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Holidaylettings.co.uk is a TripAdvisor vacation rental company with hundreds of thousands of rentals available worldwide. We advertise cottages, villas and even lighthouses from England to Fiji and everywhere in between. Book your next holiday in a unique and personal home away from home with the security of online payment.
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If I could give it zero stars I would
If I could give it zero stars I would. Holiday Lettings linked with TripAdvisor. They allowed me to make a reservation on a property for a 3 night weekend stay only to find out from the owner that it was a minimum of 7 nights, but holiday lettings still reserved the large deposit on my account. Unfortunately, although Holiday lettings advised me after 24 hours they had released the hold on my funds this will not be cleared with my bank for up to 10 days. After wasting my time making a booking request through holiday lettings that was not going to be accepted by the owner I now have to wait for my own funds to be cleared before I can book something else. Your website should make it clear that booking through you will result in people not being able to access their own money for up to 10 days if the owner either declines or Holiday lettings allow a booking to be made that would not be accepted by the owner. To think people go to TripAdvisor as a trusted site and they own holiday lettings. Matt Goldberg should be ashamed! I will never use this company again, I will stick with bookings.com or Airbnb they've never taken my money with no holiday at the end of it!
September 1, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Ta Deo, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We‘re sorry to hear about your booking request. We understand your frustration, and we’re here to help you. When searching for a vacation rental on our website, every listing price and availability is set up by their owners. When a traveller is interested in reserving a property, they can either send an enquiry to an owner, where no payment details are required, or they can send a booking request through our website. The owner will then verify the details of the request, and they will either accept the request or not. Only when a booking request is accepted by an owner, then they’re in a binding rental agreement with their guest. In your case, we can see the owner had not set up their availability rules correctly, and we’re sorry that your booking request wasn’t accepted. Once a request expires or is declined by an owner, the pre-authorization on the credit card used is automatically released, and it can take up to 10 working days for the funds to be available again for the traveller to use. We are sorry about this, as we have no control over the funds once the pre-authorization is released, which is done the moment the booking request is declined, or expires. Most times these funds are available within hours or days, but they can take up to 10 working days depending on the method of payment used by the traveller. Usually, PayPal is the fastest way to have the funds available again for use. This applies anytime a pre-authorization is released. All payment terms are available on the check-out page for all travellers. Many thanks! Oliver- Tripadvisor Rentals Support
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Paid for 4 nights, Chalet, bad smell, found mice droppings and saw a mice. The resort did not put me and my four children in another accommodation or give any refund.
DO NOT GO TO THIS RESORT, DISSAPOINTING.
August 15, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Jatinder and thanks for your review. We're sorry to hear about your experience at Parkdean Resorts and understand this was upsetting. We were unable to find a vacation rental booking with the details you provided. Holiday Lettings is a website that is for vacation rental bookings only and sounds like your reservation was with a hotel or resort that is not managed by our department. To help address your complaint, please call either our vacation rentals office at +442037015387 or for Tripadvisor hotels and specialty lodging call +442033185019. Many thanks! Sylvia - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Booked a villa and paid deposit
Booked a villa and paid deposit. We then received an email saying the price had changed. The owner of the villa wanted over three times the price that was agreed originally. Telephoned to complain was told by the company that this is nothing to do with them. Will stick with Clickstay infuture we never have a issue with them. We were also advised we have to contact our bank to get the deposit back.
August 14, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Wendy,
Thank you for your valuable feedback on Trustpilot. We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during the booking process. We understand how frustrating it can be to have your funds tied up and not be able to secure a reservation as expected.
Please allow us to clarify the process. When a customer sends a booking request, the owner of the property has 24 hours to either accept, reject, edit, or respond to the request. During this time, we temporarily block the funds to ensure that the booking can be completed smoothly if accepted. However, in cases where the owner sends back an edited booking request, as in your situation, and you do not accept it within 24 hours, we will promptly release the funds to the original payment method.
Unfortunately, the time it takes for the funds to be returned to your original payment method can take up to 10 days due to the standard processing times of banking institutions. If you require the funds earlier, we suggest getting in touch with your bank to explore any available options they may have to expedite the process.
