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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
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
Holiday to Folkestone on 6th/11th August 2023. Hotel basic which is usually ok if clean. Food fine. Trips fine, Bruges - too many passport checks but appreciate this is now the norm. Coach was comfortable, however it took 11 hrs from pickup to destination - didn't realise how long it would take with other pickups (own fault for not asking) Here is the real downer for us. My husband as many others on the holiday were bitten - several people quite severly. On the return journey they showed us pictures from their room of bed bugs, which we found sickening. We'll never know, but how shocking if bedbugs were responsible for all passenger bites!
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Posted 2 years ago
My partner and I went on a Mystery Weekend 24th&25th September 2022. We have been on several of these before but never had a bad experience like this.Firstly,the driver named John showed up 40 minutes late for pick-up,told us he'd been given the wrong postcode. He was not welcoming at all and did not even have the decency to apologise for being late! Our first destination was BIRMINGHAM. Unbeknown to all of us,it was Birmingham Pride weekend so understandably the roads were gridlocked and everywhere was extremely busy. The driver stopped the coach near to the Bull Ring and dropped us all off. Said,"I'll meet you somewhere around here at 5pm. Then at 5pm my partner and 2 other passengers that we met looked out for the coach but there was no sign of it. We must have waited over an hour to an hour and a half,kept checking the location where the driver had said he'd pick us up but still no sign of the coach! Apparently he had parked elsewhere but we had no idea as we hadn't been informed. Another passenger came and found us and directed us to the coach. She said that they had suggested to the driver that he rang us to let us where he was but he wouldnt ,yet he had access to everyone's contact numbers. Another person told us that they rang National office who then apparently had to track the coach down.When we finally located the coach,the driver said very sarcastically,"Ah well,better late than never!" We were not amused one bit! Fuming infact! This is the worst experience we have ever had with National holidays. Many of the passengers on board said the same. We really enjoy our breaks away,even have another one booked for a few weeks time. I sincerely hope that John us not our driver next time! We certainly would not like to endure a poor experience like this again.
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Posted 3 years ago
Chatsworth House Country Fair weekend September 2022. We had been picked up on a feeder coach from Oldham to meet the main coach in Stockport. When we transferred onto the main coach it was was hot. There was people already on the coach who had been picked up from Blackpool, Blackburn, Bolton Altrincham so many pickup points!! . 1st day was a trip to Buxton We arrived at lunch time. We were supposed to have been staying at The Palace Spa Hotel in Buxton but was informed it had been changed to a Hotel in Doncaster, so disappointed as We had plans for Buxton that evening. Our day was cut short as we were told the coach had to leave early in time for us to arrive at the hotel in Doncaster which took 1.30 hours journey on a hot coach. So a wasted day really. The Hotel was nice, however, the food was appalling. There was no nearby facilities to enable us to seek out other places to eat. The only consolation was the next day Chatsworth lived up to our expectations. This was the 2nd holiday this year with National Holidays which we found really disappointing. We are not booking with them in future.
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Posted 3 years ago
Did not deliver good experience. Went to Superbloom at Tower of London 6th August. Instead of being dropped off at Tower Hill driver stopped in Park Lane and we were told to make our own way. as the Embankment was closed for a Triathlon. Made no attempt to get us nearer so had a 20min walk to Victoria and took the tube at a cost of £25.20 It took an hour each way to travel and really cut down our time at the Tower. He added insult to injury by telling us he was leaving earlier than the itinerary stated which resulted in visit cut short and connecting coach being 1.5 hrs late picking us up - shocking !
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Posted 3 years ago
Worse driver we have ever had name PAUL FROM WORKSOP. As soon as everyone was on the coach he told us NO EATING ON THIS COACH ! bearing in mind we were travelling from barnsley ro Aberdeen and mostly elderly people who have underlying health conditions and have to eat at certain times he said because of covid he wasn't touching waste. It was just an excuse so he didn't have to get rid of any rubbish. Someone then asked for the radio to be put on NO RADIO ON THIS COACH ! He said you'll all be arguing wanting different channels on or it'll be too loud. So started off talking like we were 5 year olds. On a trip to Bramaer he said i hope you've all got warm clothes as it's coldest place in Scotland! So why didn't he let us know the day before ? On our way home an elderly man had fallen and suspected he had broken his shoulder. No sympathy from this coach driver he didn't even tell the change over driver that there was someone injured on board. From start to finish he never smiled or had a nice word about anything you just had the impression he couldn't wait to get home. Puts you off booking another holiday with Nationa incase you end up with this miserable driver. What could have been a lovely holiday was ruined because of him. l
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Posted 3 years ago
Loch Lomond & Ayrshire Coast tour Mostly good. Cleanliness and some staff very jaded. Cleanliness very poor in all areas. Most upsetting was when my friend stripped her bed and blood stain the size of her hand and other dubious stains on the mattress cover. A serious Health and Safety issue here. This Brittannia hotel needs serious deep clean. Adamton Country House, Prestwick.Wud be ok to speak to someone from National Holidays.
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Posted 3 years ago
Holiday to Torquay spoilt by the ‘trips’. Why do they drop you in middle of shops! Everyone complained don’t come on holiday to shop! Taken to Butterfly/Otter sanctuary at 10am told would meet against 2.15 for train trip at 2.45pm. Everyone bored to death. Arrived at Buckfast Abbey just minutes before closing. Trip to Exmouth - for ‘cruise’ on river Ex - awful wasted day, not worth going. Highlight of holiday was river trip in Plymouth - which we arranged and paid for ourselves! Driver not helpful, no comments before we left anywhere, and no comments whilst we drove. Saving grace was hotel lovely and entertainment really excellent. Shame whole holiday spoilt by awful trips!
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Posted 4 years ago
London theatre trip all went well until we were going back to hotel the traffic was horrendous not the driver's fault but the hotel was in Croydon it was 9pm before we arrived food was ok for the evening meal but most of us were to tired to eat it.Breakfast was good but driver said we had to be out of the hotel at 9am so then into London for free time arrived 10.30am shops dont open on a Sunday till nearly noon.Left London at 3.30pm arrived in Middlesbrough at 10.15pm the driver was grumpy and unhelpful all weekend giving us no indication of what time to expect to arrive at different drop off .Sorry National holidays it will be a while before we use you again
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Posted 4 years ago
National Holidays is rated 2.0 based on 81 reviews