after our arrival. This proved to be a good move as this tour is normally booked up. We took travel insurance through Thomas Cook (you can normally negotiate a discount on this if ...
...on time and all the Virgin staff are great. Food and drink was good quality but not particularly plentiful. However, if you ask you will get more without any bother. Legroom was OK, we booked right at the back in one of the rows with just 2 seats so we could sit as a couple, the in-flight entertainment was excellent on the way out (new aircraft) and only good on the way back (not so new) – overall the flights were very good. SAN FRANCISCO Hire Car: ...

aldonald 03.05.2004 · Read full review
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Virgin's All Inclusive Gulet Cruise in Turkey

Advantages: All inclusive is the best way on a gulet cruise
Disadvantages: more niggles than disadvantages

...returned twice. We went with Virgin Sun in October 1999 which was their first year offering gulet cruises. Gulets are traditional wooden boats with accommodation for up to 16 people. they sail around the exquisite coast of Turkey stopping in idyllic bays and occasionally in larger ports. A gulet holiday is special for several reasons: sailing is is the most relaxing way to travel, dress is very casual - shorts T-shirts, swimwear or nothing, shoes ...
...you about our experience with Virgin covering the flights, and reps and how the holiday compared with the brochure description and previous gulet cruises. FLIGHTS The flights both ways in the ‘big yellow banana’ were very good. There were no delays at all which made a refreshing change. I was very impressed with all aspects of the flight and the way Virgin made the flight actually part of the holiday. In fact I would go as far to say ...

Freespirit 23.03.2001 · Read full review
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Virgin Sun - family friendly

Advantages: Friendly & helpful reps, clean aircraft, all round excellence
Disadvantages: None

...holiday brochures, we settled on Virgin Sun as they appeared to offer us what we wanted (2 weeks in Mallorca, H/B and less than 1 hour from the airport), at the price we wanted (about £1000 budget), with the facilties we wanted (kids club, near the beach and resort, family oriented hotel). The holiday started off with an argument - at check in at Manchester Airport, we were told that the changing bag for my baby daughter was not hand luggage and ...
...from the centre of the resort. The return flight was just as good as the outbound. All in all - an excellent holiday with an excellent tour operator. So much so, that as soon as we got back we were planning the 2001 jolly with Virgin Sun! ...

sdwatson 12.02.2001 · Read full review
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Ski,sunbathe and visit theme parks all at once

Advantages: A variety of experiences
Disadvantages: You get very tired

...at a reasonable price. Virgin provided excellent service throughout and their reps were generally helpful, although as always they try to get you to go on their trips. There were a variety of hotel packages available as well as different combinations of resorts. We went for the cheapest. One final piece of advice take plenty to read. American television is just so bad, the most interesting channel was ‘the weather channel’. ...

martinprice 26.06.2001 · Read full review
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Virgin on the ridiculous!

Advantages: Nice wedding ceremonies
Disadvantages: Poor booking service, unreliable rep, poor quality accommodation

...We had always known that Virgin Holidays had a very good reputation and never really saw any bad reviews about the company. We therefore decided that we would spoil ourselves and have a Virgin holiday and wedding combined. Rather than book through a travel agency, we thought we would book direct with Virgin Holidays. And that is where the trouble began. BOOKING A HOLIDAY THROUGH VIRGIN RESERVATIONS ============================================== ...
...whole occasion. We telephoned Virgin Reservations and booked the holiday. We requested:- =========== A booking for four adults, giving their full names etc; 2 centre self catering holiday; full holiday insurance; car hire; airport hotel We received a few days later:- ====================== An invoice from Virgin stating only my husband's name and confirming that the three remaining passengers' names were TBA. They had been given this information ...

matthewsmum 07.11.2005 · Read full review
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Advantages: a brilliant day out..see the natural flora and forna of Florida
Disadvantages: none that I can think of

For visitors to Orlando who have travelled with Virgin Holidays there is one excursion which they should not miss it is the water safari..it is quite simply the best excursion I have ever been on.. a full day out on a small boat with your own Captain investigating the Rivers lakes and State park in Florida...seeing wild life from American Bald headed eagles, Black headed Vultures, snakes ( Mocassins, Brown River Snakes & Rattlers) raccoons, monkeys, fish, possibly a mannatee, gators, turtles, clear waters even stop for a swim..it is absolutley stunning, Sorry folks if you are on a package holiday, this one is only being sold thro your Virgin Holidays Rep and is not currently available thro any other tour company, you can either drive your self there in your hire car, or the owner (Ted Blauser) will drive down to Orlando and pick ...

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Mears Transportation Florida

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Plenty

Mears Transportation in Orlando Florida has to be one of the worst experiences I've ever had, and as a former licensed International Bus & Coach Operator myself and a corporate Member of the Institute of transport Administration, I think I am more than qualified to write a professional opinion.. ~~~o0o~~~ Mears are being used by Virgin Holidays and are just about everywhere in and around Orlando, they do the Hotel Transfers to and from the airport, Virgin Holiday excursions, plus transportation from the hotles to all the Theme parks, and in addition they also run a large taxi company, who serve all destinations withing the Orlando and Kissimee areas.. ~~~o0o~~~ I have to say that with a couple of exceptions the drivers were at best non-communicative, rude and just darn ignorant, the Coaches were second rate and ALWAYS late I ...

Dalesman 19.08.2000 (31.07.2001) · Read full review
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Trip to Florida 2006

Advantages: excellent service, good entertainment
Disadvantages: incompetent staff initially (!), fault with the plane

evening. Thankfully the following day we boarded our flight with no problems (after recieving a 50% off voucher on our next Virgin Holiday.) The on-board entertainment on the plane was excellent; each person gets a tv-headrest screen which includes a selection of films, programmes and games. The food wasnt too bad, as far as I remember you recieve a choice of 3 meals. The plane was very clean and the staff were in the end very friendly and welcoming! Despite our bad start to our holiday, I would definitely fly with Virgin again; on returning to Florida this year we decided to spend a little less money on the flight and I must say it is not worth doing. For a pleasant flying experience and a clean environment (!) it is worth spending that little bit extra! Lets just hope our initial experience was a one off! ...

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