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National Holidays 1 star review on 16th November 2022
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National Holidays 5 star review on 18th July 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Just back from Scarborough Grand hotel. Driver was great hotel had a good refurbishment since we were last there in 2018. Room was warm and comfortable enough. Restaurant was cold and the food was quite disgusting at all meals and breakfast. No coffee in Restaurant after evening meal but we could go to the Empress lounge for it but unfortunately that coffee machine was out of order. 2 4 1 bar from 6pm to 9pm took 25 minutes to get served. Bar staff were so slow but 2 bar staff for 6 bus loads in a very small bar! Once the bar manager took over on the 3rd night it was much better. 2 4 1 on selected drinks fair enough but to call a house double spirit a double drink is beyond me especially when it cost £3.50 plus £1.20 for a shot of coke. In my opinion it should have been another double with the offer. House can a house spirit be served as a single? Would never return. I am surprised National haven't listened to the drivers who all say food is awful and that many guests had upset stomachs after eating in restaurant.
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Posted 2 months ago
We to wales 29 sept fives days,day was getting there day 2 was coming back so really 3 day hol,the hotel was the grand landudno, the food was rubbish the hotel was rubbish no bedroom maids,will be going with different company in future david quigley
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Posted 4 months ago
Booked emmerdale tour. Had trip cancelled so asked for a full refund. I was told refund would be paid within 7 to 14 working days. After numerous phone calls & 18 working days still no refund. Stay well clear of this company should never be allowed to trade.
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Posted 7 months ago
C151905 Bournemouth. Royal Bath hotel could be the best coach hotel I've been to. Great location. To Go holidays please advise the name of the coach co collecting passengers. The coach was not the one we thought it would. be .Also too many pick up points. Charging for a paper confirmation is petty. Not everyone is confident with the internet. Roy
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Posted 7 months ago
We were travelling with our elderly mum to a concert in Liverpool. Phil our driver was very helpful by making sure her wheelchair was always ready for her when we reached our destination. He was friendly and entertaining on the bus and even gave us his mobile number in case we had any problems. At the end of our journey we accidentally left an item of luggage on board the bus. He waited in Cleveleys until we caught up and reunited us with the bag. 10 out of 10 Phil!
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Posted 10 months ago
Just returned from a weekend break, going to Cheshire Oaks ,Llandudno staying the night and Chester on the Sunday everything spot on the best driver we could have asked for he was called Martin couldn't do enough for you knowledge of the places we visited
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Posted 11 months ago
The theatre booking of my wife's recent coach trip and theatre break booked through National Holidays was cancelled 10 minutes before the show was about to start outside the theatre in London. National Holidays were refunded by the theatre within a month but we have yet to receive the refund over two months later. My wife has made numerous phone calls and emails and unfortunately all we have received from National Holidays is excuses for the refund delay. It's unlikely we will book with them again.
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Posted 1 year ago
Recently went to Belgium and France on a 4 day trip absolutely loved it great drivers ( Martin and Michael) great hotel location hotel lovely will definitely be booking for next year's Xmas markets. Excellent well organised trip.
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Posted 1 year ago
We went to London to see Abba Voyage for one night ,the trip took us over 10 hours some was on the coach for nearly 11 hours ,bad planning we had so many pick ups it was a complete joke .i had my elderly mam with me so for been on the coach for that amount of time wasn't good , we then gets to hotel which looks lovely tbf but we never had any heating in room so me and my mam was freezing all night actually shivering in bed .... Abba was amazing because National Holidays had nothing to do with it....some people on our coach actually got train back because they couldn't bare the long drive back with all the pick ups .... we had three drivers all was lovely and professional...on way back my poor mam was in agony with her back it was making her feel sick .first time with this company and defiantly the last, no one had thought about the customers just thought about filling up the bus at our cost
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Posted 1 year ago
Terrible customer service after sending detailed email regarding recent trip and lack of satisfaction. Standard email reply from them. Avoid using this company and use a more professional organised company.
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Posted 1 year ago
Stayed at the Risboro hotel llandudno need to say this hotel should carry a health warning! Emailed National holidays on my return, complaint will be dealt with within 28days,six weeks later and 2phone calls by me ,no response. Definitely no more National holiday trips for us !!
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Posted 1 year ago
The hotel, driver and of course Ireland itself were amazing but the travel company is not great. I originally booked and paid for 4 nights with 3 of them having a free bar. It was reduced to 3 nights, no compensation. The free bar was reduced to 2 evenings but I wasn't informed. The pick up point was moved a week before travelling, costing me an extra £46 in taxis, and when I complained I was given a measly £10. On the return journey we were transferred to a minibus for the last 50 miles, a boneshaker if ever there was one. Will return to Ireland, but will never travel with this company again.
