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We have just returned from a Travel Company Sorrento trip
We have just returned from Italy, Sorrento ,Amalfi coast. A lovely part of the world. The real disappointment were the meals in the evening. We stayed at a supposed 4* hotel. The rooms did not suggest 4*. The staff were pleasant and the location had the most delightful views. After a day travelling you look forward to a pleasant meal in good company , a focal point of social interaction . However, our group were very unhappy with the food on offer. The Travle Company menu, not the hotel range of fair which I'm sure might well have been very tasty. No, we got the canteen menu equivalent. Tasteless and just not what I might have expected from a 4* experience. I never saw such a large group of travellers spontaneously march to the recpetion after the first dinner to complain. It got no better. Steadily people including our group spoke with their feet and dined in the local village of Sant'Agata. So if you are budgetting for your next Travel Department holiday allow extra for the diners outside the hotel. I should add that this is our second trip, a special trip to mark our 70th birthdays, with the Travel Department......likely to be our last. It's such a pity. The rest of the experience was fine and we have no real complaints other than the accomodation and diners. My final point is the the breakfasts were excellent, so we started the day well probably because this was the standard breakfast for all guests. In the evenings the Travel Department canteen menu differed from the hotel and other guests menus. I have to conclude that this was to keep their costs down. Please please please Travel Department ( to paraphrase the idiom) Don't spoil the trip for a hap'orth of tar!!!