Beat My Quote! Travel Agents Thread

dustystar02

can anyone beat this quote??

The Quote itself: £916.60
Who the quote is from: opodo (KLM)
Is there a booking fee: no
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: flight only
The departure Airport/Post: manchester
The Holiday Dates: 30th December 2010 to 4th January 2011 (flexible 4 or 5 nights as long as we are away for NYE)
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults
The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): flight only - flying to JFK (willing to fly to any NY)
The Board (self catering/half board etc): flight only
Any specific requirements: no
Is an in-flight meal included yes

sloppychops

pinksprout wrote: »

Hi Sparky

I'm not a travel agent but I'm in the process of booking a holiday to Turkey myself. I've just spent a quick 10/15 minutes checking a couple of options for you:
both FleetwayTravel.com and Travel Republic will do this holiday for you with Monarch flights (departure 15:00 on 8th June and departure 22:15 on 18th June) in a standard sea view room for £2244

Otherwise you can go on the Monarch website and book your flights direct for £696.03 and then book the standard sea view room at Royal Wings through teletextholidays.co.uk for £1523.40: Total cost £2219.43.

No transfers included in those prices (see below).

Royal Wings is expensive this year I have noticed (I was going to book there last year but we went to the Rixos Premium instead). Just a thought but have you considered Royal Dragon hotel in Side. It's the sister hotel to Royal Wings and it's newer - it has very similar facilities (waterpark with 10 slides I think and funfair etc). TeletextHolidays offer a land view room at a promotional rate of £1360.40 so with your flights it would cost £2056.43 for 10 nights. Royal Dragon also gets excellent reviews on Tripadvisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g297968-d1079841-Reviews-Royal_Dragon_Hotel-Side_Turkish_Mediterranean_Coast.html

If you hunt around I expect you could probably shave a bit more off the figures I have listed and I expect Del and the other Travel Agents will easily be able to offer you better prices than the First Choice package too. Anyway hopefully that's of interest. Generally First Choice, Thomas Cook, Thomson package holidays are more (sometime a lot more) than if you book flights and hotel separately.

Travel Agents like Travel Republic, A1Travel, Fleetway, Teletext (This Is Travel) etc can also book transfers for you or you can check out resorthoppa (£63.90 for a return private transfer from Antalya to Lara Beach) or a2btransfers or other similar companies and book your transfers separately as well. If you access ResortHoppa and a2btransfers through TopCashBack you can get 10% and 5% cash back respectively.

Have a great holiday.

Even though your not an agent same rules apply and all replies with quotes etc have to be done by pm not on this board.

kr15snw

The Quote itself: £2752,00
Who the quote is from: Singapore Air
Is there a booking fee: no
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: Singapore Air
The departure Airport/Post: Heathrow
The Holiday Dates: Leaving Heathrow on Sunday 19th December and Arriving in Melbourne on Monday 20th December (in the evening).
Then...
Leaving Brisbane on Friday 21st January and arriving in Heathrow on Saturday 22nd January (early in the morning so we can travel back to Plymouth).
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults
Any specific requirements: no
Is an in-flight meal included: yes
Notes: We only want to stop once on the way over but am happy to stop in any country. Also happy to return from Melbourne instead of Brisbane if its dramatically cheaper.

Good luck guys, I've spent hours on this

iwantitnow

Can anybody beat this quote?

The Quote itself: £1562
Who the quote is from: Thomson online
Is there a booking fee: No
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: Thomson
The departure Airport/Post: Glasgow
The Holiday Dates: 03 April 2011 for 11 nights
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults
The Hotel : Tropicana Grand Azure. Sharm El Sheikh
The Board (self catering/half board etc): All Inclusive
Any specific requirements: No
Is an in-flight meal included: Yes

Would also consider flight only if could be found for under £330 per person

penny_1980

The Quote itself: £1621.37
Who the quote is from: Alpharooms.com
Is there a booking fee: not sure
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: Flights -Aer Lingus (via Dublin)
Hotel - Residence Inn Seaworld Orlando
The departure Airport/Post: Birmingham
The Holiday Dates: 18 Sep-30 Sep (12nights)
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults (sisters)
The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): Hotel - Residence Inn Seaworld Orlando
The Board (self catering/half board etc): Comp B'fast
Any specific requirements: Room needs to have 2 beds
Is an in-flight meal included: yes

Dates are flexible, can travel pretty much anytime in September, also flexible on duration 10/11 or 12 nights or flights from Manchester.

I have looked at other hotels, but they need to be of a reasonable standard, not the typical UK tour operator basic orlando hotel.

Thanks in advance.

pinksprout

sloppychops wrote: »

Even though your not an agent same rules apply and all replies with quotes etc have to be done by pm not on this board.

Sorry I had no idea. I apologise and please be assured that I had no intention of flouting forum rules

upsadaisy

The Quote itself: £1613
Who the quote is from: mercurydirect
Is there a booking fee: not sure
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel:
Destination: Malta
The departure Airport/Post: luton
The Holiday Dates: 25th Jul -1st Aug
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults, 2 children aged 4 and 1
The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): Ramla Bay Resort
The Board (self catering/half board etc): Half Board
Any specific requirements:
Is an in-flight meal included: unsure, airport transfer is included

blueelephanttrunk

The Quote itself: £1340
Who the quote is from: First Choice
Is there a booking fee: no
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: First Choice
The departure Airport/Post: Manchester
The Holiday Dates: 22nd June- 29th June
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults
The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): Jaz Crystal Hotel, Marsa Mutrah- Egypt
The Board (self catering/half board etc): All Inclusive
Any specific requirements: none
Is an in-flight meal included: Yes- but I'm not bothered about one if it cuts down costs.

Or any other deals for this hotel, or hotels in the area- can either be in June, July or August.


Thank you!

LR040183

• The Quote itself: £2084.00
• Who the quote is from: Direct Holidays
• Is there a booking fee: No
• The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: Direct Holidays
• The departure Airport/Post: Manchester
• The Holiday Dates: 22/03/2011 - 05/04/2011
• The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 4 adults
• The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): Voyage Sorgun, Side
• The Board (self catering/half board etc): All Inclusive
• Any specific requirements: No
• Is an in-flight meal included: Yes

mai-tai

The Quote itself: £573.20
Who the quote is from: Thomas Cook
Is there a booking fee: no
The Tour Operator/Airline/Hotel: Thomas Cook
The departure Airport/Post: Humberside
The Holiday Dates: 5th June til 12th June
The number of people travelling (inc kids ages): 2 adults
The Hotel (or * if it’s allocate on arrival): Andreotis Apartments, Protaras, Cyprus
The Board (self catering/half board etc): self catering
Any specific requirements: none
Is an in-flight meal included: no
Or any other deals for this week, same location, will also fly from any midlands, Manchester, Donny or Leeds airport

Can any one beat this? including another apartment/hotel

Thanks!