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1.9 Rating 72 Reviews
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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
Asked fo my deposit to be refunded as National holidays cancelled the holiday. I have been told I can’t have a refund , which they said will be a cheque till on or after 22nd July this was two weeks ago.
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Posted 2 years ago
Went on Lakes, stream and barge trip last weekend, Friday picked up at 1.30 to take to coach, arrived at hotel 4pm..beautiful hotel, lovey staff and food it was a set menu but really nice, only problem nothing to do!! Dinner was served at 7pm.... In my opinion whole day wasted,... Lovely day on the Saturday at Bowness on windermere, boat trip and steam railway... Then back for supper.. Next day on to Skipton.... But being a Sunday no market!!!. Shops were open, free time to look around, then a lovely barge trip,.... Left at 1,30 arrived back at pick up point 3.30... Gary the driver was very nice, all In all nice weekend Friday was a let down....plus some people had been on the bus 7hours!!!as picked up before us Scarborough Bridlington Beverly... Those people were not happy!! Our first trip, but would make sure of pick up times before booking again as Friday was a total waste....
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Posted 2 years ago
We have had our holiday to Ireland cancelled, with no real communication other than a message left on answer machine. No email no letter. Nightmare to speak with anyone on the phone. Eventually got to speak with someone who said it will take 6-8 weeks to get refund of over £800. despite your policy stating prompt full refund. Absolutely horrendous company and will NEVER USE AGAIN
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Posted 2 years ago
Just returned from a fantastic weekend. Visited the Limestone mines canal cruise & Steam railway. The weekend was great from start to finish. A big thank you to our driver Steve.
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Posted 2 years ago
Friday 29 April 2022 Balmoral Castle and Aberdeen 4 days. Ref.5862170. The best coach tour we have been on.Action packed Every day The hotel and its staff plus good food added to the full package of enjoyment.With the assistance of the driver and his skills (knowledge) we visited many places of interest.Please pass our thanks to Steve and we both will buy him a new bucket and brush.Great tour Fred& Tina Pole
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Posted 2 years ago
Had a great trip to London with some family. We went on the harry potter experience. The first day in london was lovely. Had plenty of time to see everything we wanted to. The hotel was amazing, the breakfast was to die for. Anything you can imagine would be there was. Olie the driver was fun to travel with. There is only one thing that I would have changed about this trip. Is going in to London on the second day to get on the special harry potter bus. The screens didn't really work and seemed like a waste of time. We left the hotel and seem to travel in to London bus station wait an hour or so to get the harry potter bus and then almost travel back to were we came from. More time at harry potter would have been so much better. We missed a lot of the tour because we didn't have enough time to get round it all. In my opinion getting that potter bus was a waste of time and would have been better to just go straight from the hotel in the morning. I wanted to write this review hoping to make some difference to how these trips go in the future. Everyone on our coach felt the same way, the extra bus trip in the harry potter bus was not worth the effort and all would have just preffered to go straight from the hotel. Other than that the trip was great me and my family had an amazing time. Thank you for a very lovely weekend.
