“My daughter went into hays travel in stockton heath to change some euros for her first holiday abroad got a rate of 1.030 to the pound although rate online was 1.15 what a con be aware before using this company for any of your travel needs”
“Having booked our Holiday to Turkey some 2.5 years ago, due to Covid we could not travel, we do have a date of the 28/8/2021, but that was cancelled once again due to Covid, we then were informed that our holiday had been changed to the 1st September,2022 without negotiation, we informed them that that date was not a viable date, due meeting a wedding party in Dalyan on the 29th August, Hays did not seem to understand about the timing, and then were going to charge us to change the date !! They have now informed us that the date outbound is the 27th August returning 14 days later. It was also found that Hays had removed from ALL of the holiday shops the reference number of the holiday making it impossible to track the Holiday, Head office has the details but NOT the local Hays office so no information can be got from the local Hays Holiday Shop !!”
“Went into their Wallasey store today to ask for some simple advice regarding travelling to USA
Firstly was told they wouldn't even talk to me unless I already had a booking with them then as I said "how helpful you aren't" instead of recognising my disgust with them they laughed as I left the shop.”
“Only given 1 star as I could give none. Sold a holiday that didn’t exist and then get told to complain to someone else..
no,one I. Hayes can be bothered to chase up anything and do the job correctly. Fobbed off with lie after lie. Never will I use or recommend such a rubbish company”
“I have only given them one star as I had to put something! Absolutely ripped off by the Company who are extorting people with Covid despite airline and hotels being accommodating at minimal costs! They should be investigated as they are not treating customers fairly. Avoid!”
“Will never book with Hays again. So much stress that was totally unessasary. We booked a 3 night break to Iceland well over a year ago. We pointed out that one date of birth was incorrect and was told it would be changed. Fast forward to all confirmation coming through a few weeks ago and the date was not changed and also a misspelt name, which was our fault. Told we will have to pay £50 to change it all. We had also asked one of the tours to be changed to the Blue Lagoon, which we paid extra for and this also was not changed. No baggage was added so had to do this last minute and all 3 of us ended up sharing one case. Hays agreed to pay for this but we would have to pay and they would refund it.. Still waiting for refund!! I appreciate that the 2 staff members who made the mistakes are no longer there but feel Hays should take responsibility for ruining our break. No compensation has been offered and all communication seems to have stopped. As soon as confirmation came through we did nothing but chase their errors. Terrible customer service not even worthy of 1 star.”
“We can not praise the customer service of all of the team at Hays Travel Seaham Branch who supported us with the requirements that were needed for our holiday in Sri Lanka.
We particularly would like to thank Beth for her patience and commitment, she went above and beyond expectations, and can’t thank her enough for this, she is an asset to the company.
The team at Seaham branch are always so helpful and can’t recommend them enough”
“We visited Hays travel Lancaster on the off chance whilst in Lancaster to rebook our honeymoon to Dubai (previously booked a hotel at the top of the palm with Virgin holidays) due to Covid-19 we had to change the date 3 times. The staff are so helpful & knowledgable & advised you only stay at the top of the palm if you want to drop & flop (not sightsee). They found us the perfect hotel Dukes the Palm which is at the bottom of the palm looked great however when we got to the hotel it was amazing & in the perfect location. Thank you so much for finding us the perfect hotel for our honeymoon. Would highly recommend Hays Lancaster.”
“Booked a 4 night trip to newyork for myself and my son last April to travel 17th Feb 2022 £1600. Called into office in Omagh County Tyronne on 11th Feb to collect tickets, which were not all there. Ask if I had anything extra to pay and was given the bomb shell that the 2 rooms that the agent had booked for us as it was a package will cost us an extra $41 per room per night that is an extra $320 out of our spending money. Up ontil that point I was not at anytime informed of the extra amount to pay or I would not have booked it”
“My daughter and I went to New York we got to our hotel and they had no knowledge of us and sent us round the corner to another hotel. Thankfully after hours they found an email and gave us rooms. I didn’t know and wasn’t made aware that you had to give over your card when you booked in. They said no money will be taken ( we only had a debit card) when I got back to the uk two amounts of £208.14 had been taken from my account. Have tried to get it back but no one seems bothered. I had also a holiday to Chernobyl booked so last day of January 2022 was told that because of the situation out there my holiday will be cancelled and we agreed that I would go see them in the next few weeks to have a chat about when we would go. Today I get an email saying that they hope I would agree to a later flight coming home. It has taken me completely by surprise as I now have cancelled my Leave due to work commitments and no longer having a holiday to go to. I am waiting for a reply and who knows if they are going to deny cancelling it. Fed up with always having something going on and would never book through them again”
“Firstly, I'm not paid or neither do I receive any perks or any incentives for leaving reviews.
I do so to help people make the best of their money's worth. Below is my experience with Hays Travel.
If I could I would give them a zero. I recently purchased a money card from their travel center in Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow. They told me the terms and conditions of using the card but never did they mention that my money would get locked for 30 days if I used the card as a security deposit. When I called them to ask them to release the funds, they said that it's not within their capacity to do so. I feel totally cheated because now I have money in my card and I can't use it and it will only be available once my holiday is over.
