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Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their helpfulness and positive attitude, making interactions pleasant and productive. Many people highlight the excellent service, with numerous positive comments about the well-organized holidays and trips. Reviewers also frequently commend the quality of the food and the comfortable accommodations provided. The locations visited are often described as beautiful and enjoyable, contributing to a memorable experience for consumers. However, some customers also noted issues with hotel quality, describing some as dated or in need of renovation. A few people mentioned that the food choices could be limited or of lower quality at times, and some experienced problems with transportation, such as coaches breaking down or drivers getting lost.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Travelling made easy. Excellent inter-change organisation. Good trips. Tour guide & drivers very helpful. We felt Hotel not to your usual standard hence 4 stars. Rooms basic, short on storage.... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

River cruise in Germany the boat was good. The food was excellent.But the itinerary was changed the UK group had no idea what was going on until our excellent driver sorted it out But the sunrise coa... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Coach brilliant and comfortable but no hot drinks offered Gordon the driver was good and always felt safe, Angie the courier always pleasant and helpful. Other than old and needing some loving care ev... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The transport arrangements were very good. All the trips out were amazing as were Stewart the tour guide an d Mark the çoach driver. The hotel was adequate but offered nothing in the evening and its l... See more

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About Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

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Grand UK Holidays

With over 40 years’ experience in providing memorable escorted coach holidays for over a million passengers, there’s a reason why so many of our loyal customers come back year after year…

P   Tour Manager escorted holidays

P   Hand picked hotels and comfortable coaches

P   FREE local departure points

P   No supplements on single bedded rooms 

P   Carefully planned itineraries

P   Excursions included on every holiday

P   Dedicated solo traveller holidays

P   Fully ABTA bonded

P   Door to Door pick up on selected holidays  

P   Collect Coach Miles, our exclusive loyalty programme

 

Classic Coach Holidays

Grand UK Holidays are best known for our classic coach holidays, exploring the very best of the United Kingdom, Ireland and into continental Europe. Offering over 230 free local departure points across Central and Southern England and the Home Counties, you are never too far from your next Grand UK Holiday.

Choose from coach holidays to traditional coastal destinations, such as Devon, Cornwall or the South Coast , or head to exciting cities and quaint villages in the North of England. Perhaps the charming Cotswold’s will tempt you, or crossing to border into Wales or Scotland might take your fancy. Wherever you are looking to head on your coach holiday, Grand UK Holidays have the ideal escorted tour for you. 

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Tour Managers

The unique thing about Grand UK Holidays are our wonderful Tour Managers who join every Grand UK tour.  They are the besting heart of our holidays, offering guidance and expertise, as well as making your holiday run smoothly. Relax knowing someone is looking after you for a change!

Free Local Departure Points

Unlike our competitors, we never charge supplements for our local departure points. Enjoy the convenience of joining your coach from a town or city near your home at no additional cost. 

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Grand UK Gold Holidays

Grand UK Gold Holidays are the height of luxury, where we really put the ‘Grand’ into Grand UK!

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European River Cruises

Grand UK Holidays also offer luxury, all-inclusive European River Cruises , working alongside our partner CroisiEurope. Enjoy the comfort of coach travel to your port and join your cruise. With itineraries including some majestic capital cities such as Paris along the Seine, and Budapest, Vienne and Bratislava on the Danube, you can enjoy the cultural delights of the continent from the comfort of your river cruise ship.

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Channel Islands by Air

For those looking to ‘jet off’ on holiday, Grand UK Holidays also offer holidays to the Channel Islands by air. Only 15 miles from the French coast and with seven days to enjoy in-resort, you can explore these charming islands at your own leisurely pace.  Choose between Jersey, with flights from Gatwick or Luton, or Guernsey with flights from Gatwick. With the added luxury of a door-to-door service (from selected postcodes) Grand UK take care of everything.

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Good Companions

Grand UK Holidays have dedicated coach holidays for solo travellers. Our popular ‘Good Companions’ tours have experienced Tour Managers that shar their expertise and provide a friendly environment for you to get to now your fellow travellers, helping to break the ice and create friendships. There are no strangers on a ‘Good Companions’ tour, just friends you haven’t met yet! Plus, even better no supplements on singled bedded rooms.

