Fantastic budget holidays! (First Choice)

Member Name: ZarZar1990

Product:	First Choice
Date:	06/11/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Really good holidays, good service.

Disadvantages: Not for the picky!

As a student, whilst paying for my own holidays, I've always gone for the cheap 'n' cheerful.
First Choice is a good agency which represents good quality affordable holidays but still with the representation that you'd want if things go wrong.

I've been on two first choice holidays, one with my friend when I was 17, we went self catering to Zante in Greece for a week, and secondly in October this year me and some friends went all inclusive to a First Choice Holiday Village in Sarigerme Turkey.

The first holiday, the reps were really helpful but obviously not over involved, we were invited on excursions but not pressured and just generally chilled out and did our own thing.

The second holiday, and most recent, was just a pure example of how helpful First choice are when things go wrong that are not their fault.

On our way out to Turkey, when we arrived at the airport we were informed instantly that our airplane had been diverted to land in Rome and that we did not have a plane to pick us up, but not to worry because they were very swiftly going to relocate us to the next nearest airport (40 mins away) and we would be flying only an hour after originally planned.
This was followed through and everything went to plan, we were very pleased with this.

The holiday village was fantastic, you can tell the staff are constantly striving to work hard, everything about it was really good.

The first choice reps were really entertaining and gave us the inside scoop on everything, the locals, the local drinks, where to go and where to avoid and everything.

They all remembered our names despite hundreds of people being there and all took the time and effort to say hello and ask how our day was constantly, and just generally made the holiday a pleasant stay.

The day we were due to come back, our plane was delayed for 24hours, now because we'd checked out of hotel First Choice booked us all (a plane full of people) into an AMAZING brand new Hilton Hotel, a hotel that at minimum costed 200 Euros a night so wow what a treat.

First choice turned an unavoidable situation that wasn't their fault into a fantastic extra night, granted, people were annoyed because we were ready to go home by then but it was purely unavoidable, and First Choice did the only thing they could, they could have put us in some dingy horrible hotel, or abandoned us at the airport, but luckily because they're a decent company we were properly looked after with food included and just generally felt like we were kept up to date as much as possible.

The only slightly negative note about First Choice are the First Choice airplanes, but then again, if you're paying £550 for two weeks all inclusive holiday in the sun, I guess you expect a slightly uncomfortable journey.

Highly recommended for budget holidays.

Summary: Perfect for students and families!