How is it even acceptable that they conveniently avoid these crucial details but clearly remember others. The representative at the Silverburn center seemed to lack any sense of empathy. She asked me to contact their card services but why should I do it if Hays is providing the card on the card provider's behalf. Even so, I called up card services and they were unwilling to even let me know the name of their company! I mean seriously how's this even acceptable that they don't disclose the name of the company but they want to hold my money!!
I'm convinced that it's a deliberate dirty tactic because by locking my money it would mean that I would require to put more money into my card at a disadvantaged foreign exchange rate only to end up having extra foreign currency at the end of my trip to come back and exchange with Hays to get my pounds back.
It's just ruined my wonderful holiday....Like I said never again with this agent.
For those who have used Hays before, just be very careful about these fine details.
I hope that anyone reading this post doesn't have to go through this experience like I did”
“My friends and I paid nearly £8000 for a special holiday in Thailand for March 2022. Due to Thai restrictions we would not have been able to go to our first 3 night stop over in Bangkok, as had to have covid test on arrival at airport then go to a designated hotel till results come through, then no domestic flights from Bangkok to Phuket, who are doing the sandbucket scheme, so couldn't go outside Phuket. Oh and forgot to mention that at the time the Thai government had stopped issuing passes into the country.. curfew on opening times etc etc, list goes on. So we asked to transfer to 2023, this was supposed to be the dream holiday, they came back and said it would be an extra £500 each, for flights that have not even been released yet ??? Of course we refused and decided to cancel because we had the Hays Promise, which incidentally is one of the main reasons we booked with them, meaning all money would be refunded if holiday affected by covid in anyway. So imagine my shock when I've been emailed to say that I can expect the refund of £3222, in the next few days... no explanation about what's happened to the over £4000 that's missing. This is going to be an interesting next few days, trust me. National papers, Facebook, Instagram, ABTA, governing bodies, if we don't get the full refund 😡”
“I have used Hayes Travel, Porthcawl, Bridgend on numerous occasions now and highly recommend them. Gemma (The Manager) and her staff are so helpful, reassuring, professional, nothing is too much trouble. In these current times booking holidays is not an enjoyable experience but Gemma takes all the stress away with her knowledge of ever changing requirements”
“Do not book with this company, spent 1,500 as trip to Dublin, for Christmas however due to the current guidelines for Southern Ireland not prepared to take the risk and be dictated to ie bars closing wearing masks sounds to me like they are having lockdown, but not declaring this, told if I cancel no refund is possible. Tried contacting but being fobbed off. Disgraceful service!!”
“STILL waiting on our refund from our cancelled Florida holiday - they confirmed it would be refunded in 90 days - days 95 today and just constantly being fobbed off and there is no escalation process. £12,000 of our money being held for no reason - STAY AWAY!!!! DO NOT BOOK WITH HAYS TRAVEL - The customer service from the Swansea branch is SHOCKING!!!”
“Shocked at all these negative reviews! Thought we were dealing with a decent company.
Our flight were cancelled by EasyJet to Jersey 5 weeks ago and we were offered a refund.
We are still waiting for a refund. I have been to the branch in person, phoned the agents and sent emails but just get fobbed off.
Will not be booking with them again!!”
“Mrs Price
I saw what I thought was a bargain cruise holiday advertised in hays holiday shop window as a special deal . So went into shop and booked the cruise costing £1632.00 for 2 adults . My friend then booked exactly the same cruise on line direct with P&O choosing their own room and paid in total £ 1398.00 so for going into shop to book it cost me £234.00 more for absolutely nothing . So I will not be booking anymore holidays with them in future . I did go back into shop today to say I was not very happy and the reply I got was ( we cannot do anything about it )”
“I dealt with Dan at Maidenhead Branch rearrangin booking for party of 11. He was outstanding from start to finish. After several attempts managed to get a a better all inclusive resort for same price as our original booking. He was so patient and came back to me every time as promised. Can't praise him and Hays Travel generally enough.”
“Would never book again with hays travel,had 3 holidays cancelled ,and the latest one was a change from the florida trip that got cancelled last year,even though the cancellation was taken out of my hands I have lost £150 admin fee for changing from last year to this year and lost £120 insurance,yous are robbing people ,but got my insurance back for the one that got cancelled in may and everything was done on the same day total disgrace at least Robin Hood wore a mask 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 no one expected a pandemic but think holiday company should honour insurance and admin fee,they have not provided a service at the end of day”
“Couldn't be bothered attitude from the rep in branch. It seemed to much trouble for her to help us look for another holiday after the last had been cancelled twice.( covid) no explanation why a holiday incentive taken off us. Only to be offered another insensitive off another holiday only this time a lot less. All the ignorant rep would say is . Don't know how they gave you the first insensitive in the first place!! Won't book with hays again. Especially after the custom we have given them. DISSATISFIED customers.”