 

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Escorted Tours by Coach, Rail & River. Plus Ocean Cruising & Holidays by Air

Completely ABTA Bonded

Grand UK Holidays are ABTA bonded for total peace of mind

Grand UK Holidays are ABTA bonded for total peace of mind
Grand UK Holidays are fully ABTA bonded and licensed by the CAA, so you can rest assured your holiday money is always in safe hands.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Feeding the chimps in prisner cell block H mercuree hotel,at the out…

Went to the mercure hotel,at the out side of Cardiff.I went there once before it was disgusting ,poor food rooms .As I was unable to book till late I was stuck here .The best way to describe it, should be made into a car park. The food even worse ,it was limited and very low quality reheated turkey ,chip limited salad which is two sweets i,e 85p cheesecake .No proper chief .The hygiene was well below par .Anyone going there again,take tablets to cover food poisoning your likely to get stembark problem .And to Grand UK , don't use this hotel again and please send us vouchers ,it worth a no more than £500not £700 your own staff agreed it was worse.

December 23, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Dear Mr Brown,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback regarding your recent stay at the Mercure Hotel in Cardiff over the Christmas period. We are very sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the service you received.

We understand that opinions on food can be subjective, and we take all comments seriously. That said, we have not received any reports of food poisoning or other food-related illness at the hotel during that period.

Please be assured that our product department conducts a thorough review of the performance of all hotels over the Christmas season. Your feedback will form part of this review, and it will be carefully considered when assessing the hotel’s suitability for future Christmas breaks.

Thank you once again for bringing your concerns to our attention. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us to continually review and improve our services.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lakes and Lights tour 13-17 October

Good pickup taxi both ways with checks from coach company. Guide very pleasant and knowledgeable about places we passed through as well as the day trips organised.
Hotel comfortable, food ok, hotel staff welcoming. Some of the restaurant service was a bit haphazard eg no water readily available at the table, had to keep asking for items such as tartare sauce when eating scampi, no condiments at all on table bar pepper.

October 13, 2025
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

River cruise in Germany the boat was…

River cruise in Germany the boat was good. The food was excellent.But the itinerary was changed the UK group had no idea what was going on until our excellent driver sorted it out But the sunrise coach was a yutuon from angies coaches No Leg room if you are 5ft 10ln or taller had to sit on spare seat at the back only fit for school kids not a500mile trip

September 21, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great Hotel

Excellent hotel with beautiful cooked meals.Excursions well thought out for the most part.

September 29, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Mrs Williams,

Thank you so much for your feedback.
We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your meals and found the excursions well planned.

We hope to see you on another holiday soon!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unprofessional

On our pick up from kingston upon Thames we were waiting at the destination we were given no one turned up so I wandered around the corner and the cab was sitting around the corner so that already made us over half an hour late, he then dropped us off at a bus stop in Leatherhead and i said to him this is not the right place he just said that's where he was told and drove off, so i had to phone grand uk company and they said it was Cobham Services so me and my mum had to wait for him to come back and get us. When we arrived at coach pick up point we had to wait 50 minutes because the driver got lost.
On the Tuesday trip when we went to the moors there was plenty of parking spaces for photo opportunities but the driver chose to go down an embankment and everyone on the coach screamed as it was very high up and the coach tipped over the edge.
Wednesday day trip to Longleat, once again the driver was getting lost he was trying to follow the satnav but the tour guide kept telling him to ignore that and go different ways so we ended up getting to Longleat way after our allocated time. When we got there the guide said shall we stop to look at and feed the deers everyone on the coach said no so they could get on with seeing the rest of the safari park but she just ignored them and spent half an hour feeding deers, so we ended up missing pretty much the whole park because we had no time left to do it.
Thursday free day usually get offered to be taken somewhere at an extra cost which we usually do but were offered nothing so had nowhere to go but to walk along the seafront, so overall this holiday was very disappointing, i wrote to grand uk saying personally I feel we should be reimbursed for some of the holiday as we missed half of it due to the incompetence of your staff. They replied saying they would get back to me, a month later I heard nothing, so I wrote to them again asking if this is there general practice to ignore it in the hope we would forget about it, got a rubbish reply back today saying we understand your frustration but hope our staff can learn from this, so basically they couldn't care less as long as they got their money. Won't using them again

July 28, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hi Helen,
Thank you for your review. We are sorry that you were disappointed on this occasion and regret the frustrations you felt. We also apologise that you felt the reply from us was inadequate. We can suggest that should you reply this will be escalated to higher level.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Tour Company

I went on one of their Gold tours last week and they were absolutely brilliant. It was easy to book, I was kept informed, it was door to door and the Tour Manager and driver were really fantastic. I was so impressed that I booked another 2 tours for next year while I was away.

