Having never booked a cruise before I wasn't sure where to start, but Louise spent time…read moreunderstanding exactly what I was looking for - she was so was so helpful, friendly and knowledgeable in presenting different options before deciding which one to go with and making the booking. I was really impressed and couldn't recommend enough booking a holiday with Louise!

I regularly use this branch…read more The staff there are unfailingly helpful, efficient and friendly. I am submitting this review as a result of having seen the previous one-star review. I sympathise with the writer's situation in having to cancel his holiday, and suffer what sound like some unfair consequences . He has a legitimate case to put to Thomson's. However this looks like a classic case of hard-working frontline staff taking the brunt of a criticism which should be directed at the company's terms and conditions, over which regional staff have no control. The writer says that everything was fine until he had to cancel, which suggests that the staff had done a good job up to that point. Natural justice requires me to respond with a 5 star review which accurately reflects the fine service I have received on innumerable occasions over the past 25 years.

First class service from Thomson on this visit. Myself and…read moreAdam Y had spent a couple of weeks deciding where we should go on holiday this August and couldn't come up with any ideas within budget so we wandered around Bolton one day and picked up some brochures from various travel agents. Eventually we resorted back to the internet and just doing any old search with the main search being 'Adult only hotel' - we hate children. We found a 5* hotel within (almost) price budget on the Thomson website, but decided to go in-store to see if they could better it. Of we popped down to the late opening Thomson shop on the Fort shopping park on a Wednesday evening and we were warmly greeted by a young chap who happened to be the manager. He asked us to sit down and explain what we wanted. He searched and unfortunately the price his system was giving him was £250 more than the website. Not to worry he said, he would price match for us and even waiver the admin fee because he could. How nice! However, he was going away in two days so if we wanted it we would need to book with him before Friday to get this deal. We couldn't decide there and then so had a wander around the car park and came to the conclusion that we would only spend the next two days looking on the internet more and only coming back here. So we walked back in and booked it. The young man was very friendly and gave us advise on the resort and travel tips without being patronising as some travel agents can be. I would definitely recommend using Thomson, this one in particular.

This is an amazing online travel agent which has some of the best deals available online. They…read moredon't offer package holidays, you simply find a flight to whichever destination you choose and once you've chosen one, it then gives you literally hundreds of hotels from which to choose from. From real budget hotels to high end the hotel options are fantastic. I have used them several times and they haven't let me down yet!

great service, i have recently booked a trip to greece through this agents! the staff were…read moreexcellent i went down and told them what i wanted and they found some perfect places. Really good at what they do and really friendly. The prices are also not bad and there are lots of special offers advertised in the window, which look ideal.

We went to First Choice to book a holiday to Mexico. We knew the hotel where we wanted to go and…read morethe dates we wanted as we had seen the package online on their website. We quoted the price we had seen online only for them to tell us it had gone up about £100 each. The travel agent who was helping us book was very friendly and helpful and gave us a very useful tip for the future: If you look at a package holiday a lot online then they put the prices up as they have teams which monitor the popularity of each of the holidays . So if you go online and keep checking whether the holiday price has gone down or up then it will probably go up as the teams monitoring it think there is a lot of interest in the holiday, when really it is only you checking it a lot! The travel agent ended up giving us a discount which brough the cost down to less than what we saw it for online. We also got our foreign currency through First Choice as it you book your holiday through them you get VIP rates for foreign exchange so it can often work out the highest rate.

Cabzilla Minibus are a great company to deal with, we needed a minibus for a wedding for 16 people…read more They gave us a great quote and were on time and good on the day. would recommend Cabzilla to anyone looking for a minibus hire with a driver in Manchester.

If you enjoy great days out, whether it's for a day or a fortnight, Hardings (otherwise known as…read moreSelwyns) offers coach holidays with a difference. The tour operator serves around the North West with various local pick-up points for convenience. Their coaches are good quality and travelling within the UK is what the company specialises in. They have a varied choice of tours to suit all ages, some of which include scenic tours, flower shows, theme parks and market trips. I once travelled with them to Shakespeare's Stratford, taking a couple of friends along and the experience was fabulous. The coach driver was very informative regarding the destination's local flavour and considerate to all passengers no matter what age. Prices are generally affordable and group bookings for 11 people or more are eligible for discounts.

Can't say enough about Geoff's Executive Travel(shuttle service). Geoff picked us up at Manchester…read moreAirport and our flight was 45 minutes late and he waited for us. Then provide juice boxes and chocolate to our 3 boys. His van was very clean inside & out and he also provide complimentary water. On top of that Geoff is witty and very nice to talk to. We used him again to take all of us to Manchester for shopping and have already booked him to take us back to the airport. We will definitely use him again and recommend him to all of our friends and family. Thanks Geoff!! Cheers Dante and Christina Morabe

-Doesn't even deserve 1star- I have never left a bad review…read morefor anyone or any business before but after the service we received I feel obliged to warn everyone else so they don't go through the same, as the service we received and the way we was spoken to was disgusting! What a shocking service!! Starting from the minute we was picked up! We were a party of 7, one being only 2years old and myself being 28weeks pregnant. On enquiring via fb I had asked to be picked up at 3.30pmish from Manchester as we was expected to land at 2.55pm so that gave us enough time to get cases.. So to start we was rushed on the minibus minutes before the time we had asked to be picked up at(3am) to be told we had to hurry up as he had another run after us and he needed to be back in Ashton for 4am after dropping us off at Manchester airport! When dropping us off he told us when he picks us up we would have to be quick as he had another run booked straight after! We explained we would be as quick as we can but obviously we can't control any delays etc. Before we left the minibus I was asked to fill in a card that said the arrival time and flight number and two contact numbers, on which we filled in accurately and gave him. On return, when we was at Corfu airport around 1.30ish (11.30ish in English time) we got a text from him saying he would only be there for 4.30/4.40 as we had given him the wrong time and to grab a coffee and wait! Although we didn't. We landed at Manchester at 3.25ish as we had approx half an hour of delays (obviously out of our control completely) after getting our cases we was waiting to go at 4. After numerous phone calls of him ringing telling us he would be here at 4.30 and how there's loads of traffic he finally arrived at 4.45 and rang us to ask where we was as we weren't outside, of which we said we had waited inside because it was cold but we was only by the doors so would come out. When we came out he went on to tell us how we had told him the wrong time and how it's the busiest day of the year and that he had to rearrange customers for us, of which we argued back that we hadn't! He then threatened many of times to not take us home because he didn't like us arguing that it's him that's in the wrong and we had already paid for his service and he was late. I then asked to see the card I had written out- which he showed me his diary that had 3.30 written in and then crossed out for 2.55, and refused to show the card as he said "it doesn't matter what's written on the card" we also said we had given flight numbers which he's meant to check for delays that would tell him the exact time of arrival- his answer to that was his day doesn't revolve around us! And then he had the cheek to say that when he dropped us off at the airport he had told us about him being booked back to back and apparently we had said we will get a taxi from elsewhere if there's any problems! As anyone can guess, that's a load of rubbish, we was going on holiday for 2weeks there was no way we was going to be messing around booking another taxi after paying for a return with himself Also at one point he told us all to get out, which I then said "so now your going to leave a family with a 3year old and a pregnant lady stranded?" He then let us stay in and realised it was a ridiculous comment to make! (Anyway- we eventually got home!) Horrendous service and he's a very rude and arrogant man, we will never be using him again and strongly advice anyone else not to use!