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Posted 1 year ago
Just got back from awful trip to Paris, two feeder coaches to services 24 Folkestone. First feeder dropped us at Watford gap at 3.am , no where open to get a drink, then feeder coach to Folkestone for another wait of 2 hours. The journey over o Paris was awful, told only to us WC when coach was stopped. Journey of 3 hours, with one stop for break, only to be told no bar or restaurant at hotel, meaning people had no chance to eat on arrival after 12 to 14 hours. The hotel itself was very good, but were local to eat or drink. The trips into Paris were ok, but the overall holiday was disappointing. Will not travel this way again
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Posted 1 year ago
Luxury coach used as a feeder coach Johnson. Basic coach / Bus from stop 24 to Europe and return. Long days with very rushed stops in service stations caused by road works through France and Germany. NOT taken in to consideration by coach company. Too longer distances from motorways for overnight accommodation. Late evening getting there and early departures. River cruise did not go ahead not the company's fault 7 night stay in Vienna. On way home arrived at a hotel at 9.30 pm for a very late meal again due to traffic hold ups. Due to our hotel not having a number on the door we spent a good time looking for it even the manager could not 402. Eventually we were given a room at 10.45 pm. Also the lights were on a very fast timer and my husband was left on the stairs in the dark. Bed very uncomfortable creaky with a thin mattress no not water. Although it did have a lovely view. The journey back from Paris was ok until stop 24. We left stop 24 at approximately 7pm but arrived in Coventry at 2.15am Sunday morning no drinks. Toilet door on coach would not open too dangerous anyhow due to the drivers driving. NO drinks were offered no stops other than getting he passengers being let off as quickly as possible with luggage. Arrived at Northampton services to be put in a taxi with 4 other passengers 7 counting the driver and our cases. The taxi driver did say that he was unaware that the amount of passengers he had to give a lift to. The coach driver said not my problem yours to the taxi driver. Due to the lateness of the taxi and not be able to arrange a proper pick up time to get us home taxi driver took us to our home address. I don't know what time the couple from Tamworth and Telford arrived home at that shared the taxi with. It should have been a taxi van far too small. 2 day later I was still feeling the effects of the journey. I have flown long haul economic and never had anything as bad. No thought for passengers health and wellbeing. I was offered another cruise Due to the ship not sailing which I have accepted through the cruise company as my husband and I will never go by coach/ bus again. We have chosen to travel by train. What I have written is true and I am sure I am not the only one to complain. I will never use just Go and National Holidays again. Thank you for giving us the worst coach experience possible. May stress not the cruise company it's not their fault they could not sail due to high river levels and fast flowing due to floods. But the coach company needs to implement a great more time allowances and better quality of coaches for European holidays. I cannot class any part of the journeys by coach as a holiday. My only appreciation was club class on the ferry.
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Posted 1 year ago
I have just had a telephone call from National holidays cancelling my trip to Italy in September, they already cancelled my booking for the same trip last May said there was another trip leaving two weeks later, however they couldn’t guarantee that they would be able to offer me a single room. Not very happy as the company already charge a huge single supplement, not my fault I am widowed, I paid in full some time ago and feel that the money would have been better in my bank account earning interest. Have decided to get refund and book flights and air and b to Italy with my daughter. Let’s hope that there are not enough people booked on my trip to Cyprus next February so they can cancel and give me a refund would cost me if I cancelled.
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Posted 1 year ago
£25 just to change a name, caused by illness
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Posted 1 year ago
Paid deposit; reminders received 14 days & 7 days before balance due. Glad I didn't pay there and then as they then cancelled the trip WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME. I only found out when I tried to pay the balance. It then took them 14 days to refund my deposit!!! This company appears to be trading on customers deposits. I would never attempt to use them again.
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Posted 1 year ago
Did Thursford xmas spectacular. Travelled from the north east. Brilliant weekend well planned organised. Show was brilliant, hotel was good, food good (xmas lunch) could not be faulted. Complementary mince pies and mulled wine on arrival. Driver professional, helpful, and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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Posted 2 years ago
Did the Edinburgh/Glasgow Christmas shopper , never ever again , absolute comedy of errors , was supposed to set off at 7:10am from Hull no placard on the mini bus that we were ferried on to wetherby so it was late setting off to join the main bus because no one new it was ours , the main bus was there but neither driver knew we were there and the other bus was there just waiting ( only one bus there ) so a passenger said could that be ours , he went over to check and it was , 40 mins later off we go again for pick ups at Durham , Chester Lee street and Morpeth , the first 2 places the driver couldn’t find for ages then at Morpeth the driver told a woman to shut her face when she complained about the lateness and how long would the shop till you drop experience be in Edinburgh, any way got there to have 3 hrs shopping if that back on bus at 18:30 to get to hotel at 19:45, set off at 9:00 am on the Sunday into Glasgow got there at 9:35 back on the bus at 12:30 for home we were dumped back in wetherby for 10 min wait for mini bus , arrived back at Hull station at 19:30 ,worst trip we’ve ever been on .
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Posted 2 years ago
We booked the Harry Potter and London tour. Coach dropped us over 2 miles from Oxford Street due to Palestinian Protests. Police were everywhere and helicopters overhead. It was extremely frightening and we didn't feel safe. Phoned the driver to request he take us to our hotel to be told that he wasn't able to help. Then took over an hour to flag a taxi which cost us £85. Had to wait until 8pm to get our luggage that was left on coach. Was disappointed that there were 4 drop offs and 2 were in Birmingham. Took over 8 hours to get home. Have travelled abroad in less time. Also driver not sympathetic to passenger comfort as we kept having to tell him to turn the heating down. It reached 27 degrees on the coach and people were starting to feel unwell. Also driver didn't arrange return time for Harry Potter and in the end we waited almost an hour for 2 passengers!! Complete disgrace and put us off coach trips for life. Poorly organised, no care for passenger safety being dropped in the middle of a very sensitive political protest. SHAME ON YOU NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL COMPANY!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
National Holidays is rated 2.0 based on 81 reviews