Olympic Holidays

We booked our holiday to Kefalonia at the Buena Vista Studios in Lourdas for August 2010 online and found the process flawless and seamless. Olympic have by far the easiest to use website of the big tour operators, and we especially like the option to pay off the balance of your holiday in smaller chunks on the website when you could. They were friendly, informative and efficient. Once in resort, the transfer and welcome was good with the literature provided being informative and detailed. When we arrived at our accommodation, we were disappointed to find that our high floor request had been ignored and we had been placed in basement rooms. Additionally, as a family of 4 ...  Read the complete review

Olympic holidays are cattle-class tourism at its most cynical. They seemed to be the cheapest, which is why we went with them, however once they've got your booking they're only interested in extracting more cash from you in any way possible, and they won't respond unless there's something in it for them. We've all come across the 'welcome meeting' where they ply you with a cheap 'courtesy' drink and flog you overpriced excursions, (a sales technique that exploits people's natural tendency to reciprocate). The only one we considered was car hire - "I can only hold this offer open until the end of this meeting - 100 euros (plus unspecified surcharges) for ...  Read the complete review

I would definately recommend buying holidays with Olympic holidays. Me and my boyfriend went away to Paleokastritsa in Corfu last summer and it was absolutely amazing and Olympic reps were superb. We got a late deal which meant that it was very cheap, the travel agent could not believe how cheap it was and had to check that it was the correct price, so initially we were very happy having gone with Olympic and it just got better. When we arrived the Olympic reps were very helpful, showing us to our coaches and every coach had a rep aboard to answer any questions and to make sure we all got off at the right places. I have had a couple of holidays with other travel ...  Read the complete review

I have just come back from my first trip to Cyprus, staying in Paphos, with Olympic Holidays. I have rambled on about the hotel on another review, and the airline on yet another, so I wont mention them again here. I'm pretty certain we have travelled to Greece with Olympic before, but I may be wrong. However, I would be happy to do so again (airline aside). This review will focus only on the reps and the tours we took with Olympic. First off, the welcome meeting. This was a little disappointing. He (Ian) was friendly and approachable, but didn't offer us much insight to the tours on offer at all. The paraphernalia given to us ...  Read the complete review