Coach Holiday News

Seasoned traveller Billy Lawes regularly enjoys coach holidays - but he took his first ever flight earlier this month at the age of 90.
The World War Two veteran had travelled to the Continent by boat on active service, and has taken more than a dozen coach tours with over-55s operator Grand UK Holidays.
But despite living about six miles from Heathrow, in Langley, he’d never taken to the skies before.
He flew with Aer Lingus from Heathrow to Cork on June 2, and at the end of the flight was invited to meet the captain in the cockpit.

“I felt like a celebrity when he congratulated me on my flight,” said Billy, who only mentioned it was his first flight after dropping his pen and chatting to a fellow passenger.
Married for 57 years, until his wife died 10 years ago, Billy had not ventured anywhere by plane, preferring coach holidays.
“My wife never wanted to go anywhere by plane or boat, but I have always fancied seeing the Ring of Kerry,” said Billy.
“I also have friends out there – including one chap who I taught accordion to – and they collected me during the holiday for a tour.”

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The Guild of British Coach Operators members had cause to celebrate at the 2008 Coach Tourism Awards organised by Coach Monthly magazine, winning no less than 4 prestigious awards, including Coach Tour Operator of the Year! Held at the Ricoh Arena on June 5th, the accolades awarded to members of the Guild of British Coach Operators came thick and fast:

Eddie Brown Tours - voted UK Holiday Programme of the Year for the second year running. The judges noted Eddie Brown Tours ´commitment to quality´ and how ´the company keeps raising the bar´.

Galloway European Coachlines - Coach Tour Operator of the Year (fleets of over 10 vehicles). The judges comment - ´a worthy winner´. What more can we add!

Meanwhile, recognising the people behind successful companies, Epsom Coaches´ Alistair Scott was voted Coach Tourism Manager of the Year.

Other Guild members who were shortlisted as finalists included Skills Holidays and Woods Coaches.

The UK remains the top destination for holidays despite unpredictable weather, new research shows.

More than three quarters of UK internet users - 21 million adults - plan to take a main holiday of seven nights or more away this year, with the UK the most popular destination, followed by Spain, the US and France.

Data produced by research firm Continental Research shows that the South West (Devon, Cornwall and Scilly Isles) is by far the most favoured domestic holiday destination with 35% heading there in 2008 for a main holiday or short break. Read the rest of this story »

At Coachholidays.com we are very proud to be in the forefront of technology. We were the first site to be able to search for coach holidays leaving from your home town and now we have made our search even better and more accurate to save you clicking through numerous pages to find your perfect holiday.

We need your help in testing and using the search to find your next coach holiday. If it’s proves to be a success, then please let us know, if it doesn’t work properly, then again, please let us know so we can fix it! Read the rest of this story »

We regret to announce that due to the continuing increases in the price of Diesel, Shearings Holidays have found it necessary to introduce a £1.00 a day fuel surcharge on all its UK breaks as from 09:00 hrs today, Friday 9th of May 2008. We will be posting a warning on every Shearings UK holiday but due to the size of the task this will take some time.

We will keep you updated with any other Surcharges from other operators as they happen.

Silver Service fleet set to grow to 29 strong

The expansion of Leger’s Silver Service fleet comes as the operator celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The nine new Silver Service coaches take Leger’s luxury fleet to 29 and include five 40 seater, 13 metre Silver Service coaches and four 36 seater, 12 metre Silver Service coaches.

Offering a more comfortable, pleasant and convenient way to travel, Leger’s Silver Service coaches are becoming increasingly popular with three out of five guests choosing to upgrade to Silver Service. Read the rest of this story »