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Neilson Active Holidays Reviews 737

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Review summary

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Considering 224 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their helpfulness, knowledge, and dedication, making their holidays enjoyable. The booking process is frequently described as easy, efficient, and well-handled, whether online or over the phone. Many people highlight the excellent quality of the holidays, noting the beautiful resorts, engaging activities, and overall value for money. However, some customers expressed dissatisfaction with specific aspects of their experience. A few people encountered issues with the online booking system, including website crashes and lost information, requiring them to rebook over the phone. There were also occasional concerns about the flexibility of stay lengths and the availability of specific resorts. Some reviewers mentioned that certain locations, while beautiful, had rocky sea entrances or were larger than preferred.

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Staff

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Booking process

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Holidays

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Service

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Location

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

La Toviere is a great location for the lifts and for skiing the vast areas of Val d'Isere or Tignes. The hotel is really well run and the two evenings of entertainment during the week were fun, inclu... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Special holiday with children for mine and my wife's 60th. Three lots of differing travel arrangements. Agent organised everything, as we were booking Drew checked to see if flights were still av... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The website is easy to use. I liked that I was sent basically a provisional booking with a reference number as I had a query I wanted to speak to someone. She was friendly and helpful and as she’d b... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Two years ago we went on a sailing holiday with Neilson at Vounaki which was excellent. We booked again for this year but with our 2 weeks to go we were unable to go due to family circumstances. Neils... See more


Company details

  1. Tour Operator
  2. Beach Resort
  3. Luxury Hotel
  4. Ski Holidays
  5. Ski Resort

Written by the company

Neilson offers a range of award-winning overseas active holidays across seven countries, including beach clubs, ski chalets and yachts. There aren't many companies where 7 out of 10 of our guests return to relive the experience again, and again. Mind you, there aren't many holiday companies like Neilson. In part it's because we're in some of Europe's most beautiful locations - across Greece, Sardinia, Croatia and Turkey - and now Mauritius. All our activities are inclusive, likewise the delicious, locally sourced food. And in part it's because of how a Neilson holiday makes you feel. Our holidays are a unique alchemy; the enthusiasm of amazing guests and the dedication of equally amazing staff; a willingness to give it a go now and have a laugh about it later. We call it good energy and you'll feel it the moment you walk into any of our resorts.


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4.6

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

737 reviews

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The lady I spoke to was 5 stars but the…

The lady I spoke to was 5 stars but the website didn't give a true picture of room availability.

You can guess which way it was wrong but this was nearly counter productive for them as we wanted a few rooms which didn't appear to be available.

March 19, 2026
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

A Mix of Good,Bad & Very Dissppointing

Andorra Ski Holiday. Hotel Casale-catered chalet.
A mix of very good, good , not goodand some very disappointing things that detracted from the holiday.
Very good- staff, meals,
Good -rooms, skiing
Not good- staff a bit keen to close off meal times and close the bar early.
Very Disappointing-it is much further to walk to ski lockers and gondola than the brochure would suggest. If you’re a beginner you’ll need a locker at the gondola-which is not mentioned prior to arrival-and this is £120/week. If you can ski basic you can take locker at the Nordic for £50 and ski to the gondola.
We learnt my this too late-we took locker at Nordic and suffered the painful walk from locker to gondola-and even more painful one back uphill to drop off ski kit. And then a 15 min uphill walk back to hotel. There are NO SKI BUSES in resort to help you.
Sunday to Sunday holiday not very practical for those that work, especially as the travelling to and from destinations is very long. Also for those customers (or potential customers) that don’t live in the South East-getting to the only airport offered , Gatwick is a pain and off putting. Neilson maybe be losing customers because of this. (Yes, we did ask if we could fly from a different airport and meet-the answer was ‘no”)

March 8, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellence and great value Neilson continue to deliver excellent…

Neilson continue to deliver excellent value for money activity holidays. We have booked 3 now, experienced one last year - Messini Beach Club.
The booking system is easy to navigate and quick.
We have booked Messini again in May and a flotilla sail in the Ionian in September. Keep up the excellent work Neilson and we'll keep booking our holidays with you.

March 15, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tailor made booking

Excellent booking experience on the phone. The assistant created and priced a tailor made package for us. We have booked Neilson again.

March 11, 2026

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