Thomson Gold Holiday - Atlantica Imperial, Kolymbia, Rhodes

Advantages: Fab hotel, Fab location in quiet, safe harbour
Disadvantages: Not 5 star, and not 'all inclusive'

...Anyone deciding to venture out to Rhodes has a lovely trip ahead of them - our hotel of choice, the Atlantica Imperial Hotel, was fantastic and the location was stunning. However, despite Thomson advertising their 'Gold' holidays as a 5 star 'all inclusive' option, my partner and I felt that our trip was, on many occasions, not at all '5 star' and more importantly, distinctly not 'all inclusive'. The holiday cost us over £2,000 for the week and yet despite treating ourselves to a luxury 'all inclusive' break, we found ourselves hounded with 'little extras' added on to our final bill: 1. Sunbeds we found finding a sunbed around the pool area impossible (unless you are prepared to get up at 6am every morning to reserve one), so spent most of our time on the beach - where sunbeds are not free! 6 euros per day for two sunbeds...

chloeofbagshot 11.09.2009 · Read review
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THOMSON... Super for Families

Advantages: Lots of Choice, lots to do
Disadvantages: Not many free child places.

...We decided that we wanted a summer holiday abroad this year and picked up a Thomson Brochure. Thomson are a well known holiday operator and have been operating for as long as I can remember. Since they opened a Lunn Poly near us we have been picking up their brochures instead of the usual JMC ones. Thomson offer a variety of holidays such as Superfamily, Gold, Platinum, summer sun, a la carte, small and friendly, faraway shores, Greece, turkey, cruise, alfresco, Florida, freestyle, weddings in paradise, beach club. The Superfamily one interested me as it was all geared at a family holiday. They choose so many hotels with families being in mind and often these hotels or apartments are where families only can go or for couples only. They also own Skytours so when you get to your destination you will find the Thomson staff grouped...

Groovee 14.07.2004 · Read review
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Thomson - keeping the dream alive

Advantages: Sweet picture
Disadvantages: just can't take the bass

...Go 5 to 10 yrs back and who had heard of Thomson? Well that was then and this is now. Thomson are up there with the best. Whilst they can never probably cope with Sony there is an opportunity for them to make their mark on the market. Having recently bought one from Comet to accompany my new DVD player, (a lovely little pansonic number) both in matching silver to go with that whole silver 00's thing and thus less dust on our screens and especially on the top of them. I now sing their praises. Excellent picture, excellent sprung door unit, tasteful design, good quality sound through the ranges until you hit the bass. Now if there is anything to moan about it has to be the bass. It then starts to sound like an earth tremor from the San Andreas fault. If they could sort this out then it would be an absolute superb TV. My own...

elvisian 12.10.2001 · Read review
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dmc fz28

Advantages: Light weight,compact,superb picture quality,broad range of applications
Disadvantages: None

...I have to say it was a dificult decision for me in buying a top of the range compact digital camera. My original idea was to replace my Nikon compact that i have had for 4 or 5 years . I have also got an SLR and all the associated lenses adaptors and all the gizmos you can think of.My aim was to buy a digi SLR to replace the 2 cameras. but as i looked into it i eventually decided that some of the bridge cameras met all my needs and i finally made the decision that i did not want to carry all those flippin lenses around.I really like taking pictures of wildlife and scenery so either i would have to buy a very expensive zoom lens or carry 2 (at least)lenses with me at all times.after studying magazines and talking to various people with top of the range digi cameras of various makes (Fuji,Samsung,kodak etc.)I decided on the FZ28. May i...

axeman 11.01.2009 · Read review
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Thomson Destiny - Tropical Transatlantic

Advantages: Price, All inclusive Option, transatlantic crossing
Disadvantages: lower level engine noise, tired cabins - could do with a refit

...Thomson Destiny -Tropical Transatlantic Dec 2008 We booked this cruise in October 2007 and obtained an all inclusive deal as our last cruise cost us an extra £600 pound, mainly in drinks costs! We had previously cruised with Thompson last year on the Celebration and think that I actually prefer the layout of the smaller sister ship for a number of reasons, which I will probably touch on later in the review. The early flight from Manchester to Lisbon was on time and uneventful but on arrival at Lisbon I could only describe organised chaos. In all 5 flights had arrived from the UK with cruise passengers and all landed within a very short space of time and due to a malfunction of the baggage handling system, all the luggage arrived for all the planes at the same time, which had a knock on effect on the rest of the usual embarkation...

