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the great holiday rip off!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

popped into local thomas cook today to get price for holiday next year to turkey. got the qoute £1343 for 2 adults one child self catering. when she gave me the price i said to her that i had checked online through the website and it was only £963? she checked it after tellin me i couldnt have been right must be different flights etc low and behold it was! so to anyone lookin into bookin one check it online first ! its a very big difference!

i dont know how they can justify it as its the same company same times etc robbin gits!! x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd never go to a Travel Agent, always book online, the savings are massive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

it doesn't always work, but if you find a hotel you like, approach them direct and get a price, then sort some cheap flights.

Or decide where and when you can go, and get the flights first, then find a Hotel. There are always rooms available. Hotels rarely get fully booked. You can save loads of cash. Sometimes enough for another holiday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah travel agents can sometimes RIP u off!! but thats because they have to work 4 that company n their boss etc to recieve commision etc ,,,but online u can just buy wot u like without the fuss!

thats wot i think anyway.

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By *uton_coupleCouple
over a year ago

luton

you got more to spend on your dolmush now , well done

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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I always check online then go into the travel agents and get them to better it.

If you have any probs you still have the help at the agents whereas online you are on the end of a phone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Now:

I LIKE ONLINE HOLIDAYS,,,,,,,,I LIKE THE TRAVEL AGENTS,,,,BUT WHICH IS BETTER????

only 1way to find out----

FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do the sun's £9.50 hols they are wicked for the kids but you do have to rea the smal print have to pay for the gas and electric and club passes still a cheap hol though.

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By *ixson-BallsMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

agree...look online first,but in the travel agency they gotta pay wages,rent,rates etc and some people like the knowledge that travel agents can give you about a place especially if its your first time in that city/country...

but like the op did...get your price online first then book through travel agency best of both worlds *simples*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah innit just!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

its the same company though just bookin it in shop is well more expensive than doin it through their online service!

online wins that 500 quid could pay for a mini break!

its just galling that the company can do that and makes you wonder how many people have paid over the odds for the same holiday just by bookin it in shop! x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Next time i sticking with the sun holidays!!

off to skegg 4 a fiver! lol

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By *unterslickCouple
over a year ago

tullamore

if any of you are ever coming to ireland,,,,the best advice is,ring the hotel after 12 midnight and night porter,ul get a better deal,,,

lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"if any of you are ever coming to ireland,,,,the best advice is,ring the hotel after 12 midnight and night porter,ul get a better deal,,,

lol"

Oh!! im up 4 that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We looked online for our holiday found one with TC but we wanted 3 weeks and they did 2 or 4.

Trawled a few more sites and found the holiday we wanted. When I booked it I realised it was the TC flight from their site and same hotel but £300 cheaper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We looked online for our holiday found one with TC but we wanted 3 weeks and they did 2 or 4.

Trawled a few more sites and found the holiday we wanted. When I booked it I realised it was the TC flight from their site and same hotel but £300 cheaper "

Wowsers!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Expedia is great and I use them for non-UK holidays.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

not going to blow our own trumpet... but for european train travel you are actually better off talking to someone than you are doing on the t'internet......

if anyone is doing any you are always welcome to pm me....

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By *plpxp2Couple
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

What's a travel agent?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its a shop in town! with all the BIG shops! lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our holiday to Cuba was £300 cheaper online but I took the quote into the local travel agent and they matched it in the store - most reputable companies will do this. I much prefer booking in store where I can ask questions etc.

Mrs Classy xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Our holiday to Cuba was £300 cheaper online but I took the quote into the local travel agent and they matched it in the store - most reputable companies will do this. I much prefer booking in store where I can ask questions etc.

Mrs Classy xx"

Yeah here here i agree .....lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't forget comprehensive travel insurance if you do DIY travel arrangements online to save money.

There are often lots of clauses and conditions in the small print and sometimes your not covered for things when you think you are.

I mean what would happen if the airline or travel company were to go insolvent/liqudate? Would you be stranded abroad? Would you get money back if you hadn't gone yet?

Seeing what went on with the British tourists the other week in Turkey, sometimes its safer in that respect to travel with a reputable firm even if it does cost more.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well yeah that is all true Netty very true i must say,,,,but if u look very hard n long enough u can find some RITE bargains! honest...ie skegg,,lol

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

We always book our holidays online and we never book a package. We book travel, apartment and cars individually and always get a better deal than any package! We can also make sure we are in a place or apartment WE like and not just what is part of the package

A friend of ours who is in the travel industry will tell customers that they are better off booking a package because of the "protection", but in private she says our way is best because if your tour op goes bust, you have lost the whole holiday. If one element of ours goes bust, that is the only bit we would have to replace. So we still get our holiday

The other thing is because we are not one of thousands trying to get sorted after a collapse, we can book flights, accommodation and anything else at very good rates. Packages are great for the masses who don't mind the stampede to breakfast or the pool, but we have never regretted our method of booking

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

thomas cook i feel, are startin to rip the hole a bit as many of the small companies have went bust and people are wary of booking incase something does happen so they go to a well know firm like them and i feel they beginnin to exploit this!

many hotels are thomas cook exclusives but the point that sticks with me is the cheaper offer was through a sister company of theirs which means its still basically the same company!! and they wouldnt match the price?? now booked online have same protection as its same company and same flights and same luggage allowance etc but saved 500 quid! new clothes and shoes yay!!!!!!!!!! xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stick to the sun holidays!! at least u know wots wot..lol

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