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Has Thomsons dropped Tsaros Apartments ?

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Rover:
I read with interset all these posts re Thomson. It seems to me that if owners of hotels/appartments do not wish to use the advantages of dealing with this company, they have no reason to trade with them. If Thomson do not provide what the seller considers to be a reasonable rate, the seller should not enter into a contract with Thomson, and either use an alternative company, or advertise and handle bookings/transport themselves.
I would add that if anyone has a problem with Thomson, it seems to me that the best solution is not to use them, not moan because they do not feature the Hotel/appartment they wish to book.

tonyco1:
Rover I agree with your sentiments as I am sure most would, however - in reality, Thomsons have a bit of a stranglehold over a great part of the village these days.

I am not so sure all owners could market & sell out all their rooms privately, and Thomsons know this and use their power effectively.

Rover:
An alternative view would be that Thomson bring a lot of people tp SS, and bars restaurants etc benefit. Certainly SS (and I have been going there since 1995) would not be the same without them.

sunshinegirl:
Rover I have read your comments and agree with most of them but if you are refering to me in your comment 'not moan because they do not feature the Hotel/appartment they wish to book' I would just like to say that I wasn't moaning because they didnt feature the hotel I wanted it was a case of I was going to book it because it was showing as available but when I went back on it an hour later it had gone so I rang up Thomsons and they told me they didnt have that hotel available anymore - they had all sold out.  It was when I went back on again on the Monday to book something else it was showing the room I wanted at the same hotel I wanted to book on the Friday was available again but not only was it available they had three twin rooms b&b available and have had availability right up until two weeks ago.  What I couldnt understand is where did they get these rooms from if I was told when I rang up they had all sold out!!! If I had listened to the guy at Thomsons on the Friday evening and booked a different hotel then I would have been disappointed to see the hotel I wanted to book originally available again on the Monday. It just doesnt make sense to me. Also it was for the same dates and from the same airport.

I might also add that I have travelled in the past with Thomsons and Thomas Cook and have found no problem with them at all and this time we have got an excellent price with them although I do like to book independently also for the sake of the local hoteliers.

Jaxbubbles:
Regarding hotels going independent, the Olga has done it this year, and as much as we would have loved to have gone to the Olga again the flights from Edinburgh cost £354.00 each, and a package holiday to the Teresas B&B only cost £420.00 from Edinburgh on the same flight!! So it made sense for us to book the package holiday. I don't know how much flights cost elsewhere, hopefully cheaper than Edinburgh! and the Tsaros apartments don't loose out because of this.

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