Your calls always answered within 5 rings.
The flights, hotel and location were excellent. Many thanks Glen
It’s a shame Emirates weren’t as good as you. Thank you for organising, we had a great time, hotel still very good
We have just completed a 7 week holiday in Singapore, NZ and Dubai. Everything ran like clockwork. Brilliant organisation and choice of hotels and flights. We had a superb holiday, thanks to DialAFlight
5* again from Darryll and the team.
If El Al did half as good a job as you do, it would have been a great trip. It is a pretty bad airline. I hope BA will resume their flight to Tel Aviv soon.
Great service from Todd Cafferkey
Third time using you. Will definitely be back.
Everything arranged perfectly
First class service
The Rixos in my opinion is a little tired. The staff were very, very good and the cleaning was excellent. Having stayed at the Rixos in Abu Dhabi I was a little disappointed with this one. But we enjoyed our holiday
No pick up at airport in Seychelles
The staff and service are fantastic
Extremely helpful from beginning to end
We booked a twin room but when we got to the hotel they said the booking was showing as a king room. They resolved this but wanted to provide this feedback
Jake is always excellent
We will definitely use you guys again for our holidays of which we have quite a few
I love the service you get - and nothing is a problem, even if you want to make changes
Thanks to Leah Jessop as always
Heathrow a disgrace. No service
Big thanks to Liam for all his help including our favourite hotel room.
Another successful trip organised by Taylor at DialAFlight. Received a room upgrade as well. A two bedroom suite!
Will definitely make DialAFlight my first port of call when booking holidays in the future! Excellent service all round
Just keep doing more of what you do well ...
Helpful and efficient. Thank you
Such friendly and helpful people. We were able to just enjoy our holiday and not have to worry about anything at all. What a rare pleasure to find such expertise these days.
Everything was fine as usual when dealing with DialAFlight. Thanks to Bruce once again for everything
Glen was very efficient and informative. We particularly appreciated being able to contact him directly both by phone and email. The resort was lovely and lived up to our expectations but we were, however, extremely disappointed with the Emirates business flight
Super helpful and efficient
DialAFlight simply do not fail to deliver on service and reliability.
Excellent service - everything ran smoothly
I said I was never going to Barbados again - 29 consecutive years was quite enough, thank you. Bequia, the little Grenadine island a short hop away, was my new Caribbean love.
But when the time came for my annual trip to the West Indies, I thought: 'Hmm, can I really drop Barbados, after all we have been through?' So I decided I would go to both Barbados and Bequia and rate the things that really matter to me on each island. Then, finally, I can make up my mind…
Barbados is a much bigger island, with a population of 284,000, mostly well-off. It's well organised, safe and efficient, with much to see and do, modern facilities, the poshest, most luxurious hotels in the Caribbean, many wonderful restaurants plus all those celebs and footballers posing on the beaches.
Bequia is titchy in comparison, with a population of scarcely 5,000. It's just five miles long, with a laidback atmosphere, not to say a bit dozy and cut off - but a real, working island. There's little chance of a selfie with your favourite soap star here. It is a paradise for yachties, with hundreds of little boats dotting the enormous bay at Port Elizabeth, many of whom have just crossed the Atlantic. Little fleets of service and water taxis buzz back and forth, taking supplies. There's so much to watch.
The interior seems bigger than it is, with all the hills and peninsulas and hidden trails.
On each island, I have a favourite place which for years I have walked to every afternoon to poke around, have a rum punch, stare at people, have a rum punch, talk to the locals, have a rum punch, convincing myself I am communing with the spirit of the island.
In Barbados, it is the little town of Speightstown, in the north, away from the glitter of the Holetown area. So many of Speightstown's shopfronts remind me of Carlisle in the 1950s.
In Bequia, there are two places I can poke around forever, never growing bored. Port Elizabeth, the harbour and island's only town, is fascinating and easy to walk to or from, with a newish walkway along the rocks from Princess Margaret Beach.
The other is Lower Bay, not a town as such, but hidden away along its wonderful beach there are three excellent restaurants, including Fernando's - run by Nando, a fisherman who catches his fish each morning, then cooks them in the evening. Then there are four cafe bars, Petra's grocery shop and Jacquie's organic fruit and veg haven.
As far as hotels are concerned there are ones at which I always stay, so my opinions are subjective. Since the Eighties I have gone at the same time every year to Cobblers Cove, luxurious but discreet and understated, with great food, beautiful gardens and nice suites.
In Bequia, I have moved around over the years, but I have settled on the Bequia Beach Hotel on Friendship Bay. It is so artistic, yet efficient, with big, stylish rooms. Like Cobblers, it appeals to the discerning. No vulgar TVs in the bedrooms. I should think not.
As well as having two restaurants on site Bequia Beach Hotel also owns the popular, cool, Jack’s Bar at Princess Margaret Beach which guests love. In Bequia I also know people who stay for months at a time in reasonably-priced apartments on Lower Bay - they're all regulars, snow birds from the UK and North America who become virtually locals for a large part of the year.
One of the pleasures of Cobblers Cove is that it is like a house party, the same people staying at the same time, just like moi. And, of course, I love them all dearly. Oh yes.
So, how to choose? Well, both islands have superb if very different attractions. Barbados has so much to do. Bequia is so unspoiled.
From now on, should I just go to Bequia? However, I have decided to go to both islands again. Perhaps it will be my final time in Barbados. Perhaps not.
It will be my 30th year at Cobblers Cove, so naturally the reception desk staff will be holding up the Welcome Back flags. Anyway, I have paid my deposit for three nights' B&B - so I'm not going to lose that, am I?
First published in the Mail on Sunday - November 2019
More articles below...
Not quite what you're looking for?
We can easily customise an offer to suit your exact requirements