It’s the owner's responsibility to keep the account updated and to ensure a fair and reliable experience for our customers, we have policies in place to penalize property owners who repeatedly rejected or edit booking requests without accepting them straightforwardly. Such actions result in their listings being downgraded, and in severe cases, their accounts may be suspended altogether.
We are genuinely sorry for the inconvenience and frustration you've encountered, and we deeply regret the negative impression this may have left. Your feedback is valuable to us, and we will continue to work diligently to improve our services and processes.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via our form: https://helpcenter.flipkey.com/contact_form. We are committed to assisting you in any way we can and hope to restore your confidence in our services.
Thank you for your understanding and for bringing this matter to our attention. Many thanks - Debora - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Booked apartment yesterday paid deposit…
Booked apartment yesterday paid deposit to owner. Contacted owner through manage my booking to cancel booking several times. Received message from owner stating booking hasn’t been cancelled and that I have 8 hours left to cancel booking or lose deposit. Terrible customer service,
August 8, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Paul, Thanks very much for your message. I am sorry you feel this way. I had a look at your booking request. Please, bear in mind that a booking request is not a confirmed booking, hence you did not pay the deposit. The booking request was waiting to be confirmed by the owner. The owner asked you if you were still interested but you said you were not. Then, she asked you to cancel the request, that way her stats would be not affected. In the future, if you need to cancel a booking request, you can get in touch with us. We can cancel the request on your behalf and avoid the hassle. We are available 24/7 at +442037015369. Many thanks, Alma. Tripadvisor Rentals Support.
Health hazard
I booked a property through Holiday Lettings. Property was filthy mould everywhere, smelt musty dirty plates and cups water leaking under kitchen sink. Tepid water. We have so many photos of how disgusting it was. There was even mould on the bed sheets. Exposed wires on the bedroom light, stained cushions and stains on sofa the list is endless we couldn’t wait to leave!
July 31, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Julia, Thank you for your valuable feedback on Trustpilot. We're really sorry that your experience with the booked property didn’t meet your expectations. It's frustrating that the place was not up to par and caused you such inconvenience. It's important to mention that property owners are responsible for keeping their places in good shape. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation in the future, please remember that you can get in touch with the owner directly to talk about the issues you're facing. Additionally, you can also reach out to us, and we're more than happy to step in and help mediate between you and the owner.
As we discussed during our phone call today, we kindly request that you share any proof of the problems you encountered at the property, like photos or other information. Even if your vacation is already over, we can still get in touch with the owner and ask them to look into the concerns you brought up.Your feedback is highly valued, and we thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. Many thanks - Debora - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
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I´ve requested to book an apartment
I´ve requested to book an apartment, within the available data shown in the website, and they cancelled . Just like that
August 7, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Luisa,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We're sorry to hear that you had issues when trying to book a vacation rental and understand this is disappointing. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find a booking request with the name you provided. The owner has 24 hours to accept or decline a booking request, and it's their responsibility to make sure that the calendar is up to date.
We'd be happy to help you find an alternative. Please feel free to call our reservations team at +442037015387 if you are located in the UK, or +1-617-960-5946 in case you're in the US.
Many thanks - Michaela - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Not a safe place to stay
I booked a 5 night stay and found out within 15 hours that this property is known for numerous drug activities and certainly not safe for a single senior woman to stay at. No refund and I am out $620 by protecting myself from an unsafe environment!!! Property used on this site need to be investigated before joining your group. Very bad for business!!!
August 3, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi and thanks for your feedback about the cancelation of your booking. We're sorry to hear that you had to cancel your booking and understand this is disappointing. If you have canceled your booking for reasons not covered under the Payment Protection Policy or the cancelation policy and terms you agreed to do not qualify for any refund then we recommend speaking to owner to see if they will waive their cancellation policy and allow a full or partial refund since the booking contract is with the owner and not Tripadvisor. If the owner agrees they can initiate a refund request from their account for Triapdvisor to process on their behalf. About the properties listed on our website, we do not own, manage or operate the listings and rely on owners to provide accurate information about their listing including rates and availability to avoid negative bookings experience and travelers to do their part to research the areas the property are located using the listing map and ask the owner questions to make sure it is suited for them before confirming a booking with payment. We can see that the owner already initiated a refund on your booking. If you have questions about your cancelation or the refund, please contact our 24 hour customer service team at +1-877-354-7539.
