Oliver's Travels Reviews 3,399

I tried to book an ideal property with Oliver’s Travels but on account of some argument between them and the property owner my reservation was cancelled. I contacted the owner direct who apologised but said that availability had changed. Despite this 2 weeks later the property is still shown as available for our dates on the Oliver’s Travels website.
In the meantime we have book another less ideal property.
Oliver’s Travels should have withdrawn the original property from their website until any argument was resolved.

Since posting this review Oliver’s Travels have blocked off the property for our dates on their website.

A very pleasant experience booking with Adelaide Daniel. She was very helpful and informative, answered messages promptly and made the whole process quite easy. Expecting now that the Antigua villa booked and vacation experience will match up to the service so far!!

Samantha was incredibly helpful & informative.

This is my third booking via Oliver’s travel and again this was an excellent experience with support from Francesco and Chiara. I had a few excpetional requests and they managed to get these accepted by the owners, who by the way are very kind and flexible. I like Oliver’s Travel’s selection of villas and the easy way in which a booking can be made.

This is our first time booking with Oliver's Travels. We found the website well organized, and the descriptions provided were very helpful in narrowing down our choice. Adelaide of the US sales office reached out to me promptly upon my inquiry and went the extra mile to contact the chateau owner to get answers to my specific questions about the property. Thank you Adelaide for your kindness, professionalism, and excellent assistance in arranging for our booking!

I have been extremely impressed with the professionalism and responsiveness to make our villa rental experience excellent!
A minor glitch was rapidly fixed by Alberto, thank you! My next villa rental will be with Oliver’s Travel.

Clear description of the properties on the website. Very simple to book and a big bonus was being able to provisionally book for 48 hours without any deposit. Samanta phoned immediately after provisionally booking to confirm agreement with the owners about the dates and bringing a dog. Samanta kept me in touch with next steps. A very personal service so far. Thank you Samanta

Such high hopes for our multi generational holiday, aiming to do something special while both our daughter and daughter in law are on maternity leave and travelling with 3 babies plus nanny.

Starting with the positives. Villa Galeon is spectacular with fantastic views across Salobre Golf resort, and worthy of its listing in Times article of 21 of the best villas in Gran Canaria. (if worth noting that 3 of the 6 bedrooms are in the basement)

The local concierge recommendation for a private chef in Marco Das Haus was great. Great chef and super knowledgeable guide as to the best on the island.

Then for how it went wrong and warning to be careful.

Days before our departure it is made clear that 2 of the 6 bedrooms will be locked!? We are referred to 'Terms & Conditions' where this will apply if 8 persons or less are booked. We hadn't spotted this and might in any case have assumed that small people counted as 'persons', for which we would then have been 9. Extra charge for having 2 bedrooms opened up? £3,500.. and that was not long after agreeing to an extra €1,120 required to have the pool heated... In the T&C's...
Left a bad taste for the start of the holiday. As a result you become suspicious of everything. eg Why does Oliver's travel call it Villa Galeon when the real address is seemingly Sunset Villa?
But all this paled compared to the sheer level of construction noise at Salobre. While Villa Galeon is perhaps 10 year's old, there are clearly some major new phases under construction all around, requiring migraine inducing rock breakers, typically 6 hours per day during the week and often longer. The T&C's warn renters against disturbing neighbours but seemingly zero acknowledgment in return. And as a result we could only enjoy the spectacular pool and outside space for a fraction of the day.

Found the house I wanted to book then received very polite efficient service on the phone from Harry

First time booking with this company. Alberto was very helpful when trying to book. Great service so far…

I am very happy with the booking experience.
Britta was extremely helpful and her recommendations were exactly what we wanted for a holiday.

Our third time with Oliver's Travels. Great website, huge selection of villas, extremely courteous friendly and efficient staff.
The villas are well vetted. The onsite services on our previous stays could not have been better.

We booked the most beautiful accommodation for a hen party Iver Easter weekend.
Oliver’s travels were communicative from the get go, giving clear details and above and beyond help!
It was such a smooth trip and I would definitely recommend.

First time booking with Oliver's Travels and was pleasantly surprised by the ease of the transaction and responsiveness of the agency. Worked directly with Veronica who was very helpful and kept me apprised right up to the booking. Was lucky to have landed with her.

Smooth booking process and great communication from Harry.

Harry has been great to deal with. A trip to Mallorca was arranged extremely swiftly and smoothly and all on a bank holiday!

Jacqueline Torrisi @ Oliver's Travels really helped me find a great holiday property which met all the needs of my group. Her knowledge of the properties and her ability to marry these with me needs was really impressive.

So lovely to have a travel agents that actually phone you rather than doing everything online/via email. Samantha was really helpful and efficient.

Francesco was so helpful. This was our first time booking a villa through Oliver’s Travels and we needed some ideas and inspiration. Francesco sourced a list of suitable locations, all within budget and fitting our description. We booked one within 24 hours. Highly recommend

Friendly team, really responsive