Ian Newton. Excellent as always.
Your help and support were second to none. I would highly recommend you and I have already suggested to friends to contact you
Craig was so helpful - really excellent service!
Highly recommend.
Hotel very tired - needs a complete revamp - staff lovely
Excellent service from Sean who made booking this holiday so easy and pleasant. The holiday was perfect - everything was beautiful and the complimentary upgrade of our hotel room was superb.
Fantastic service and support, thank you
The hotel was of a high standard and within our price bracket
Thank you Sadie. Another gold star!
Sean yet again recommended a fab hotel in Santorini. Had the best time on this beautiful island
Howard just knows what we like and delivers everything time!
Kylie found us the perfect holiday which had everything that we asked for. Will definitely book with Kylie again.
Great communication
Kylie never disappoints. Hotel was fantastic. Everything went smoothly.
Dennis Hollands always goes over and above to assist. I won’t use anyone else now!
Hotel lovely, went out for food a lot as same every night. Flights was delayed 1 and a half hours going out and 4 hours on return which was frustrating
Jamal Sylvester was outstanding and more than delivered my expectations. I’ve worked in customer service for decades and his approach, kindness and eager to assist is such a credit to the company. Will definitely be working with him in future. Amazing job.
Prompt reply to queries, even when staff are out of the office, emails are still picked up and replied to promptly
Des Wing did a great job again and thanks to Philippa for checking up on us the day before we flew!
Another great trip, thanks guys.
Just returned from Ikos Dassia with all our family and Orlando delivered so a big thank you for making our family holiday amazing
Everything went smoothly and within promised timelines. The private transfers were excellent. We had an added bonus of a history lesson on Crete during WW2 from the driver on the return trip, which we found fascinating.
Thanks again to Gary Patel, who went out of his way to help when our plans had to be adapted.
Thanks again to Gary Patel, who went out of his way to help us when our plans had to change.
Worth noting that for the accommodation we stayed in ( 'Dessiterra Resorts' Santorini), there is no way to access the town (or anywhere nearby) without using the resort transport which is a minimum of £25 Euros each way (to the nearest town Thira). This was more if you went further.
As always my experience using DialAFlight has been excellent with no hiccups. I have used Robbie for a number of years and he delivered every time, however other members of the team are always happy to assist as did Zac when I needed assistance whilst away. Flights and hotels booked via DialAFlight make life so easy and the price is not reflected of the service they provide. Why go through the hassle of trying to find flights and hotels when these guys do it all just as cheap.
Will be in contact soon to book next year’s holiday.
This was not my most challenging trip but, as always, you made all the arrangements, and it worked perfectly without any hitch.
Cameron Bleasdale is fantastic, a perfect travel agent, thorough and meticulous. I have recommended him to multiple friends.
Graham is always brilliant
Ever since I was a child, I've had this passionate desire to go to the Greek island of Santorini. When I was little, a friend's parents spent their honeymoon there, and when I saw the holiday snaps it became my dream holiday destination.
However, time has flown and circumstances change. I now have a four-year-old daughter, Betsy, and when I started looking at hotels in Santorini, I realised that bringing a child along might prove tricky. From what I could see, the hotels are very much set up for couples. It's the ideal destination for a honeymoon - as my friend's parents discovered all those years ago.
So despite my best intentions, it was time to come up with a Plan B. I asked friends for their advice and they all suggested I visit Mykonos instead - and I'm so pleased they did.
I'm now its biggest fan. It's an extraordinary island - an absolute gem. Everything about Mykonos was glorious, and I would just go back in an instant because I absolutely fell in love with it.
Before the trip, I had celebrated my 40th birthday by throwing a party in London. It was great fun but pretty hectic getting things organised, so afterwards I wanted to do something more low-key.
That's where the idea of a trip to Greece came in. I travelled with Betsy, my best friend Tamara Edward and my goddaughter Elicia (just to make things a little bit more complicated, Elicia is now godmother to Betsy). I thought it would be lovely to have a girly trip.
Elicia was especially thrilled when I told her we were going to Mykonos because the Kardashians had been there the previous summer - apparently it featured prominently on their reality TV programme. Like many young girls, Elicia is a huge fan.
Heading to a Greek island was also significant for me because I've co-written a one-woman show in which I play a sort of Shirley Valentine character having a midlife crisis.
I've had a kind of Shirley Valentine obsession myself over the past three years - no, not of meeting a tall, dark, handsome fisherman, but of exploring the Greek islands.
From the moment we arrived on Mykonos, I was enchanted. The food was incredible.
I had salads and grilled halloumi, and the fresh seafood was just amazing - huge prawns and excellent sea bass.
Normally I'm very careful about what I eat, but on holiday I let myself relax a little. In Mykonos, I felt I didn't need to worry. At lunch, the restaurant served a simple tomato and cucumber salad in a delicious lemon and olive oil dressing and plenty of herbs. After eating something like that, I felt full, yet had the satisfaction of knowing I'd had something really healthy.
Betsy also loved the food. She tried halloumi for the first time and adored it.
We were staying on the 'quiet' side of Mykonos (there is a clubbing side too).
Betsy had such a good time, especially walking around the little town and wandering down to the port to look at all the posh yachts. She was so active that by the evening, she was worn out and just wanted to go to bed.
Mykonos has small yet delightful beaches - I could sit on the sand and easily keep an eye on Betsy. There weren't too many people around either, so it was all very relaxed.
We stayed at the impressive Grace Hotel. It's on the hills above Mykonos town, with stunning views of the sparkling Aegean. It's relatively small, with just 32 rooms, many of which have their own plunge pools.
The hotel's literature accurately said 'the overriding atmosphere is one of serenity'.
For the adults in our group, one of the hotel's great treats was its signature Grace cocktail - a delicious gin-based concoction. Every time we ordered a Grace cocktail, there was a chorus of Happy Birthday - to the point that on our last day, I had to say: 'Right, I think we've established that I'm 40 so there's no need to keep celebrating!'
We had lunch every day in the hotel but took the decision to dine out several evenings - although dinner on the Grace terrace was difficult to beat, with that amazing sea view.
Mykonos town centre was just a five-minute cab ride from the hotel, so it was simple to get to the shops - always an important consideration during a girly holiday.
I knew that after I returned from my trip, I was about to go into the West End with my one-woman show, so this was the perfect time to relax before a busy period. So home again and normal, hectic, life has begun again - at 40.
First published in March 2015
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