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Thomson Long Haul

Advantages: in flight entertainment, reasonable price
Disadvantages: not great service, delays, comfort

...Having read other reviews of Thomson flights and spoken to friends who have also flown with Thomson I must say I was quite skeptical about booking with this company. I was partricularly concerned as it is a ten hour flight to Cancun and if the service and facilities weren't up to scratch it would be a nightmare. I will start with the good points, which I have to admit, are fewer than the bad points. The in flight entertainment was certainly up to scratch with a good selection of films, television shows and games all contained within the seat back on a touch screen monitor. The entertainment package could also be upgraded for a small fee of five pounds! Whilst I wouldn't say the food was a particular strong point, it was definitely passable, however, I am surprised Aldo Zilli has put his name to it. I found leg room adequate. Now...

chriswilcox1980 01.09.2008 · Read review
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ground control to major thom-son

Advantages: nice plane, good food, friendly staff
Disadvantages: cramped seats and legroom, but then it is a plane!

...It is only yesterday that I flew from Alicante to Manchester with Thomson Fly. This was my first time with them since they have changed from britannia, and I have to say I was impressed. We never buy package holidays, and flew out to Spain with monarch, so this was only a one way flight. I have to say that all in all I was quite impressed... THE PLANE... Our plane was a boeing 767-300, which I had been on once before when I flew from palma to manchester with britannia, so I knew how big they were. The seats were of a 2-4-2 formation, which I am fine with so long as I am not sat in and of the middle two seats as I like an isle or window. The plane was the largest in their fleet though they do have others, all boeings. Personally I have problems with my ears when landing on planes, however these problems seem much lesser when I am...

DC-DanielColeflax 29.08.2007 · Read review
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Thomson SUPERfamily holidays

Advantages: Kids Clubs mean restful holidays for Mum and Dad
Disadvantages: Not a luxury holiday....Butlins with sun!!

...We have a 6 year old son who needs to be amused all the time and so the priority for our family holidays has to be somewhere that he can go and be amused while we have some adult time to ourselves. We found this on a Thomson Superfamily holiday. We booked through www.Thomson.com and were able to choose our accommodation and flights separately at a reasonable price. My only complaint was that although you could pay your deposit online, Thomson asked that you ring a premium rate phone number to pay your balance (I posted a cheque!!) The flight was fine and my son appreciated the sweets with the kids meal. In flight food cost extra but I thought this was worth it as the food was nice and very reasonably priced when the only alternative was food bought at the airport....you can't bring a packed lunch through security. Airport...

pittcity 24.01.2008 · Read review
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Thomson Celebration Red Sea Magic : Fabulous Cruise

Advantages: Fantastic sights, great food, excellent service and value for money
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...My first ever cruise experience was the Red Sea Magic itinerary on the Thomson Celebration in November/December 2007. I was travelling with a friend as a reward for completing a very demanding project at work and we picked the Red Sea Magic cruise as we both fancied seeing Egypt and the Pyramids. We booked three weeks before departure and paid £489 each for an outside cabin on deck 1. The price included flights from East Midlands Airport, transfers, cabin and full board which I thought was an excellent deal for such short notice. The flight was due to depart at 10.30am and after some minor traffic issues on the A50 we arrived at the airport just after check-in opened. There was a stand just before the check-in desk marked 'Thomson Cruises' where we were given a luggage tag with our cabin number on it, as well as security stickers...

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Not for wimps, welcome Widescreen

Advantages: Will never have to paint wall behind it again
Disadvantages: Very expensive compared to paint

...a new laptop for Christmas how can I compete with that (it?s a lot slimmer than I am) and anyway, it?s a TV we?re talking about? I?m off. Comet After a little shopping around a while I turned up at Comet, its one of the newly built stores, quite a size and has a large selection of audio/visual equipment. Eventually after much viewing, chatting to a very helpful member of the sales staff and a few ?phone homes? I decide on a brand I?ve never heard of, Thompson, model number 28wf401g (catchy eh). I?m told by the member of staff that Thompson are comparable to just about any other TV in the showroom and at a cheaper price, when I ask him, ?Isn?t it just your own brand, badged Thompson, using lesser quality parts (not nice am I)?. He assured me that Thompson were a new leading edge French manufacturer just beginning to make an impact in...

Dardalius 22.03.2003 · Read review
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