RSD Travel
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Great holiday firm, great experiences, great prices
We are currently on our 'free' week of the two week cultural tour 'Istanbul & the Aegean'. This must be our 7th or 8th RSD trip. This particular trip has been superb. Our guide - Suat - was incredibly knowledgeable, well organised, and with fabulous English, a great sense of humour. His independence knowledge of all the places we visited the temples, ruins, cities and towns, mosques and heritage sites was quite remarkable. The hotels have been brilliant - and - certainly for the cost of the holiday, they have been exceptional. We've read reviews that are negative for this company, and struggle to understand them !! There is no other company offering these sorts of cultural experiences - let's be clear - you're getting your flight, your transfer, your 4* or 5* hotel, your buffet breakfast, your coach driver, your tour guide ... and your second week alongside the beach in a great hotel ... for free !!! For £300 !!!! What on earth do some people expect !!!! You wouldn't get a week in the UK for that !!! Yes, you get the option of an evening meal deal, there's extra excursions and an 'all in' package on the second week. Yes, there can be a fair amount of travelling in a coach (I'm not sure how people think you'll get from one site/attraction to another without travelling in a coach !!!) But all of this, even down to the exact miles you'll travel each day is made perfectly clear before you book ! There are NO hidden extras ! It's all in the prebooking information. We haven't booked our meals for the second week, preferring to venture out , get some walking in and meet and eat at more authentic Turkish places - there was absolutely no pressure to take the meal package. So..... we have booked and rebooked with RSD . We think that they offer exceptional value holidays, with 'choices' to pay for 'extras' if that's what you want to do. It's all clearly explained. If you want to be independent - then do your own thing. If you want the security and comfort of knowing you have a superb buffet/evening meal every night, then pay extra for it. Personally, we've seen some amazing places, had some great tour guides, and at extremely good value prices - and we've booked Cambodia and South Africa later in the year - speaks for itself !!!!!!