TUI UK NewsRoom Reviews

Name: TUI UK NewsRoom
Rating: 1.73

1.7 Rating 144 Reviews

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Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
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TUI UK NewsRoom 1 star review on 12th August 2024

John W

TUI UK NewsRoom 1 star review on 16th December 2022

Your Mother's Kidney

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Thieves that's what they are!! Thieves that's what they are!!! I was a regular customer, but this year, because of important and unexpected health issues, documented with official medical letter, I had to cancel my trip. They asked me several times to provide medical documentation to benefit from fee free cancellation and after I lost time and money to get the letter for them, they said will hold the deposit anyways! Worse company ever! Last summer their flights had 6 hours delays both ways, they never returned a pound, no apologies, not even a cup of tea! I will never ever buy a holiday with TUI again!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Went to Mexico for new year. Booked a 5 star luxury holiday with private adults only swim up. The hotel was not 5 star, it was rodent infested, the food was inedible, the rooms were filthy and the pools weren't full. I complained to tui reps who refused to fly me home they only offered me hotels worse than the one I was in. At home I recieved a phonecall from the tui complaints centre who was eating the entire time he was speaking to me which made me feel sick. My only compensation was a £650 tui holiday voucher on a holiday that cost me over £6000. I would never use TUI again”

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Posted 2 years ago

“False information from the start. Booked a flight to Gambia to visit children I sponsor. Told I could add an extra case no problem. Was even told I'd have to pay for the case both ways. I did not mind that so I went ahead and booked. Went back to the TUI STORE in Wolverhampton to book my extra case and was told I can't. I was then told I could take extra and pay £13 per kilo at the airport. I was also told I could split my allowance between 2 cases. Guess what? After speaking to their SO CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE I can't do that. Total MISINFORMATION FROM START TO FINISH. INEPT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE TUI. MAYBE THEY SHOULD START TO TRAIN THEIR STAFF ON THEIR POLICIES OR MAYBE LYING TO CUSTOMERS AND GIVING MISINFORMATION IS THEIR POLICY. SO MY SPONSORED CHILDREN WILL NOT GET THEIR GIFTS THANKS TO THE WORLD OF TUI. ONE THING FOR SURE, I'LL NEVER USE TUI AGAIN.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I booked my holiday with Tui on Friday, gave them all the information they needed about my mobility scooter, (length, width, height, weight, what type of battery, whether it folds), sorted what support I needed at the airport; all good. Over the weekend, told my family and friends, started getting excited - travelling in 7 weeks. This morning, Tui phoned me, to tell me my mobility scooter is too big to go on their plane. It’s not too big for BA, Aer Lingus or British Rail, but it is for Tui. I told them to cancel my holiday. The person I spoke to said I may have to pay a cancellation charge. I was not impressed, and told her I’d go to the Eauality Commission, as they were directly discriminating against me. She called their head office; I’ve now been fully refunded, but have no holiday.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“1/3 of Tui's stick belongs to the sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov. He just transferred them to his wife, Marina Mordashova, 4 days after the war in Ukraine. Don't buy holidays from this company - you're helping Putin. Don't flag my comment - customers ought to know.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Booked and paid for a holiday two rooms. We paid extra for one of the rooms to be a superior double. Upon arrival, we were given 2 twin rooms. We spoke to the resort reception and they confirmed they did not have availability for our upgraded room and we would need to speak to the Tui rep. We met the rep, who tried to fob us off with a free trip instead of a refund, they were persistent and we agreed to think about it overnight, She never returned! I went ont the Tui app and raised a complaint whilst still on holiday, when we returned home, I contacted them and they said complaints are taking longer, they replied after 95 days to say we did have the right room. I went back to them and after 115 days they replied again to say they are standing by their first response, even though I sent evidence of the room I paid extra for and did not receive. You cant speak to anyone on the phone. I have not had my refund.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Our 7 day holiday in Cyprus regarding hotel and location was excellent. However the carrier EasyJet were awful beyond belief . We received an email on our last day of the holiday from easy jet saying the plane taking us home is smaller than the one we arrived in. Would we be prepared to take another flight home at some point the next day, with compensation of 500 euros. We were asked us to phone a number if we wanted to take up this offer or alternatively arrive at the airport at the original check in time and ignore that email. Due to work commitments and airport parking we wanted to go home as scheduled so ignored the email. Indeed I even paid £68 for the three of us to be seated together! On arriving at the check in desk( no TUI staff to been seen) we were informed that our daughter had not be booked onto this flight even though she and my wife and I all had boarding