Testimonials

I must say I was edgy about booking online instead of going into an agent however you have given a personal touch to the process and this makes me more confident in the future to book this way, so thank you again Sylvia.

Regards
Tracy

Palms Resort and Casino Vanuatu

Just wanted to say thanks for organising our accommodation in Bali. The Palangi was beautiful! Perfect position right on the beach, rooms were great, staff were fabulous, couldn’t fault it!

Thanks again,
Melissa Donovan

Bali - Pelangi Resort

We had a wonderful time, thank you. Queenstown was great and the hotel was lovely and in such a good location.
We had good snow and really enjoyed our holiday.
Thank you so much for all of your help organising. Everything ran very smoothly!

Kind regards,
Kate

Queenstown

I just want to express our gratitude to you for all your support during our recent holiday.
You were really fantastic in re-scheduling all our changes which went without a hitch.
Karen thank you very much you really made it a great trip.

Regards Terry

Emirates to Europe, Atlantis Palm Resort Dubai

Thanks for the query and the pleasant card.
The overall experience was terrific.
We would highly commend the Amazara Quest and her crew – great cabins, restaurants, facilities, staff etc.
We simply indulged ourselves!
The proximity to Pirate Waters and the Athens demonstrations were very exciting.
There was a hiccup with the pick up from the ship in Athens. There was some confusion with both the time and place of collection for transfer to the hotel. We ended up waiting for two hours.
All the other transfers went smoothly, though, and we are grateful for their provision.
We would certainly deal again with you, your company and the cruise line.

Warm regards,
Rod Hamilton

AZAMARA CRUISE - Singapore to Athens.

We had the most wonderful time in Phuket. Gracelands resort was wonderful ---- close enough to walk to the action but far enough away , beach across the road -- gorgeous and of course the pools in the resort were lovely too. the breakies were out of this world / as were evening buffets , always different as well. rooms nice and service great --- absolutely no complaints , we'd certainly go there again. Airport transfers were fab as well / punctual and effecient and resort let us check out at 6pm for 7pm pick up on way home ---- wonderful.
Thanks for all your little "extras" look forward to dealind with you again

Donna Proia

GRACELANDS resort PHUKET

Just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for doing such a great job organising our family holiday to Castaway Island - and to Paul for recommending it in the first place !!

We had an absolutely fantastic time - Scarlet included - and were very sorry to wave goodbye to new friends / kids we'd met there (in our private Sea Fiji water taxi - thanks again)

We'd used Flight Centre before and found them to be pretty terrible, so on the plane home my wife Nikki said "can we use "Holidays on Sale" to book ALL of our holidays from now on ??" which is high praise as she's tough to please !!

So thanks again - we really appreciate it - and thanks for the Travel Insurance too - which thankfully we didn't need !!

Regards,

Martin, Nikki and Scarlet

Castaway Island - FIJI

THANK YOU... so much for the most lovely bottle of Veuve Clicquot on arrival - can I tell you it made my day (and Veuve is my favourite of all the bubbles!)????

We had SUCH a lovely trip and I can't tell you how amazing it was to walk off the plane and straight into a private car - it's those little things that make a trip go from great to excellent! My friends were very envious (as they arrived the night before and it took them an hour and a half longer to get to the resort).

So thank you thank you thank you - you did a fantastic job and I'm so grateful!

Cheers,
Jane.

Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa - Natadola FIJI

We both had a wonderful time. It was very well organised and really enjoyed the Prague to Budapest coach tour - on the go the whole time but saw a hell of a lot and enjoyed the pace. Everything was included which was great and the hotels were very very good. Our tour director was really efficient and informative and he did a superb job. The cruise from Budapest to Bucherest was at a much slower pace and as you have to return to the ship each time you actually cover the same territory twice but having said that enjoyed the week on the ship - food and cabin extremely good. The overland trip into Turkey was good but a lot of bus travel from morning to mid-afternoon night without any stops (except for a lunch break) and not interesting landscapes - once in Turkey it was good and again the tour director was very informative and again the hotels were really good. Enjoyed Istanbul and could have had a day longer (we stayed at the Intecontinental and it was $ 600 a night) but crammed all the site seeing in that would fit. It was a great 5 weeks away and now saving up for the next adventure.

