Recommendations for last minute overseas holiday/provider

www.instantholidays.co.uk

Used them about 6 times for Red Sea and always got a good deal.

I just returned from a week in GOZO ... with non-divers.
The Hotel - Atlantis, is a great hotel (as long as you stay in it and
not off site apartments)
Has a PADI 5 star dive center as part of Hotel.
Gozo .. and Malta have no end of 'English food' ... drive on same side
of road, etc.

I booked direct via their web site - http://www.atlantisgozo.com/

Tgey even arrange pick up return from airport and ferry transfer to
Gozo ... and all went smoothly.
Booked flight swith XL airways again on-line, paid the extra for extra
leg room seats - and glad we did ! and XL also give an additional
10Kg baggage allowance for divers for free.


Also seemed strange to see Triumph Heralds, Morris Marina'a, Alegros,
Maxi's, etc. .... gues sthey simply don't rust away over there. Not
exactly a great deal of roads to drive on either !
Drop me an email if you want to know more.

XL may be OK for mid-range flights. Just don't book them for
long-haul.
They have only one jet capable of making it to Tobago. That was
grounded last year due to a fault in a secondary generator that had
been an issue for over 6 months. (I don't know precisely what the fault
was, or why it didn't lead to the plane being grounded earlier, so
don't bother asking).

We ended up being delayed by 46 hours on our return flight. (Just
under the 48 hour mark that would have triggered a biggesr insurance
payout). We were held at the airport on both days, continually being
told that the plane was just a bit late. At abouot 7pm each day they
eventually told us it wasn't coming. We didn't even get to enjoy the
extra couple of days!

At least we got our holiday, there were some incoming passengers that
lost 2 days of a 7 day holiday.