Allocation on arrival

[fiona82]

Has anyone ever been on an allocation on arrival holiday? if so what are your expieriences? Thanks

[mrs_overall]

I've been on loads and I can't complain about any of them.
The best one was when we went to Portugal. We ended up in a brand new private block of apartments. it had FIVE bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, marble everywhere and a fab pool. (This was for just the 2 of us - we left the kids at home with relatives.)
Two years ago I took the youngest 2 kids to Menorca. I packed our bags, went to the travel agents and told them I was packed & ready. The three of us got a 2 bed apartment in Minorca for a week for the princely sum of �79.
Go for it!

[kira000]

I' ve been on two, and had decent experiences with both. I would say that we paid slightly more to narrow down the options both times. One was in the caribbean, where we knew it would be one of 5 luxury hotels, and we ended up in the second nicest.

The other was in portugal, and we paid a little extra to guarantee resort and 3star s/c minimum and aircon. Like Mrs O, ended up with a lovely big new apartment. Couldnt complain.

We felt it worth paying that bit more for a little more certainty, especially given some other people we know have had some iffy experiences with tiny apartments, no aircon in crappy noisy resorts.

[bednobs]

i have been on 1 and had a good experience - a three star hotel suite in cyprus (179 pounds each for 3 weeks)
However, the people that were dropped off before us were in a right nasty looking apartment!

[fiona82]

Thank you so much.. you've made me a bit more confident about it..! the deal we've seen is AOA in Majorca for 10 days next month, �280 each (2 of us) all inclusive!! we're skint and really want a holiday, so the price is perfect.. it's just what we'll get!!!!