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EasyJet Holidays Has Launched!
Clare Fisher • 9 December 2019
It was a well kept secret until launch day, so it's a day you probably didn't all know you were waiting for, but one you will be glad is finally here, easyJet Holidays
has launched!
Did You Know?
Did you know us Brits spend the equivalent of a whopping 15 weekend breaks planning a holiday over our lifetime, BEFORE we even book it! That's right, we spend an average of seven hours before we book anything, searching for the best deals, because we love a good deal! We also have a lot of specific things we look for in a hotel, and searching for those things takes a lot of time! So while the amount of holidays we are taking is going up, with one in three of us going on more holidays than we did three years ago, also increasing is the amount of time we spend searching and planning!
According to research, we love the convenience that the package holiday offers, with it still being the preferred way for Brit's to travel! 46% of us love the ease of being able to book everything in one place, and 37% of us love the security that comes with them, but what we don't love, is their lack of flexibility! We have a demanding list of criteria that needs to be met, with the right location topping our list of priorities, WiFi ranking just as important to us as a hotels food and drink offering, and WiFi is also surprisingly more important to us than a hotels star rating!
It is clear people have changed, what they want has changed and travel has changed! easyJet Holidays
have transformed the package holiday, by giving us everything that we love about them, with the flexibility we're looking for! They offer us:
Great Value
Convenience
Security
23kg bag, plus a cabin bag for adults and children
Transfers for beach holidays
A choice of over 5000, hand-picked European hotels
More weekend flying than any other airline
A choice of short breaks, 5, 7 or 9 night holidays
A brand new easy to use website
A choice of over 100 destinations
We put their new service to the test, by booking a holiday to Kraków, Poland. Here is what happened!
Great Value
Convenience
Security
23kg bag, plus a cabin bag for adults and children
Transfers for beach holidays
A choice of over 5000, hand-picked European hotels
More weekend flying than any other airline
A choice of short breaks, 5, 7 or 9 night holidays
A brand new easy to use website
A choice of over 100 destinations
We put their new service to the test, by booking a holiday to Kraków, Poland. Here is what happened!
Our easyJet Holidays Expereince
The first thing we loved, is the brand new easyJet holidays website! It is neat, informative, easy to use and doesn't have a ton of ads that pop up, when you're navigating through the different pages and options! This is more than I can say for other websites we've browsed offering package holidays.
If you're feeling a bit uninspired, you will probably love the website's heaps of suggestions and options just as much as we did! They even have an 'Undiscovered Holidays' option, with hotels that we would find difficult to discover on our own. It was browsing these destinations that inspired us to visit a new country, for our first ever easyJet holiday!
The easyJet holidays website saves you time scouring google! They've done all the hard work by providing information about a destination when you select one, along with a list of best attractions to see, good dates to visit, tips for your trip and more!
Why am I going into so much detail about the website? For us, it is the one thing that has the biggest impact on our decision making while booking a trip. You can call and speak to an easyJet holidays expert, but if you're like us and prefer to book everything online, actually using the website is one of the ways for us to determine if easyJet Holidays can in fact, save us some of those seven hours on average we spend, planning a holiday.
You can click here
to browse the website for yourself, but our conclusion, is that easyJet holidays definitely does deliver on saving time and everything else they promise to do! One of our biggest frustrations when booking hotels online, is not being able to book as a family, even though the hotels claims to be child friendly. Sometimes we can spend hours searching for the right hotels, only to be told on their website, that we need to book two rooms in order to accommodate us as a family. I then either have to email, call or start an online chat to actually reserve a room and/or arrange extra beds etc. You will often read one of our hotel reviews, and notice that I clearly state, "If booking as a family, it is best to call the hotel direct." Thankfully, you don't have this problem with the easyJet holidays website. You can see after I start a search for a trip to Poland below, it clearly displays the family friendly options. Everything you need to know is neatly displayed and is even assisted with a helpful Trip Advisor rating!
At this point, you can 'view holiday' to see more of the hotels information, photos and location on the map. If something doesn't quite suit you, you can browse the other recommended hotels. If you are searching for hotels for two adults, you will of course open yourself up to a lot more options.
Although easyJet holidays is a new business, it is linked to easyjet, who we know and love for their low-cost airfares. As easyJet customers, this gives us confidence that the package holiday's provided by the new holiday company, will be good value. We also love that you can also book a holiday with deposits, from as little as £60pp to secure your holiday price!