Thanks again for your help

Cheers
Judy

Scenic Tours - Europe

Had a terrific time. I am happy with taking some time providing you with feedback if it is going to be of use to you
The people are fantastic, friendly and always willing to help. This is not only refereeing to the irriki staff but generally wherever we went around Port Villa, everyone was terrific. I note that this is not only towards tourists but even amongst themselves they were always cheerful.
I was also pleased to see that there did not appear to be any young obnoxious Australians around (happily they all go to bali)
The snorkelling was fantastic – I would recommend a day trip to Hideaway island – but don’t need to book a ‘tour’. We just hopped on a local bus (cost 300vatu) and they take you there. The island then only costs 1000vt for the day.
Better bringing your own snorkel to avoid having to hire them.
Other great day was the Congoola trip – it’s relatively expensive but you get to see a fair bit of the island by bus before taking a boat trip to a separate island.
We did a half day canoe trip (shark and turtle feeding following by 2 hour canoe) – not really worth the money (the sharks and turtles and in a pen – you see better at SeaWorld!)
Hire a scooter for a day, take a picnic (stock up from the fresh food market on the main road – or go to the ‘Le Bon Marche’ up the road which has all the supermarket food you could want – including French wines you don’t even find here!) and just drive.
We only restauranted 3 evenings (the ‘Melanesian feast’ at iririki was a little disappointing unless you like Melanesian food – sweet potatoes etc) but restaurants are quite expensive and I reckon you get better (and much cheaper) at the hot food tables at the fresh food market which is where the locals eat (open 24hours a day! Monday 6:am – Sat lunchtime)
The Cultural centre is worth a visit
Avoid the taxis – take the buses
The weather was great although we got very lucky. The people before us had a whole week of non stop rain and wind.
Everyone speaks English to some degree

Things we didn’t like…
Unfortunate there is a lot of litter on the streets. It may be that I am too used to ‘sanitised Canberra’.
Iririki was nice and neat, breakfasts very good. If I had to do it again, I would probably go for a waterfront fare again but not one that faces port vila as it is quite noisy.

Thanks for all your help

Alain

Iririki Resort - Vanuatu

Thank you very much for all of your help in organising our holiday.
We both had a truly wonderful time, very relaxing and enjoyable, and it was so hard to have to leave. Taunovo Bay was absolutely superb, the people were wonderful, fun and genuinely lovely - and for all of this experience we have you to thank.
Thank you also for your card and kind wishes before we left, which I apologise I never responded to.
Thanks again, I hope you are well and I also hope you have the opportunity to visit Taunovo yourself, it was an incredible experience.

Kind regards,
Alex Maxwell

Taunovo Bay - Fiji

Just got back to work this week.
We had a fabulous time in Phuket and your suggestion of the Horizon in Karon beach was perfect.
Thanks so much again, they all have the travel bug now

Cheers

Seleana

Horizon - Phuket

I hope you are well. I completed a telephone questionnaire from your company last week. I told them that you deserve a pay rise and and the employee of the year award!! She said I wasn't the first to suggest it!!!!

Nick Souter

I am writing to you to tell you about the outstanding service I have received from one of your employees Sylvia Gach, she is doing a fabulous job getting quotes for our Honeymoon to Vanuatu.
Sylvia has provided me with detailed information about our destination and accommodation options. Sylvia has provided these quotes in an extremely efficient and organised manner. Sylvia has been very helpful and attentive to our every detail.
As I see it, with such outstanding service like that - Sylvia is a great asset to your company. I was so impressed that I asked for your name Karen, as I wanted to tell you how professional and efficient Sylvia has been.
I will forward Sylvia’s details on to other prospective travellers so they can receive the same excellent service we have received. Please congratulate Sylvia on a job well done, she deserves it.