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Hello I am sorry but till now I did not any response for my booking and i really need information beause If not I have to booking in other apartment. I wrote to the owner four times, and did not any answer. So, Return my money or push the owner please. I think this is not fair honestly, you have the chance to pay the apartment, but have to wait the feedback... What? Please answer me asap.
August 3, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Dalma and thanks for your feedback about a booking request. We're sorry to hear that you've not received a response from the owner about your booking request and understand the concern with the pre-authorized funds. Please note that when you make a booking request on the website, the owner has 24 hours to either accept or reject your request. If the booking request is not accepted or the owner does not respond by the deadline the booking request will automatically cancel and the pre-authorized funds released back to the payment method used on the request which can take up to 10 days or less for the funds to no longer be pending depending on the card used unless you used Paypal takes less time. If you have concerns with authorizations on your card while waiting for booking request to be accepted by owners then we suggest sending inquiries instead. This way you can send more than one inquiry to different owners to check availability and pricing and confirm if they can accept your booking before providing payment. To send inquiries just click "send message" on the listing page to provide your booking request details and questions. Your booking request is still pending acceptance from the owner but is about expire in the next few minutes if the owner does not respond soon. If your booking request cancels and you still need help making a booking please call our reservations team at +442037015387. Our team is happy to help find alternatives. Thanks again for your review! Sylvia - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Easy to contact the property
Easy to contact the property, great find and reasonably priced
July 29, 2023
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Booked and was told 2 hours later it…
Booked and was told 2 hours later it was already booked, email said up to 7 days to return/release the money I had paid some 1,200 GBP. I thought fine I will book another property only for the exact same thing to happen again. Now with nearly 2,500 GBP tied up and unable to book anything at the moment.
I would avoid and book with a company that advertises property that is available for the dates you want.
August 1, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for your valuable feedback on Trustpilot. We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during the booking process. We understand how frustrating it can be to have your funds tied up and not be able to secure a reservation as expected. Please allow us to clarify the process. When a customer sends a booking request, the owner of the property has 24 hours to either accept, reject, or respond to the request. During this time, we temporarily block the funds to ensure that the booking can be completed smoothly if accepted. However, if the owner informs us that there is no availability for the requested dates, we promptly release the funds. Maintaining an updated account is the owner's responsibility. Unfortunately, the time it takes for the funds to be returned to your original payment method can take up to 10 days due to the standard processing times of banking institutions. If you require the funds earlier, we suggest getting in touch with your bank to explore any available options they may have to expedite the process. To ensure a fair and reliable experience for our customers, we have policies in place to penalize property owners who repeatedly reject booking requests. Such actions result in their listings being downgraded, and in severe cases, their accounts may be suspended altogether. We are genuinely sorry for the inconvenience and frustration you've encountered, and we deeply regret the negative impression this may have left. Your feedback is valuable to us, and we will continue to work diligently to improve our services and processes.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact form:https://helpcenter.flipkey.com/contact_form. We are more than happy to help you find a rental property that matches your interests. Additionally, we can also get in touch with the owners and check availability in advance on your behalf. Thank you for your understanding and for bringing this matter to our attention. Many thanks - Debora - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Absolutely rip off company
Absolutely rip off company, no customer service number or chat, I made reservation, it said host needed to confirm, it has been more than 5 hours but no communication from host as I need to book another hotel I needed immediate confirmation as I have few hrs left to check in, host didn’t confirm till now, I also sent to cancel the reservation but no reply. No way we can talk to hotel letting who can help to refund the money and cancel the reservation.
It’s scam company, stay away from them, I will post on social media to help people know to avoid about this company to help other people not be get scammed.
Lost my $120 bucks ..such a scammer…..👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
July 31, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hello Srinivas, thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry for your booking experience, and I understand your frustration, as you wanted to have the confirmation as soon as possible. When you send a booking request through our website, the owner or property manager will confirm whether they can accept your booking or not. They have 24 hours to accept it – after that, it expires. No money has been taken from you yet, as your payment is still pending. If the owner or property manager accepts your booking, the payment will then be processed. If they reject it, the payment will be cancelled. It’s that simple!