tickets that were allocated via the app earlier. Even though several passengers had not registered for boarding she had to stay behind. She was the only female and was taken in a taxi with men she did not know to a hotel far below standard - the manager informed her Easy Jet regularly used his hotel as a result of flight/passenger number problems. We witnessed another Easy Jet flight to Manchester where a similar problem occurred - they asked for 25 passengers to volunteer to fly to Leeds Bradford. We have always booked our holidays through TUI - my wife has breast cancer and I have blood pressure problems - leaving our daughter behind overnight was not a healthy option for us and we are shocked and disappointed by this outcome. We now await the 500 euros compensation. I booked our Holiday with TUI not EasyJet . We will not be booking holidays again with TUI if they carry on using Easy Jet as the carrier.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Holiday booked for June 2020 cancelled due to Covid. I accepted a rebooking incentive of 20% and rebooked another holiday. This holiday was later cancelled by Tui for operational reasons but the 20% rebooking incentive was withdrawn and their rebooking system also does not allow use of promotions that are available for new bookings. So after accepting Tui's rebooking incentive and allowing them to hold onto my £1400 for 2 years I ended up with no incentive and paying more than a new customer. Will not be travelling with Tui ever again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Would never use you again not that you really did much wrong you just were totally missing could of gone on the holiday completely without them. In the the flight out found one of the cabin crew rude and unhelpful regarding my requirements as a disabled person on a flight. Also coming back they got trolley service all done so we could rest as it was a night flight why can't it always be like that so you can get to the loo. Basically there was no rep. he only came if asked didn't respond to my message. no welcome meeting with local info sufferings where to go etc. The board was only in German nothing in English. One things attracted me was a free hamam in the hotel on arrive discovered it wasn't free. Hotel was nice but that's nothing to do with tui. The transfer to resort a shambles. never again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“After a long delay and being assured that we would get compensation by TUI .My claim keeps getting refused. TUI are useless at dealing with customers. It is virtually impossible to speak to somebody about the problem you have .It is appalling service.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“OPEN LETTER TO TUI'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Subject [Ticket 7700458] Since being "caught out" in a false statement sent to me via your Directors Office , TUI have closed down all communications leaving me with only this method of bringing my concerns to your attention. Having sailed on a disappointing Marella cruise , my abiding memory of which will be the long lines of very disgruntled holidaymakers required to wait for many hours in near static queues on , in my case, four occasions. I was also twice unnecessarily confined to cabin for further hours , all courtesy of digital technology which largely failed. On return I wrote to TUI's after travel department re. TUI's apparent overreliance on technology. ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DAYS LATER TUI sent an e-mail assuring me that that TUI was looking at the issue of queuing as a matter of URGENCY. While this answer was not credible and only makes TUI appear ridiculous it is otherwise harmless. However a following passage made reference to an event aboard ship in which I was allegedly engaged and of which I knew nothing. I queried this work of fiction and SIXTY SEVEN DAYS later I received a reply from TUI's Directors Office which never denied that TUI's previous answer was untrue, neglected to say whether responses from TUI were credible, accurate or honest . Only that they were APPROPRIATE. As these imaginative replies were sent from the TUI Directors office do TUI's directors consider incredibility and contortions of truth appropriate responses to customer's legitimate concerns? Charles Penman Connor”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The worst holiday I’ve ever had, the hotel was disgusting, stains all over the beds, dust everywhere. The walks all falling apart a 10 minute walk from the reception. And that was just the start of it, the food was horrendous nothing actually edible, I don’t know you could mess chips up but did, the cleaning standards where the worst I’ve ever seen, none of the toilets in the whole hotel have any locks. So anyone could just walk in on you. The mosquitoes where horrific, I look like I’ve got chick pox the bites are so bad. The pools are dirty and good luck if your tall there’s none over 1m deep, a complete joke. Avoid the bellevue club at all costs. And to top of the awful hotel, we book an excursion and the bus didn’t turn up supposed to arrive at 8.50. We waited outside from 8.30 - 9.30 never showed up we ask every bus that stops it’s not ours, I call them they say we weren’t there, we were it’s on the cctv from the hotel, but there saying we’re not correct, so not only is as the hotel awful they also stole the money for the excursion, I’ve been asking for a refund for the excursion for over a week and I’ve been nothing but fobbed off. I just want the refund for the excursion, but they don’t even want to sort the problem, I’ve spent thousands of pounds with TUI over the years and I will never fly but them again, I WANT MY REFUND OR I WILL TAKE THIS FURTHER”