Yours truly,
Simone Castledine

Vanuatu

Thanks for the email.
I’d like to say that I’m happy to be home but I’m not. Bali was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first thing Mark says to me every morning is “I’m sorry that we’ve not been to Bali sooner”. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. No-one got Bali belly and I was having cocktails with ice in it everywhere!
We took Collodial Silver over with us. Our naturopath said to take 10 mls straight morn and night and put some in our water bottles as well to sip throughout the day. If we felt a bit of a tummy upset we had to take 200mls straight, drink 500mls of water and then lay down for ½ hour and all would be good.
The boys had a ball. The hotel was fantastic – although some of the tiles etc need fixing and they could use a little help with learning how to clean things a bit better. But we’d definitely stay at the Jayakata again! The staff were really friendly and being right on the beach we could send the kids down there and look at them from the comfort of the hotel lie lows. The guys at the beach kept an eye out for the boys for us – they made friends with a couple of the guys running the drinks bar down the beach
Flights were really good as well. Would recommend Pacific Blue to people as well.
Will be keeping our eye out for cheap flights through them and Air Asia to go back there next year some time and then will contact you regarding accommodation – unless you get some great deals come through and then we’ll book everything from you.
Love

Argia and Mark

Jayakarta - Bali

Thank you for your email.
The trip was excellent!!! The people, service and facilities at Aquamarine resort were great and we spent a lot of time relaxing in the hotel. We really enjoyed Phuket as well, nice shopping and activities all around the island.
Although the first part of the trip was great, Bangkok was really disappointing. It is a very polluted and dirty city full of people trying to scheme you to make you go to certain shops or charging you excessive amount of money for services which the prices were previously agreed on.
The hotel seemed old and there was an unpleasant odour in the hotel as well as in the room. It was also located in the chinatown area and we could not find any restaurants/shopping centres nearby.
Luckily we only spend 2 days in Bangkok, I am glad now to know what it looks like but even though the shopping was great, I do not think that I will go back.
I will keep a formidable souvenir of Phuket and the week we spent there.
Thank you very much again for assisting us organising this holiday.
Have a nice afternoon.

Kind regards,

Denis Pilot

Aquamarine Resort - Phuket

The hotel was great, even though a little away from the airport, we did not arrive there until 10.00pm but they were great and fed us and we had a few drinks before retiring for the night. The location was ideal on the Coral Coast and the staff so genuinely friendly and welcoming-every one of them with a big smile and a warm “Bula”.
The following day we had an orientation of the resort and after a great breakfast decided upon the order of activities, tours etc for the week. Some golf, fishing, snorkelling and relaxing by the pool.
Yes we have a lot of photos and videos and need now the time to transfer them to disc and the computer.
All in all a great holiday with some wonderful memories- “Vinaka” (thank you) very much for all your help in making it happen.

Cheers

Glenn Fitzpatrick

Naviti Resort - Fiji

Staff on the ship were fantastic, they couldnt do enough for us.
All meals food dinning venues were great. Too much on offer.
Only thing was that we couldnt get our friends with us but next time we'll book earlier.

Thanks again
love ya work

Greg / Irene

P&O Pacific Sun, Adelaide - Perth

We had a lovely time on Lord Howe Island. It met our expectations in every way.
Lorhiti was as per brochure, clean, beautiful garden setting, well furnished with plenty of kitchen equipment etc.
The hill up from the main town got us fit by the end of the week, so not the place for some one less mobile, but the proximity to Ned's Beach was great.
We fed the fish and swam in the bay. It was lovely if not a little chilly in the water.
I reckon another month and it would have been perfect.
Robert got to try out his new camera so once we have downloaded the shots will send you one or two. Humpty Micks Cafe in the main street was a great place to eat and we ate there most days. Top Shop has the freshest food for self catering, of course being an island it is pricey but we knew that so we didn't care.
We walked, played cards, read, walked some more and slept. It was good.
Thanks for organising this for us.

All the best

Heather and Robert Craven

Lorhiti - Lord Howe

Lord Howe Island was fantastic. A wonderful place for families with beautiful beaches, wonderful snorkelling and great fishing for some of the grown ups. Our apartment at Somerset was great – an easy walk or bike ride to most of the beaches and restaurants.
Thanks for organising a great holiday for us. We plan to go back in the next few years.

Kirsten

Somerset- Lord Howe

Both Peter and I thoroughly enjoyed our Lord Howe Island experience but I don't think Peter will be climbing Mount Gower again! Our accommodation was great at Beachcomber and we thank you for your part in making our holiday perfect.

Regards,

Shirley Malcolm

Beachcomber - Lord Howe