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Holiday Companies / Airlines
« on: October 01, 2005, 05:48:47 PM »
We flew on August 30th to Chania, with Aegean Airlines en-route for Plakias our destination. Our departure was from Bristol at 1200hours, we noticed that the Kosmar brochure said we would arrive at 1930 local time. I contacted Kosmar who said "Oh yes, didn't you know that you were dropping off and picking up at Birmingham en-route" I said no I just wondered why it was taking so long. We had pre-booked our seats at a cost of £20 just to ensure we would sit together, and the check in girl said we have reserved seats 2a and 2b for you, I thought brilliant.
We went into departures and when our flight was called the Servisair girl shouted sit where you like free boarding....well it turned into a rugby scrum people jostling pushing and shoving I 've never seen anything like it. Once boarded our seats were taken by other people who promptly told us to get elsewhere as they were not gong to move, I spoke to the Greek stewardess who couldn't understand why we had pre-booked, saying "why have you paid extra money for your seats you sit where you like on our flights, why pay twice" By this time I was very upset at the attitude of my fellow countrymen and the stewardesses, eventually we landed at Birmingham dropped off and picked up, and fortunately the captain had heard all the complaints and set about trying to place people in their pre-booked seats.
We were transferred to seats 2a & 2b, for the next leg of the journey on to Crete, we had a reasonable meal and a complimentary drink, but 2 hours into the flight we asked if we could purchase a soft drink and a wine we were told Absolutely No we do not sell drinks, so for 4 hours we had one drink and a meal.After the first 90 minutes the two stewardesses promptly fell asleep in full view of the passengers and were briskly woken by the 1st officer when he came to use the toilets.The moral of this story if you fly Aegean Airlines, take sufficient food and drink with you, do not ask for a drink, and prepare yourself for a longer than normal flight to Greece. The aircraft are Boeing 737 400 series and do not offer in flight entertainment, so also take a book or newspaper. I will avoid flying with AA again if possible and stick to English carriers  
The return flight was much better direct into Bristol, with adequate food and several drinks

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Gossip / My first day In P*
« on: October 01, 2005, 05:20:20 PM »
What lovely photo's can almost feel the sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gossip / apollon
« on: September 07, 2005, 07:16:57 PM »
Hello everyone, just got back on 6th Sept from the Apollon studios and have to agree with Delia on the basics of these apartments. However I have a few things to add, the apartments although dated and basic are kept scrupulously clean as is the grounds and pool. We found the apartments to be very quiet and more geared up for middle aged people which is good for me, I was very pleased at the helpfulness of the staff and all in all thoroughly enjoyed my stay there, I would go back to these apartments but I was told by the Czech lady who runs the pool bar that August is a very noisy and busy month because of children however the rest of the year is very quiet. The Kosmar brochure recomended a torch but there is absolutely no need for one as it is very well lit up. If I were to award points I would give the apartments 6/10 the pool and grounds 8/10 for those going to Apollon I would recommend taking a travel kettle and iron because there are none available from anywhere.

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Where to stay / Apollon Apartments/Hotel/Studios
« on: August 27, 2005, 08:35:14 PM »
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Hi Beachlizard

The selfcatering facilities are fairly basic at Apollo and they do not have a kettle.  I've been told that the rooms do have a hairdryer.  They are clean and quiet away from the main streets.

Ali
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 Thank you so much for the information Ali, very much appreciated

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Where to stay / Apollon Apartments/Hotel/Studios
« on: August 27, 2005, 08:33:28 PM »
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Hi Beachlizard

The selfcatering facilities are fairly basic at Apollo and they do not have a kettle.  I've been told that the rooms do have a hairdryer.  They are clean and quiet away from the main streets.

Ali
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Where to stay / Apollon Apartments/Hotel/Studios
« on: August 27, 2005, 03:42:29 PM »
Has any one stayed at these apartments please and if so what self catering facilities do they have? What do I need to take with me eg: Hairdryer, Kettle etc. Are the apartments clean and are they quiet we are flying on Tuesday 30th Aug so any early replies would be very much appreciated. Many Thanks

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