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Posted 2 years ago

“We booked a river cruise and one week before was notified by Email the river isn't deep enough to do the planned trip and offered £100pp compensation. We didnt accept this but were we had no time to rearrange all the other booking involved we were forced to proceed. We got to Switzerland and went to get the coach at 11am. 2 hours later the coach arrived as he got list. He then got lost twice before getting us out of the Airport. Before getting on we were passed a brown paper bag with a capri sun and the rubbish from the back of a parents cupboard. Being a grown-up and diabetic this was not suitable (everyone on the coach complained) we then had a 5 and a half hour trip without being allowed off for basic things. The rep was sleeping at the back of the coach. We then had a week were we had no idea where we would wake up (even the captain didn't know!) Most of the stops were in industrial estates. The last day the were only giving out paper cups and a take it or leave it lunch! The small individual hand towels was changed to 1 towel hanging on the back of the door. I paid for all inclusive but found it VERY hard to obtain a drink. I've just been called and all they are prepared to offer if a £90 TUI voucher. This is my last ever time I will use TUI. I was fortunate enough to have a couple of holidays since November last year totaling around £15,000. Seems I'll be taking my custom elsewhere. Date of experience: 21 August 2022”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The policy regarding boarding passes is terribly confusing and distressing. The email we received 48 hours to check in online before the departure of the flight did not explain that we only had up to 25 hours before the time of the flight to download the boarding passes, and forced us to go to check in at the airport although we only had hand luggage. Restricting passengers from downloading boarding passes so long in advance is very confusing as most other airlines do not allow passengers to check in online earlier than 24 hours before flight time. And, most importantly, they never condition passengers to download boarding passes in this way. Also, forcing passengers who only have hand luggage to wait and queue with others who do have to check luggage is a waste of time, and it's also stressful. Most passengers who only carry hand luggage plan their trips differently than those who do have to check luggage. And treating them like heavy baggage passengers is pointless and just plain unfair. I hope this company will change their boarding pass policy as it is a nightmare at the moment.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Myself and my sister paid for a week holiday to Greece. The agent never informed us that pass ports had to be beyond 6 months at the time of booking to travel according to new eu rules. My sister was turned away at the airport and I could not make myself go without her. After confronting Tui they said that validity of pass ports are the responsibility of the holder. I could not believe something as important as the 6 month rule on passports was not told to all clients prior to booking let alone complete verification of the passport. We put our faith and trust in Tui to get us from a to b and back again. They could not even get us past. Point a. Needless to say our experience with Tui was a total disaster and of course the billon dollar a year company offered no responsibility nor compensation. Will never use this company again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Awful company. Issues whilst on holiday. reported to TUI. TUI response is to to ignore - they just don’t care”