In either case, we always send you an automatic email to confirm, otherwise you can go to "Manage my booking" on Holiday Lettings.com and enter your email address and booking reference to see your booking request status, and contact the owner.
I am sorry that you didn't find our chat or our phone number on our website. Here is the link for the chat https://rentalsupport.tripadvisor.com/contact_form?l=en_GB, and our phone number for the US is +1-877-354-7539. I'll email you for more details about your booking request. Thank you for your feedback. Feel free to contact us via the channel above. Best wishes, Peter, Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Strongly suspect a scam
I found a villa I wanted to book and sent the booking request. The owner has now told me that to rent the villa will be £2000 more expensive than advertised. Absolute rip off!
July 30, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Lynn, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We‘re sorry to hear that once you messaged the owner with more questions about their cancellation terms, the owner sent you a quote with higher rates, and replied advising that the rates for next summer still needed to be updated. When searching for a vacation rental on our website, every listing price and availability is set up by their owners. When a traveller is interested in reserving a property, they can send either an enquiry or a booking request through our website. The owner or property manager will then verify that the dates requested are available and so the pricing, and will either accept the request or not, or will send a quote. Owners do this because they usually advertise their listing on multiple websites and they need to make sure their listing is correctly advertised before proceeding with the request acceptance. Only when a booking request is accepted by the owner, then they’re in a binding rental agreement with their guest and they can’t modify the accepted rental price. In your case, the owner still had not updated their summer 2024 rates. Many thanks! Oliver- Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Cancelled as double booked
In January, we booked a cottage in Northern Ireland for a weeks stay at the end of August. Paid a deposit on booking and then the remaining balance a couple of weeks ago, 6 week prior to travel. Last night, less than 4 weeks prior to the holiday, I receive a text saying our booking has been cancelled by the owner. When I looked on the booking site, there was a message from the owner to say she had had to cancel due to it being double booked! Absolutely appalling! This holiday was booked in January and only now less than 4 weeks before travelling have we been told its been double booked! We now have ferry tickets for a family of four with no where to stay. Thank you very much!
DO NOT MAKE A BOOKING THROUGH THIS COMPANY.
July 26, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Laura, thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We’re sorry to hear about your booking BR29529291 being cancelled by the owner. We read your conversation with the owner and understand the owner’s calendar didn’t sync and your dates were double booked, even if you confirmed your holiday all way back in January. We can imagine your disappointment and frustration. Please rest assured, the moment the owner cancelled your reservation, we instantly processed a full refund back to your original method of payment. Refunds usually take 3 to 5 business days before they reach the card holder’s account. To help, we've been searching for similar vacation rentals to help you re-book. We show a couple of vacation rental properties still available. We’re going to call you next to share what alternatives we found. Again, we are sorry this owner cancelled your booking with such short notice. Many thanks for letting us know - Oliver- Tripadvisor Rentals Support
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Wish I'd read the Trust Pilot reviews…
Wish I'd read the Trust Pilot reviews before booking a property with Holiday Lettings! £623 taken from my account, including a "damage deposit" for property reference 10478811 - email within 24 hrs from the property owner advising that the dates were not available - the SAME dates that we had selected due to Holiday Lettings showing these as available, aside from them taking the payment, which would demonstrate that the property was available. The owner stated that the property had already been booked, before we made our booking! Absolutely awful experience, phoned 02037015369 for help and to ask for monies to be returned as the property had been falsely advertised, to be told that the money is kept by Holiday Lettings (!) and once the OWNER had confirmed that the dates weren't available it would then take circa 10 days for the refund! AVOID!!!
July 25, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi there Stratton and thanks for your feedback about the issues with confirming the reservation with the property, a Sumptuous and spacious house with an Orchard garden. (10478811). We're sorry to hear the owner could not accept your booking request due to the dates on their calendar were not up to date and understand this was disappointing. Please note that when you make a booking request the platform will pre-authorize an amount for the deposit or the full balance amount to make sure there are enough funds to secure the dates then a request is sent to the owner to either accept or decline within 24 hours. In your case, the owner was unable to accept your booking request and was not too familiar with how to decline so the request expired on its own after the 24-hour deadline releasing the pre-authorized funds back to your payment method. Depending on the payment method you selected to use it can take up to 10 days or less for the funds to no longer be pending. This is something we cannot control and is standard with online transactions. Please note that we do not manage or operate the listings on our website. The owners are responsible for making sure that the availability, rates, and property details are up to date to avoid negative booking experiences. To encourage owners to keep their ads up to date we penalize their account performance if they decline or don't respond to booking requests or have to cancel bookings after accepting. In the future, if booking a vacation rental and are concerned about having authorizations on your card, we recommend sending an inquiry instead of a booking request this way you can reach out to one or more owners and double-check their availability, rates, and have questions answered before adding a payment. To send an inquiry just click "send message" on the listing page. Thanks again for your review! Sylvia - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Great find!
