has anyone used mercury direct?

doinkthemonkee

we have a quote from them regarding a vietnam & cambodia tour for oct 2015.
so far they have come in cheapest (£3590)
with titan being £4398 + cambodia
H+J £5539
wendy wu £5340


the holiday is to celebrate big birthday & wedding anniversary. All of the quotes include uk flights, internal travel, meals & trips.
The mercury holiday looks good. I'm just wondering if it worth spending the extra or if Mercury will be fine to travel with?

DUKE

Yes, I went to Sri Lanka with them a few years ago as they were really cheap compared to some. Although I've noticed that their prices are creeping up, especially the tours! :eek: I'd definitely book with them again if the price was right, documents were sent through the post within 3 days of booking, I had an email & phone number to contact them, & everything went really well.

Travelbag are quite good too, & I've booked with them a few times. I did (not a tour) but a multi-trip to Thailand with them last year & we had a great time.

doinkthemonkee

thanks, I've asked for a quote from travel bag too.

I decided to email our local travel agents to see if they could match the mercury quote. not holding out much hope tho.

janiebaby29

Have you tried Freedom Asia , I have a holiday booked with them at a very reasonable cost to Bali and Hong Kong in September

janiebaby29

https://www.freedomasia.co.uk

littlereddevil

Yes Mercury are very good and reliable

Read the reviews on Travelbag before committing

doinkthemonkee

janiebaby29 wrote: »

Have you tried Freedom Asia , I have a holiday booked with them at a very reasonable cost to Bali and Hong Kong in September

I haven't heard of them. Have they got good reviews?
have you used them before?

janiebaby29

It will be the first time I have used them this year , I did look for reviews and they do come highly recommended , I've been to their office and have met my travel agent who put together a package for me

janiebaby29

Lots of contact via email and phone , but was very impressed with the travel awards in their office . Looking forward to this holiday

stephb34

doinkthemonkee wrote: »

thanks, I've asked for a quote from travel bag too.

I decided to email our local travel agents to see if they could match the mercury quote. not holding out much hope tho.

Mercury Direct are now called just Mercury, I know Thomas Cook sell them I don't know which other agents do. If you contact a TC shop with your quote i'm almost certain they will give you a discount probably between 3-5% or something free ie parking at the airport, airport lounge, insurance etc.
If the shop you try says no try another, i'd give you a discount its easy business you've done all the work, know what you want and all I've got to do is process the booking and take payment, Happy days.

doinkthemonkee

stephb34 wrote: »

Mercury Direct are now called just Mercury, I know Thomas Cook sell them I don't know which other agents do. If you contact a TC shop with your quote i'm almost certain they will give you a discount probably between 3-5% or something free ie parking at the airport, airport lounge, insurance etc.
If the shop you try says no try another, i'd give you a discount its easy business you've done all the work, know what you want and all I've got to do is process the booking and take payment, Happy days.

1 of the travel agents said they would look into it & another said they could match the price plus give us points (co-op). It's only 1% for the points but still better than nothing & will subsidise the lounge booking