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Post by janiemou on Nov 23, 2013 22:53:13 GMT 2
A casual browse through the internet brought up a link to Olympic holidays, so I clicked on the Theodorus. Olympic Holidays have a one week holiday for two people departing 7th July from Manchester at £285 per person including transfers and luggage. A lovely cheap holiday. They are using, for this holiday Germania, a German airline founded in 1978 with 19 modern aircraft, so hopefully a much better carrier than the problematical Small Planet.
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Post by norm on Dec 8, 2013 1:49:11 GMT 2
We flew with Germania earlier this year & found them totally unprofessional. We flew with their off-shoot airline Gambia Baby. On approach to Corfu the cabin staff were still serving drinks etc !!! Talk about health & safety, no change for anything that you bought. The pilot had only flown into Corfu once before & on this occasion had to circle so that the cabin crew could finish their serving duties.
On landing at Corfu the pilot said " Welcome to Cyprus "
If we come back to Roda this year we will fly with either Thomas Cook or Thompson.
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Post by artisans on Dec 8, 2013 18:14:19 GMT 2
That's my kind of airline, norm! - more laughs than 'Cheers.' I understand you wanting to change, but you must have laughed about it since. By the way - how was Cyprus?
Steve
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Post by norm on Dec 9, 2013 1:37:34 GMT 2
I suppose in a funny sort of way we can laugh this experience now but at the time a little bewildering ? Never mind,life is far too short to grumble. Cyprus was quite accommodating considering we were supposed to be in Corfu !!!!
Anyway, we are both looking forward to seeing you all in Nicosia in 2014.
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Post by morwin on Feb 22, 2015 1:26:38 GMT 2
Cosmos and Monarch have some good deals at the moments. Thinking of booking for May, but airline is Small Planet. Anyone had any experience of them - are they reliable or would we be better booking with Thomsons for a few extra pounds?
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Post by lisydaly on Feb 22, 2015 11:55:11 GMT 2
Two words Morwin - don't bother. Take a look at the numerous forums discussing Small Planet - they have a dreadful track record.
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Post by Ol'Salty on Feb 22, 2015 18:22:29 GMT 2
We used Olympic just the once (to Corfu) and the flights were with Small Planet. The experience was horrendous!
Right from the start we had a delay of several hours, with no explanation whatsoever and no Olympic rep. to liaise with - just repetitive further half-hour extensions to the 'estimated' flight time.
The return flight was even worse, with a delay of almost 12 hours. We and many of our fellow travellers had used their mobile devices prior to the airport transfer to check our flight and it was obvious, even then, that there was a significant pending delay. However the Olympic reps. categorically denied this and on arrival at the airport just continued to repeat that our flight was due in "any time now".
Hotel accommodation and food/drinks were refused.
I could easily elaborate further on the appalling lack of service, care and attitude which we and our fellow travellers experienced - but I imagine you will get the drift!
Consequently, we will NEVER use "OLYMPIC" or "SMALL PLANET" again . . . and would advise others to do likewise.
Rgds, Chris
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Post by norm on Feb 27, 2015 1:11:15 GMT 2
This year we are flying with Jet2. Staying at The Pegasus, Jet2 gave us the option of 10 nights so we took it !!! On a great note,I received an e.mail & phone call from Thomas Cook informing us that our flight had been brought forward by 8 hours & did we mind ? Certainly not, fly out of Manchester at 07.40 am as opposed to 16.05. We can almost taste the Mythos now !!!!
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Post by Morwin on Feb 27, 2015 17:11:10 GMT 2
Thanks for replies - reviews on TA were horrific so I didn't bother. Accommodation was at Theodoros which we liked the look of when we stayed in Roda last year. We ended up booking with Thomson's to Thassos for £188 each, so probably next year to Roda.
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Post by mrsdepp67 on Mar 8, 2015 12:46:09 GMT 2
We've had horrendous experiences on 3 occasions with Olympic's choice of airline but our apartments only use Olympic so last year we booked accommodation and airline separately and it all ran smoothly. This year we've gone with the package as it was with Jet2 out of EMA. Fingers crossed we've made the right choice his year!!
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