We found a cottage which we are looking forward to staying in. The whole process was easy and felt very secure with great communication throughout.
July 15, 2023
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It was easy booking and prompt service
June 30, 2023
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Our stay at Vista Court, Sheringham.
Very pleased with our stay at Vista Court, Sheringham. The flat was perfect in every way. Walking distance to the beach and shops; wonderful view of sea from the balcony; very clean and comfortable. Always good communication with the owner.
July 19, 2023
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Things to consider when booking with Holiday Lettings.
When booking a short break with Holiday Lettings, they did not ask for full details of the people staying in the accommodation, and also the full price had to be paid plus the damage deposit. As our break is nearly a year away, I was surprised that we could not put, say, a 50% deposit down, and the rest to be paid 6 weeks before staying, but this option was not available. Also the damage deposit was a lot more than I have paid on previous holidays.
July 21, 2023
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Reply from Holidaylettings
Thank you for your valuable feedback on Trustpilot. We appreciate your concerns about the payment process for your upcoming booking and the damage deposit policy.
Regarding the payment arrangement, the property owner has specifically chosen to collect 100% of the booking payment at the time of reservation. Therefore, you paid the entire amount of your booking to secure your reservation.
As for the damage deposit, In most cases, you don’t pay a damage deposit upfront. Instead, we save your payment details securely and you’re only charged if the owner reports damage and you accept their claim. We can step in if there are issues resolving this. However, in the case of bookings made more than 365 days in advance, like yours, there are some exceptions where the damage deposit is also collected upfront.
We want to clarify that the cost of the damage deposit is solely determined by the property owner. Factors such as the property's value, amenities, and potential risks are taken into consideration when setting the deposit amount.
We only take the name of the person who makes the booking, if then the property owner requires further names, they will ask for this since the contract is between the owner and traveler.
We value your understanding and feedback, and we are committed to continuously improving our booking process to provide you with the best possible experience.
If you have any more questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us via our form:https://helpcenter.flipkey.com/contact_form.
We look forward to making your stay a memorable one.
Many thanks
Debora
TripAdvisor Rentals Support
Booking fees are a killer!
What went wrong was that first when searching for a house you get given one price in my case £1040 then and this is the part they don't tell you about is that they then added on booking fees of close to £300 bringing the price to £1314 that is out of order!!
This should have been advertised at that price originally so people don't get conned! Its atrocious to take such astronomical booking fees from people!
July 21, 2023
Unprompted review
Reply from Holidaylettings
Hi Josh and thanks for your feedback about the price for your booking BR29687719. We're sorry to hear that you had issues with the calculation of the pricing and understand this was upsetting. Please note that the total cost of your rental is always made clear on the website, and the booking fee is not something you pay in addition to the total rental cost. On Holiday Lettings, you can open to view the breakdown of the charges between the owner and the booking fees so that you are aware. The booking fee is not assessed on the damage deposit and owner-specified taxes. The booking fee refers to the proportion of the total rental cost that is retained by Tripadvisor Rentals. It is a fee that is charged to help cover the costs of operating our business, including offering 24/7 customer support, and providing you with a safe and secure payment platform. It varies between 8% and 16%. This is in line with all other major vacation rental companies. If you have any further questions about your booking or need help with something else call us at +442037015387. Thanks again for your review! Sylvia - Tripadvisor Rentals Support
Properties to suit everyone
We have used holiday lettings previously have found the site easy to use, mainly accurate descriptions of advertised properties & very prompt confirmation of booking request, have not as yet had a negative experience, so overall feel we can trust making bookings as independent travellers with holiday lettings
April 7, 2023
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