Olympic 2006 bookings

[DOTTY]

My excursion to the Kosmar site for the above reply has come up with a surprise - for me at least.

I expected to see Lamon Hotel and Appolon Studios to come up for offer. I saw no sign of the Appolon studios (Lamon was there as above message) but they are offering accommodation at  KOSTAS CHRYSOULLA STUDIOS. This is for late September 2006.

Surely this is a new departure for Kosmar or have I been asleep for 12 months.

John R
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Sorry John but i think you have been asleep ! The Kosnmar brochure lists Lamon and Kostas Chryssoula and not Appolon . Not sure how long I have had the broichure but several months I think and we booked in may
 roger
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A few of us must have been asleep. We have booked into Apollon. Just checked 2nd Edition of Kosmar and no mention of Kostas but have seen it on there website for 2006

Dotty

[Mike G]

Sorry John but i think you have been asleep ! The Kosnmar brochure lists Lamon and Kostas Chryssoula and not Appolon . Not sure how long I have had the broichure but several months I think and we booked in may
 roger
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I have the Kosmar brochure 2006 and it lists Apollon and Lamon but not Kostas Chrysoulla. Ditto their website.

Mike

[John R]

Sorry John but i think you have been asleep ! The Kosnmar brochure lists Lamon and Kostas Chryssoula and not Appolon . Not sure how long I have had the broichure but several months I think and we booked in may
 roger
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I have the Kosmar brochure 2006 and it lists Apollon and Lamon but not Kostas Chrysoulla. Ditto their website.

Mike
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The website lists mostly Lamon and Appolon but there seems to be a change later in the 2006 season when appolon disappears and Kostas Chryssoula crops up. That situation is certainly true for 26 September 2006.

John R

[John R]

The price i quoted of £449 is for EACH of us - so more than your £728 for BOTH of y ou. I think £15 each was insurance . But still pretty good for a holiday in august
roger
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Sorry I didn't spot that. That is much more expensive than our off season 1st choice prices. Until they cancelled this year's holiday we were about to pay a total of approx £475 for both of us with 1st Choice at Stella for 2 weeks from Sept 27 2005 from Newcastle.

John R

[Mike G]

The website lists mostly Lamon and Appolon but there seems to be a change later in the 2006 season when appolon disappears and Kostas Chryssoula crops up. That situation is certainly true for 26 September 2006.

John R
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Something odd is going on. The Kosmar website lists Apollon and Lamon under Plakias accommodation (as does the brochure). However if you search the booking system for various dates in 2006 it offers you Kostas Chrysoulla and Lamon. For the early season period we have booked with Olympic, Kosmar is nearly £90 more for the two of us, the only difference being a Hania flight rather than Heraklion.

Although of theoretical interest only now, for us First Choice was markedly cheaper than Olympic- £60 cheaper for the two of us. This was May 2005 and the holiday details were identical.

Mike

[roger]

I was referring to the 2005 brochure .The one i have only has the Lamon and Kostas chryssoula and not Appolon
 roger

[John R]

I was referring to the 2005 brochure .The one i have only has the Lamon and Kostas chryssoula and not Appolon
 roger
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I wonder if yours is a late edition 2005 brochure and that Kosmar are using Kostas chryssoula when their allocation of rooms for Appolon is full. I'm sure early 2005 brochures (I did have one once) only had Lamon and Appolon.

John R

[John R]

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Something odd is going on. The Kosmar website lists Apollon and Lamon under Plakias accommodation (as does the brochure). However if you search the booking system for various dates in 2006 it offers you Kostas Chrysoulla and Lamon. For the early season period we have booked with Olympic, Kosmar is nearly £90 more for the two of us, the only difference being a Hania flight rather than Heraklion.

Mike
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For our holiday period (26 Sept 2006 from Newcastle) and for the identical accommodation in Kostas Chrysoulla then Kosmar are £678 and Olympic are £747 which makes Kosmar £69 cheaper - but yes much more expensive than 1st Choice used to be.

Shopping around for each holiday period is a must.

John R

[DOTTY]

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Something odd is going on. The Kosmar website lists Apollon and Lamon under Plakias accommodation (as does the brochure). However if you search the booking system for various dates in 2006 it offers you Kostas Chrysoulla and Lamon. For the early season period we have booked with Olympic, Kosmar is nearly £90 more for the two of us, the only difference being a Hania flight rather than Heraklion.

Mike
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For our holiday period (26 Sept 2006 from Newcastle) and for the identical accommodation in Kostas Chrysoulla then Kosmar are £678 and Olympic are £747 which makes Kosmar £69 cheaper - but yes much more expensive than 1st Choice used to be.

Shopping around for each holiday period is a must.