September 29, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hi Anita,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful review. We’re absolutely delighted to hear how much you enjoyed your holiday, and that you found the Tour Manager, and driver all fantastic.

It’s especially lovely to know that you were so impressed you booked more tours. We can’t wait to welcome you back for your next holiday.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was our first Coach Holiday

This was our first Coach Holiday.
Very well organised. Love the fact we could sit back and relax, taking in all the scenery.
Ann - our guide was professional, polite & informative, no problem too small for her.
Lewis, the driver, was excellent.
Look forward to our next trip.

September 21, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello,

Thank you so much for sharing your lovely feedback. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your very first coach holiday with us and were able to sit back, relax and take in the scenery.

We really look forward to welcoming you on your next trip!

We hope to see you again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Manx experience

Although we had problems with the weather Grand Uk went out of there way to help every step of the way .The 3 hotels we stayed in were very accommodating and couldn’t do enough for us we had a very enjoyable holiday

September 14, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Rosemary,

Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
We’re pleased to hear you enjoyed your holiday

We hope to see you again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Despite Storm Amy....

Despite Storm Amy I want to commend our Driver, Tony, and Courier, Kay. Despite loosing a day of our holiday to the Storm, Kay made many arrangements to enable us to see everything promised in the brochure.
(We were surprised when an acquaintance of Kays agreed to give us an hours tour around Liverpool. It became a sightseeing tour plus a Beetle's tour too. So we had two and a half hours tour completely unexpected. It was a blessing because the wind was so strong walking around was almost out of the question)!!
These changes meant even changing the Friday return journey on the Ferry.
Yes, we were tired at the end of the holiday, because of late night or early morning sailings, but after all the delays our homeward journey was almost on time.
They could not have done more for us. Thank you both, and the Company who sanctioned the changes made - and for the lovely Cream Tea served to us in St. Johns.

September 15, 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely holiday

everything promised delivered in a professional manner. Experienced, helpful and friendly staff. very good value for money

September 1, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Gillain,

Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
We’re pleased to hear you enjoyed your holiday

We hope to see you again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hotel was great and the staff friendly.

Hotel was great and the staff friendly.
Food was cooked well and always hot.
The weather was better than expected.

September 1, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Shan,

Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
We’re pleased to hear you enjoyed the hotel and the food.

We hope to welcome you on another holiday soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great time in Weston

We found grand uk organised good driver Chris and guide Nathan nice hotel good food and entertaiment and excursions were excellent
So yes we haf a great time thank you

September 1, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Mr David R Powell,

Thank you so much for taking the time to review your recent holiday with us. We’re delighted to hear that you had such a great time in Weston and enjoyed the food, entertainment, and excursions.

We hope to see you on another holiday soon!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable

It was very enjoyable plus a very friendly guide and driver

August 18, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Susan,

Thank you so much for your feedback.
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your holiday.

We hope to see you on another holiday soon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An interesting break.

Door to door service and luggage handling. Friendly and capable tour manager.

August 18, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello John,

Thank you for your feedback! We’re pleased to hear you thought our tour manager was friendly and capable.

We hope to welcome you on another holiday soon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good Friends

We were very well looked after, loved the trip but a little tiring.Made some lovely new friends . Already booked another holiday with Grand UK Holidays..

August 18, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello M Pacifico,

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback.
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your holiday.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon for your next holiday.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jersey smiles

Very well organised from pick up by an excellent taxi driver to arrival at the hotel. Good rep, gave information. The hotel was 2star very clean and organised.Hotel staff very good. Some of the vegetarian options were not good, curry inedible. Single rooms very small but clean.

June 14, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your feedback.

We’re delighted to hear you found everything well organised.

We hope to see you on another holiday soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Tour Manager

The hotel was clean and comfortable. Tour Manager was exceptional and so was the driver, both very friendly and helpful.

August 18, 2025
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Reply from Grand UK Holidays - Coach Tours

Hello Susan,

Thank you so much for your great feedback.
We're very pleased to hear you thought our Tour Manager and Driver were both very helpful.

We hope to see you on another holiday soon!

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