When you've booked your hand-picked hotel, you've got the comfort of knowing everything is in one place with ATOL protection, your 23kg bag allowance per person and transfers for beach holidays are included, and you can still enjoy the perks of easyJet's quick and easy online check-in before you depart!
Did easyJet Holidays Deliver On Our Trip?
easyJet Flights
We enjoyed the usual quick, easy, stress-free and pleasant service with easyJet. We had smiles when we got to Bristol, with pleasant staff asking the children about their holiday plans. Although our kids usually just stare at people with their mouths open when people try talking to them, it was nice of them to make them the effort! There was no queue and we checked in within minutes.
We were called to the gate on time and particularly loved that they look after families with young children, by inviting us all to join the speedy boarders! Although it never takes a long time to board with easyJet, it's nice they do this and they do it every time! Any parents will probably tell you, that queuing for any amount of time with children, isn't their favorite thing to do! If I had a penny for every time Maddie has unhooked and hit someone with one of those pully fabric barriers at an airport while standing in line, I would be rich!
We had some rowdy stags on board the plane with us, which we expected choosing a popular stag destination, but we appreciated the staff asking them to keep the noise down. I wouldn't let this discourage you from choosing Kraków for a holiday. It is not unusual to be on board any flight with stags and hens, traveling to popular City destinations in Europe, but we actually didn't see any while we were out and about!
Disembarking the aircraft and collecting baggage on both arrival into Kraków and Bristol, was a lot quicker than I remember! It has been some time since we had the luxury of checking in a 23kg bag, as you know the allowance doesn't come as standard when booking a flight alone. It was so nice not having to pull down heavy carry on cases from the overhead lockers, and lug them all the way from the plane to the airport! We are looking forward to having this luxury again!
Niebieski Art Hotel & Spa
We absolutely loved our hotel with amazing views, right on the Vistula River! The hotel was a long walk or short taxi drive from some of the most popular spots in the centre of town, which is exactly what we look for. It had a boutique feel inside with unique and quirky art scattered throughout, with newly decorated themed rooms to choose from. The service was fantastic, from the hotel reception to the restaurant staff! They went above and beyond for us, making calls to our tour operators and taking special requests for food, they couldn't do enough for us.
The breakfast was great, with some options that the children really loved and some of our British faves! The hotel has some great dining options with a small Italian restaurant
with the option to take away pizza, and when you come to Kraków, you have to book a table at the hotels popular restaurant, Vanilla Sky. The food here is special, you only have to see the photos of the food, to appreciate the thought that goes into these artistic dishes. They taste as good as they look and the value is crazy! The food here, was a real highlight for us.
We were delighted with our stay at Niebieski Art Hotel & Spa, we can see why easyJet holidays has selected this hotel and it has got us excited to experience some of their other choices!
Kraków, Poland
We can't wait to check out some other easyJet 'Undiscovered Holidays', as they inspired this trip. Poland is not a destination we would usually go for, especially with typically warmer choices for this time of year like Greece and Morocco, but Kraków really charmed us with it's Autumn colours, beautiful architecture and surprisingly balmy temperatures for mid November!
We saw some famous spots like Wawel Castle and the Main Square, we rode electric scooters
along the riverside, we stumbled upon good finds, like the cutest little park for the kids and hunted down some hidden gems, like the coffee shop on the roof of the Academy of Music, with epic views over the City. We didn't see everything we wanted to in the time we had, but we would prefer to be spoiled for choice of things to do and see!
We couldn't travel to Kraków without visiting Auschwitz, it is a place we have always wanted to visit. We booked a half day tour, which left in the morning from one of the bus stops in the centre. As we drove closer to Auschwitz, the atmosphere changed. The landscape seemed to drain of colour, it got cold and the fog came in. It's almost as if the evil that took place there, won't leave. Within minutes of the tour starting, I was in tears. It was educational, but was also an emotional experience, one that we are all truly glad we had.
With just a two hour flight from the UK, we are looking forward to see more of Poland and Eastern Europe and we are looking forward to our next easyJet holiday!
We were gifted an easyJet holiday and asked to share our experience, providing an honest review. We do not earn money when you book an easyJet holiday or when you click the links on this website. The research quoted in this article was commissioned by easyJet holidays. Thank you for reading, we hope you enjoyed!
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