John R
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Last year through First Choice on line we had two holidays in Plakias for the same price as one by Olympic next year

[sheryl]

For those planning to go next year via the package tour route, I'm sure most assume that booking on the internet gets you the lowest price. On going online I found that Olympic were offering a 7.7% discount off the basic price (i.e. the price excluding flight and fuel supplements). I thought I had seen somewhere that the online discount was 10% off the basic price so I phoned them. They not only offered me 10% off, but 10% off the total price. Use Olympic's 0800 (freephone) number not the premium rate 0870 number.

Fuel supplements of £20pp seem common- I ought to be glad I avoided one in May this year I guess.

Mike
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mike or anyone who knows, could you please give me the 0800 number you were talking about for olympic - i can only find the premiun rate one
thanks

[Mike G]

mike or anyone who knows, could you please give me the 0800 number you were talking about for olympic - i can only find the premiun rate one
thanks
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Hello Sheryl,

My brochure is at home so I will try and remember to provide you with the number tomorrow (unless someone beats me to it). It was on a sticker on the front of the brochure. Good of Olympic to provide this- most use a premium rate 0870 number which really irritates me.

Mike

[Mike G]

mike or anyone who knows, could you please give me the 0800 number you were talking about for olympic - i can only find the premiun rate one
thanks
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It is 0800 093 4544.

Sheryl, if you are interested in Kostas Chrysoulla with Olympic for 2006, are you aware that Kosmar is offering this accommodation as well?

Mike

[sheryl]

mike or anyone who knows, could you please give me the 0800 number you were talking about for olympic - i can only find the premiun rate one
thanks
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It is 0800 093 4544.

Sheryl, if you are interested in Kostas Chrysoulla with Olympic for 2006, are you aware that Kosmar is offering this accommodation as well?

Mike
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thanks mike thats a great help  
i do know that kosmar have rooms at kostas chrysoulla next year, but as far as i can see olympic still have the best price....and there is a bit on there website that says they will match any price of rival companies if the holidays are identical.
i cant seem to beat olympic - even with friends offering me a lift from the airport to miss out the transfer cost i still cant do it cheaper - when is easyjet gonna start flying to crete???

[Mike G]

i do know that kosmar have rooms at kostas chrysoulla next year, but as far as i can see olympic still have the best price....and there is a bit on there website that says they will match any price of rival companies if the holidays are identical.
i cant seem to beat olympic - even with friends offering me a lift from the airport to miss out the transfer cost i still cant do it cheaper - when is easyjet gonna start flying to crete???
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Hello Sheryl,

Re. price you are just confirming what I have always believed and I think this also came out of a much debated topic on the Forum some time ago.

Re. Olympic and their "lowest price guarantee", the holiday has to be identical. In this case Kosmar flies to Hania and Olympic to Heraklion, so the holidays aren't identical. When First Choice pulled out in 2004 I had booked Kostas Chrysoulla with them and transferred to Olympic- same date, same accommodation, paying £30 per person more. Olympic didn't want to know when I asked them if they would match First Choice's price. This may be because they knew FC had pulled out; however this wasn't widely known at the time and, as John R will remember, many at FC didn't even know they had pulled out.

Don't forget to ask to avoid rooms 59 and 62 in KC, unless you like looking out over the broom cupboard as you have your pre-dinner drinks.

Mike

[sheryl]

i do know that kosmar have rooms at kostas chrysoulla next year, but as far as i can see olympic still have the best price....and there is a bit on there website that says they will match any price of rival companies if the holidays are identical.
i cant seem to beat olympic - even with friends offering me a lift from the airport to miss out the transfer cost i still cant do it cheaper - when is easyjet gonna start flying to crete???
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Hello Sheryl,

Re. price you are just confirming what I have always believed and I think this also came out of a much debated topic on the Forum some time ago.

Re. Olympic and their "lowest price guarantee", the holiday has to be identical. In this case Kosmar flies to Hania and Olympic to Heraklion, so the holidays aren't identical. When First Choice pulled out in 2004 I had booked Kostas Chrysoulla with them and transferred to Olympic- same date, same accommodation, paying £30 per person more. Olympic didn't want to know when I asked them if they would match First Choice's price. This may be because they knew FC had pulled out; however this wasn't widely known at the time and, as John R will remember, many at FC didn't even know they had pulled out.

Don't forget to ask to avoid rooms 59 and 62 in KC, unless you like looking out over the broom cupboard as you have your pre-dinner drinks.

Mike
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LOL  .........have stayed at kostas for years and have never came across room 59 or 62 yet, but thanks for the tip.
totally agree with the above; that first choice were cheaper - and if i'd stopped and thought about it, i knew kosmar flew to chania.  but olympic still are cheaper (for me anyway with the scottish flight supplements) there is a £30 -£40 per person difference
whats the difference in the transfer time between chania and heraklion to plakias?