David Ogden

i have just returned from my first trip and was extremeley disappointed with the coach and with ogdens choice of hotels. As most of the passengers (who are apparently regular customers) are retired to send them to a noisy hotel full of 100’s of german students seems quite a grave error on someones part. As i had read numerous previous bad reviews of this hotel it was quite easy to verify this. The restaurant food was lukewarm at best, our friendly driver suggested i go to dinner immediately the restaurant opened (i thought the idea of a 2hr opening time was to enable people to go at a time that suited them) he then told me i could warm my food in the one microwave in the restaurant. To me that was a ludicrous suggestion and not the way i am use to dining out. Overall i had a bad first immpression of ogdens but was assured by the other passengers that this was not the norm. Incidently the other passengers were the only thing that made my holiday a success and i thank them for that

I have recently travelled to Spain for a 10 day holiday. Before I booked I called in at the office to ask what the coaches were like and was told that they are continental style coaches with all the mod cons etc. What a joke! The coach was the same one I had travelled on for a day trip to Wales. There was no hostess, the seating was cramped and the driver was anything but friendly. The driver arranged for 2 of the passengers to come round and offer hot drinks etc. at 50p a go. There were no snacks available. There was no entertainment at all. The coach was faulty to begin with and had to be fixed when we got to Spain. I have travelled on many coaches abroad and this was definitely the worst. The other passengers on the coach were friendly and entertaining and for this reason alone the journey was made bearable. The comfort breaks were for the benefit of the driver’s tachograph benefit but certainly not for the benefit of the passengers. When we reached our destination the accommodation was just as bad and i have already written a review for that. I had an excellent time with the fellow passengers but I will not be travelling with David Ogden again.

David Ogden Coach Holidays run by David himself, Offers similar coach holidays to the same locations as the big boy’s but at much lower prices. Friendly staff clean coaches, well chosen hotels. Book Early these tours sell out fast.