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Posted 2 years ago

“TUI and the old man. TUI- sounds chewy but spelled tea ewe eye Seeking some post lockdown distraction, I felt like a little holiday action and being a kind of sea loving fella i signed up for a trip with TUI's cruise line Marella On boarding ship it was easy to see TUI'd invested much in technologie. And like many another I fell under its spell until I discovered -um -it didn't work very well. And hordes then aboard will their grandchildren tell, among memorable events was the QUEUING from hell. Endless hour after hour waiting in lines that snaked deck to deck like long jungle vines , and irate fellow passengers took time to tell me , it was all the fault of the technologie, and I heard from some loudmouthed, wisecracking fella that TUI should alter the name to the QUEUES line Marella. Disembarking at Marella's Newcastle berth and arriving at a town a fair way from Perth I decided to write to TUI's customer care, not a wild tirade which would be unfair, .but a reasoned account of where things went awry and settled down to await a reply. A month elapsed without ever a word and thinking this a bit absurd I'd try dropping a line to " the man in the know" and I wrote to TUI's C.E.O., A man of courtesy and of action when dealing with customer satisfaction. Guardian of all things tea ewe eye he'd be sure to ensure I received a reply. So I sent off my screed , waited just as before and waited, and waited , then waited some more Then many weeks later from out of the blue, there came a 'phone call from a lady from TU' who offered a pittance in compensation , a sum that would shame a "skint " organization. Totalling £57 , 50 for two full sleepless nights while fighting the elements a sliding door to keep tight. Which with every rough wave shot backwards and fore , letting into the cabin the storm wind's roar'. Add the time spent in the long queueing lines then the further hours unto cabin confined. Banished to a place where I'd no need to be. And the reason?- You guessed it - The technologie. I may be getting quite ancient but my counting's still nifty and figured TUI's offer way under an hourly £2 . 50. At first I accepted just -so to speak - close the book, but on reflection decided this let TUI slide off the hook. So I requested that TUI raise their game a few notches and donate the lot to a Sick Children's Hospice. But TUI no further pennies would proffer and instead were now withdrawing their offer. And there things remained for many, many a day until........Glory Be TUI sent an e-mail my way, Short , succinct and spoken directly. Was there a credible word? Well- they spelled my name correctly. While this in itself would have caused little friction I became annoyed when TUI resorted to fiction. According to their missive TUI was able to trace, an event aboard ship which never took place. So I wrote re TUI's imagination asking for evidence of this fabrication Many long weeks later , again from the blue, there arrived a further e-mail from TU' which never denied they'd told me a whopper but sought to reinstate their original offer. I answered with words of disdain and displeasure having no interest in TUI's parsimonious "treasure". Pointing out TUI's e mail- being untrue -was of greater concern to me and it SHOULD be to TU' Within a few hours I received a reply. Was TUI Embarrassed or bashful? My Eye!! But this letter now said I must desist and go and refrain from troubling TUI so. And I'd get no answers in form or style from Britannia's shores or Erin's green Isle. And just to add a little insult to bother this was penned by TUI's fiction scribing author. While TUI may have riches too great to mention . I'm an octogenarian with an old age pension . And though far more than TUI I have cause to be thrifty I've donated more to the Hospice than TUI's fifty seven pounds fifty. And should it cross TUI's mind that they could have handled things better, all they ever needed to do was answer my letter. Charles P. Connor”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Disgusting company fighting to cancel a holiday but they want £225 when we were told it was £60 deposit each, if I sent an email agreeing to the 225 they would cancel absolute robbery”

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Posted 2 years ago

“TOM344 - 20th July 3022, from Sheffield to Turkey. Flight Cancelled after 7 hours waiting, from 4pm to next day 1am. All kids baby slept at airport, no TUI staff showed up. They just sent a few emails to let you know the flight changed to next day night. Wasted everyone's time, and just offer £150 voucher. We don't need your voucher! Please Do the refund! TUI destroy our holiday, very careful if you look for an inclusive holiday, do not trust TUI. TUI need to full refund for all our costs. Terrible experience!”

TUI UK NewsRoom 1 star review on 21st July 2022

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Posted 2 years ago

“DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY....18 PHONE CALLS AND STILL NO ONE IS DEALING WITH US..QUICK TO TAKE £12 THOUSAND POUND.... THEY DONTVRESPOND, NO EMAIL ADDRESS HOURS AND HOURS WASTED TRYING TO CALL AVOID AT ALL COSTS”

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Posted 2 years ago

TUI UK NewsRoom is rated 1.7 based on 144 reviews