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Posted 2 years ago
Absolute shambles..... Went online to see how many seats were left , for a Blackpool trip in June! And the trip was no longer online! When checking my booking it said paid/canceled! After hours of waiting on the phone to be actually put through to somone they told me they canceled it! No phone call,email or letter was sent out regarding this! When speaking to a member of staff I got offered a refund or a new holiday due to already booking days off work I stated I would like a refund! The member of staff said that they will sort it.no date was giving so after 2 weeks I rang up to see when my money will go back into my account! They then stated it wouldn't go in till June! 2 months and not to mention via check! So I'm now down £257 and can't book another holiday with them never mind any other company as I won't have my back in time to book anywhere!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Yorkshire steam and cruise holiday 9th April with Martin. First class holiday. Everything was tip top and will be booking again. Thankyou. So nice to be able to give good review Jennifer hornby pr4 4hg
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Posted 2 years ago
The one star is for finally getting through after they failed to recognise we cancelled this 5 weeks earlier due to ill health. We immediately cancelled via their online cancel option ( DO NOT THEY IGNORE) . Umpteen hours aving queuedto no avail via the phone and via the emergency phone numbers given on the website (same song, same connected numbers). Hence had words with a very very disgruntled SO CALLED MANAGER___underlined basically a Suit who did not care. In the end no refund . I demanded they made a massive donation to Ukrainian support then and HUNG UP. disgrace. attitude respect , we all respect kind, but more importantly some respect and compassion right now. NOT condescending suit wearers. If you have problems as we well know then respect if a person cancels. God bless to all the hands on guys not the Management. In a nutshell no refund so I demanded a hefty donation to the Ukrainian fund. Sorry
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Posted 2 years ago
Had to cancel due to them telling us we couldn't get coach from oldham to London and have to make own way to Lymm said refund would be 4 to 6 weeks and cheque payment even though we paid up front in full phoned today and told it would be 6 May before cheque sent out a disgusting act will never use them again used to be a good company now rank sorry but 12 weeks refund out of order
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Posted 2 years ago
Had holidays to blackpool booked for June cancelled poor excuse use petrol prices 3 cancellation alone this year
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Posted 2 years ago
If you go to Blackpool beware. You may be in the Norbreck Castle Hotel. National Holidays can’t value their customers to put them in a dump like this
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Posted 2 years ago
Brilliant break in Isle of Wight. Steve our driver was excellent. Cheerful, courteous, informative, always in said place on time, with a great sense of humour. Good trips, although Alum Bay was closed till end of month (start of season) Hotel was acceptable, clean, and staff were lovely. All helped by glorious weather.
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Posted 2 years ago
Booked and paid for a weekend away in December which was cancelled in January by national holidays Still waiting for a refund it's now 14th March Received an e-mail today saying be 6thMay before get refund Disgraceful service
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Posted 2 years ago
I booked a trip for my elderly parents to go in March the company cancelled it and advised me I won't get my refund until 22nd April this is disgusting how they treat elderly people don't book with this company
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Posted 2 years ago
Booked a show break online and they took money for 4 people instead of 2. Then rang to tell me they’d double booked the seats and would refund me but would refund half and for some reason the other £218 would be payed by cheque which I still haven’t received weeks later!! Can’t get through on phone,. The woman that I spoke to before was quite abrupt and wanted to sell me another date at £60 each more or I would wait and wait for cheque , this is nothing short of despicable !!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Went to London to watch drifter girl show was great more than I can say about the company pick up point for my friend was moved from Dudley to acocks green fine for me said the would give us a refund for 20 pound the day before it was move to Solihull said they would refund us another 20 pound that was early December it is now February tried to phone no answer after a hour on the phone never will I book will you again just a bunch of liars my sister also had a bad experience went on a trip never got in to her room till 1 o'clock in the morning
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Posted 2 years ago
Booked a theatre break paid to depart from South Shields. Due to circumstances I telephoned National and said I MAY be travelling independently to London.However National sold our seats and told us we could only depart from Liverpool which was absolutely unacceptable. What was worse was all the lying and changing of story when I complained. First it was the bus isn’t leaving from your area which was a lie because passengers were in our hotel. Then it was the hotel. We have been a loyal customer over the years but will not be using them again!
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Posted 2 years ago
I’m gutted that I have had to write this but since the company has changed hands the customer service is none existing!! 4 of us had booked to go see the matinee performance of Tina Turner on the 27th of November the day of the snow! I managed to get to Wakefield bus station where were being picked up and my sister had traveled to pick our elderly mum up. The snow was that bad that they had to abandon the car. I was at the bus station and waited well over an hour for the bus to turn up, there was no one at all to contact. My sister, the original Booker, finally received a phone call at about 8.30 am to say the bus was about to arrive in Wakefield.. it’s was due at 6.40. We explained the circumstances and also found it hard to believe that the coach would make the trip down to London in time to see the Matinee performance. Since then I have sent 3 emails, tweeted and have tried to contact the company and yet I have no reply from any body. The trip for 4 of us cost £900. I’m heart broken!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Horrid company, I will never book with them again or with their sister company. Booked to go on a trip for a family of four, had to cancel due to Covid-19, refused a refund by National Holidays and refused to change the name on the documents to allow someone else to go in our place, the travel agent had another family that could attend meaning that nobody would loose out financially but National Holidays refused to allow a name change - greedy company, not offering any flexibility, other companies are doing what they can yet a large company like National Holidays refuse. Disgusting.
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Posted 2 years ago
National Holidays is rated 1.9 based on 72 reviews