Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Kevin Sowten on March 27, 2014, 20:06:06 PM
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Last year we booked two holidays at the Dolphin Beach Hotel only to have them cancelled as the hotel was sold.
This year we booked 2 weeks at Easter at the Anna Apartments and have just been told that the agent 'Holiday Brokers IND'
has gone bust and we have had to rebook at the Dogus at extra cost >:(
We have 3 weeks booked at the Kaan in June - FINGERS CROSSED !!!!!
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P.S. Dogus reviews please !!!!
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At least you will have good accommodation at the Kaan,just down the road from us an we are there in June also
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You were 'spared' not going to the Anna! I would have recommended the Aymes. The problem with all these internet sites is that they are 'agents' etc. etc. etc. I booked the Aymes with Travel Republic who contracted the hotel via the On Holiday Group but they have told me that another company has taken over and everything is ok and the price etc remains the same. I hope everything turns out well for you and that you have a great holiday.
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We're not really toooo fussed about the quality (or star rating) of the hotel, more the price !!
As long as its clean and there is plenty of hot water :)
We sleep and shower there and the rest of the time we are out and about.
We are both lucky enough to get 30+ days leave (plus flex days) so would rather have five
2 star holidays a year than two 5 star :D :D :D
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That's what we are like Kevin,I find once you are in a luxury hotel you tend to stay in,thereby missing a lot of what a place has to offer.so in fact you could be anywhere in the world,pointless.However the Kaan although very reasonable is a lovely little hotel with which you will not be disappointed
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One reason we like to rent an apartment rather than a hotel, is the freedom we have to do what we want, if weve been out for the day we have food at home, and wander to the pub for a drink, or sit on the terrace. Other days we go to the prom. or into Fethiye for a meal out, we have more space than in a hotel, have the freedom to stay in or go out without worrying about maid service etc. and as two friends, rather than a couple, we have our own bedroom. Pricewise its cheaper than a hotel, and we don't have to vacate the apartment till we go to the airport, rather than hanging about all day because we have had to check out. Having said that if we did go to a hotel, I would rather have something clean and basic than a large impersonal place, and as Kevin says better several holidays than 1 5* one.
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Ray - we booked the Aymes through Sunshine but have now received an email saying the supplier has gone into administration and we have to rebook elsewhere. Presumably it is not the Aymes hotel that is the problem ? Perhaps we need to cancel our booking (if we can) and rebook with Travel Republic - it is a bit confusing.
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Ray - we booked the Aymes through Sunshine but have now received an email saying the supplier has gone into administration and we have to rebook elsewhere. Presumably it is not the Aymes hotel that is the problem ? Perhaps we need to cancel our booking (if we can) and rebook with Travel Republic - it is a bit confusing.
Not www.sunshine.co.uk?? They are still trading and booked the Rebin Beach Hotel (again-- 5th year now!) through them fine??
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/
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Got to the bottom of this now :)
Sunshine Holidays is part of the OnHoliday group and not Sunshine.co.uk.
It is OnHoliday that are in administration.
http://www.onholidaygroup.co.uk/
JT
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It is Sunshine.co.uk who we have booked through but presumably this other company are the people they deal with in Turkey who have now gone into administration. We have been told we can either get a refund or rebook a different hotel. However if you go on Sunshine.co.uk site they are still offering the Aymes ! We are in Spain at the moment so as soon as we are home we will ring Sunshine and clarify the situation.
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Hi Christie, I booked the Aymes through Travel Republic and rang them three weeks ago. They told me that someone else has taken over the bookings, or something along those lines, and the price etc. remains the same. I also spoke to Rambo the manager of the Aymes and he said that everything is OK but the hotels wont get paid by the On Holiday Group for last years bookings. I did notice that the prices with Travel Republic had gone up. I hope you get sorted and if you go to the Aymes, I am sure you will enjoy it there. Nothing fancy but clean and tidy and there's a small bath as well as a shower. They also have mattresses for the sun loungers this year as well as a few other upgrades to the place. The rooms have a fridge and a flat screen TV and wi-fi.
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sunshine
To John_m_taylor_mail@yahoo.co.uk
Mar 28 at 8:02 PM
Good Evening,
Thank you for your email.
We can confirm that we have not gone into administration.
One of our suppliers [On Holiday Group] ceased trading at the beginning of March however we can confirm your booking has not been affected.
Kind regards,
-- Jacqui R sunshine.co.uk On 28th Mar 2014 15:34, john_m_taylor_mail@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > I have just been told that your Company is in administration, is this true? > > John
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Many thanks Ray. Think the best thing we can do is to get our money back from Sunshine co uk and rebook through Travel Republic. We did go to the Aymes last September and were happy with it - hopefully they will have mattresses for the sunbeds this year. Hopefully we will see you there !
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I was also quite worried about this situation as I am booked into Kaan for July, but got this e-mail back.. :)
Thank you for your email.
I can confirm your booking has not been affected by this issue.
Many Thanks
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Glenn F
sunshine.co.uk
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/about/glenn-fletcher/
On 20th Mar 2014 20:13,
So happy days, ;D hope anyone who is affected by this gets sorted out :-\
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I looked into doing a Calis hotel booking site a few years back - it's quite easy to set up, but the problem is that you need Calis/Fethiye hoteliers need to allocate/commit a number of rooms to you so you can fill them. In most cases they were happy to commit, but if someone walked in off the street and paid more they were quite happy to just forget you.
So it's a personal point of view but I wouldn't blame the likes of Sunshine or Travel Republic, they have to deal with thousands of hotels across Turkey and the World, I couldn't get the few dozen in Calis to understand :D