Over the last 32 years, Holiday Extras has earned its place as the UK market leader for travel add-ons; offering pre-booked airport hotels and airport parking, airport lounges, Airports by Rail, Hotels with Coach and holiday insurance as its core offerings, with car hire launching this year.
We were lucky enough to road test their service on our recent cruise holiday by booking overnight accommodation and parking before our flight to Barcelona.
We had considered driving to Gatwick on the morning of our flight, but it would have meant leaving the house at 3am and the thought of dragging the kids out of bed at that time of the morning filled us with dread.
The website is really easy to use, simply select which airport you are travelling from and the dates of travel to and from the airport and what service you would like and it will find you the best deal.
We selected a hotel for the night before our departure and parking for the duration of our 8 day cruise and a room, at the Holiday Inn Express and parking came to £114, plus a second room for £64 as we are a family of six, and often find we are unable to find family rooms which will accommodate us all.
The Holiday Express Inn was very comfortable, with good-sized bedrooms and plenty of room to spread out. We checked out at 5am but they still served continental breakfast, cereal and toast for early travellers which was an added bonus and meant the kids were not moaning they were hungry.
We then drove the short distance to Gatwick Airport where we left our car with Mapel Manor Parking in the Short Stay car park near the South terminal and had our car parked for us and brought back again when your flight lands upon your return to the country.
I cannot fault the service and the price was really reasonable too. We were offered a valet of the car for a small extra charge and getting the car back on time and in pristine condition and clean was an added bonus.
- Holiday Extras makes bookings for over 7 million travellers each year.
- The company has been listed nine times in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and is listed number five in 2015.
- Holiday Extras employs approximately 560 people in the UK.
- A record-breaking 99.84% of customers are satisfied with Holiday Extras’ products and service.
- A commitment to helping to make holidays hassle-free is delivered through innovative technology and a wide choice of products with a price guarantee.
- Over 90% of bookings are made online while the UK based contact centre handles more than one million calls a year.
- 100,000 parking spaces at 27 UK airports and two UK ports.
- Hotels at 26 UK airports.
- Lounges at 21 UK airport.
- Holiday insurance including Latitude – travel insurance for people with medical conditions.
- Holiday Extras works with a network of over 16,000 agents and partners including TUI, CTTG and Thomas Cook, British Airways, easyJet, Saga Holidays and the AA.
Disclaimer: We were provided with free parking and a free hotel room for the purpose of a review.
I have never heard of this company before but I can see how invaluable their services can be expecially with a young family
I love the idea of having the car valeted while you’re away. Sounds like a good value way to make travelling easier.
That is such good value for parking as well as accommodation I am impressed!
We have used Holiday Extras before nd think they are ace
That sounds great. Good to hear they do early breakfasts too!
It sounds like you had great service, well done Holiday extras. Mich x
We’ve used Holiday Extras before and thought they were great – makes everything so much less stressful1
That does great, I never heard of Holiday Extras before. I will try and use this in future. xx
This does sound like much less stress than grappling with public transport on the day of your holiday x
Sounds great and so good they have thought about early travellers too.
You must have a great time with your family there. The night view looks stunning! I’ll try to make a trip like this for my family. It’s been a long time that we haven’t gone to somewhere together!
It seemed that you and your family really had great experiences at that. Thanks for sharing with us and keep updating.
Those statistics are impressive. Seems that the services are good. Thanks for sharing. Hope that I could have a great trip as your family.
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