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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use. Scam company. Will keep money illegally. Impossible to get hold of. Had my trip cancelled because of COVID-19 by the supplier. I was offered vouchers as compensation, I declined a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Completely and utterly let down by this company. Our hen weekend had to be cancelled due to Coronavirus; it clearly stated in their terms and conditions that if they had to cancel a full refund would... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Went on a hen party to blackpool what a awful experience ,v.i.p booth at yates nothing ready for the hen with balloons decoration etc ,the girl came with a poundland bag with a few novelty things in i... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service start to finish For our weekend in Prague Zoey arranged our guided pub crawl for later as we had late flights. Transfers to and from airport and shooting just so easy and we'll orga... See more

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Maximise is a travel and events company specialising in amazing stag and hen weekends. Maximise strives to make the whole experience of organising a weekend easier, while saving you time and money. The result is a weekend you won’t have to worry about, and one you’ll never forget!


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great day just what we wanted

We booked the survivor adventure day for my stag, it was everything that we wanted with a few surprises along the way!
I advise anyone looking to bond and have a great day with their friends to give this a try!
Location was great, with plenty of food and drink to tide us over!
The team made the day as they were up for a laugh but kept everything moving and fitted in with the group really well!
Overall I had a great time in Barcelona but the Survivour day was definitely the high light for me!
My friends were dubious after a heavy night but soon forgot their hangovers and got stuck in, I can't wait to see the photos!

Thanks again Matt

September 15, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing hen, amazing service!

I booked my sisters hen do to Ibiza through Maximise as I attended another hen the year before which was planned through Maximise and I loved the ease of the service offered, every person attending is responsible for their own payments and the online platform.

The whole process from enquiry to booking was very easy and Joe was very quick to reply / answer any questions I had. It would have taken me ages planning all the individual bits and even though we didn't know where we were staying / restaurants etc at the time of booking I was a tad dubious to be quality we would have but it all worked out so well. Accommodation was just what we needed (clean/ a place to sleep and get ready) and the restaurant far surpassed my expectations with a private room/ garden for us and 3 course meal including a round of drinks.

Overall we had a fantastic time in Ibiza, it may not be everyone's cup of tea but as the bride to be plus friends are party animals we had a fab time and it was none stop from the cabs to the airport to landing back in the UK.

I would highly recommend using Maximise (Joe Shearer) if you want a hassle free / efficient booking service from people who know the locations and what works well with big groups and the payment platform is great too as then no one is out of pocket with plenty of time for payment.

Would definitely use Maximise again just a shame we can't do it all over again 😉

September 14, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely!

I booked our lovely hen do through Maximise. Maximise made everything so easy to sort out and Louise was really helpful and gave me all the information I needed before taking the girls to Amsterdam! When we were there we had a really nice spot in the centre and only about 10 minutes from the airport. We never had to go far to get food or drink and the cruise port was only a 15 minute walk too. The cruise was really nice and took up most of the afternoon and then we went out in the evening to a few bars which again was really fun. All the girls had a really lovely time and I would definitely use Maximise again!

September 13, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant hen weekend in Leeds

After reading other people's reviews after booking with Maximise I was apprehensive - however my doubts changed when Joe Shearer seemed to take over managing my weekend rather than the previous person who was first assigned. Any request that I asked for prior to the weekend was dealt with promptly i.e fussy eaters, private room in the hotel to play games, request to change the nightclub venue - all sorted within a few hours of me asking.
The staff at the Village Hotel Leeds South couldn't do enough for us. Drinks on arrival, dinner reservations. Staff constantly asked if we were OK and if we needed anything.
The Salsa class which we booked through Maximise was amazing! We had so much fun with Isobel from Polestars who genuinely appeared to love her job teaching dance. Everyone of my hens loved the salsa experience - just hoping we can remember the dance at my wedding reception!
We had such a brilliant time on my hen weekend and couldn't fault anything. Hangovers and lack of sleep was down to too much drinking and dancing and having fun.

August 23, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great couple of days!

Organised the stag do through Maximise and everything went according to plan. The boat party was so much fun and then we had a great night out on the town. Top notch!

August 15, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing hen weekend in cardiff!

Booked up cardiff for a hen weekend and it was absolutely fantastic. The hotel was lovely and the staff couldn't do enough for you. The activities we booked were brill, couldn't fault any of it. We will definitely be returning in the near future. Thoroughly impressed with maximise they did an amazing job at organising the weekend and would highly recommend them

August 11, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quality Stag Do!

Went to Magaluf with the boys - quality couple of days. Maximise sorted the hotel and paintball couldn't fault either.

August 9, 2016
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Manchester Stag

Maximise was useless...We booked the Manchester Zombie Experience package. On arrival to the hotel in manchester there was no rooms booked as no payment had been recieved from maximise. The next hour was spent trying to reach a rep on the emergency out of hours number so sort out our booking. This package also included a pub crawl and free entry to clubs/pubs throughout the weekend. Every pub/club we went to had no idea who we were and did not have our names on any of the guest lists. So basically maximise had took our money and booked nothing for us. The weekend was a shambles and I might aswell have booked it myself as we paid a lot of money for a terrible hotel and nothing else. The only good part of the weekend on maximises part was the zombie experience. However I did have to call in advance to make sure we were booked in for it...which we wern't. Ridiculous service. Would not recommend.

July 31, 2016
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Reply from Maximise

Hi Craig,

We are sorry to hear that Maximise did not meet your expectations in regards to your weekend in Manchester.

We confirmed your payment in full for your weekend 6 weeks prior the date of travel so we were surprised to hear that you were not booked in to both your city centre 3 star hotel and your Zombie experience. We have contacted the hotel and activity provider to find out how and where this miscommunication came about to ensure that this does not happen again in the future. We understand that the hotel managed to rectify this on the day and allocated your entire party your rooms and the activity was still able to go ahead.

In regards to the bar crawl and club combo, this was a free component of your weekend package and is a list of recommended stag friendly bars and clubs in the area.

We are really pleased to hear that you enjoyed the Zombie experience.

Kind regards,
The Maximise Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Madrid hen weekend

Absolutely fantastic hen weekend, thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Zoey (maximize consultant) was extremely helpful and ensured all our needs prior to the weekend were met.
All activities (piella making, rooftop swimming pool experience and salsa dancing) were fantastic and arranged to suit our times of arrival etc.
Such a hassle free way of organising an abroad hen weekend. Accommodation was central and suited all 14 ladies needs. Transfers were on time and enabled us to enjoy a hassle free weekend.
The rep who met us at the airport was also extremely helpful and was on hand to assist all weekend.
I would definitely recommend maximize and use their company again.

July 26, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bournemouth Beer Beauties

We organised a stag weekend with Maximise and felt that we got extremely good value for money.
The weekend consisted of Footgolf, Ten pin bowling, bar crawl and lap club entry, burger and a beer plus the icing on the cake of beer beauties to guide us through the bars and on to a club. They entertained us with dares, forfeits, shots, challenges and looked after the kitty and drink ordering, plus being great sports and joining us in the drinking games.
The cost of the package was great value, especially with the guided bar crawl included.
We all had a fantastic time and will be leaving positive reviews for the retailers who's staff looked after us in Bournemouth, especially Yates , Xtreme Soccer and Bowlplex .

July 18, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hen weekend in Bournmouth

Just got back from a fantastic weekend! Zoey arranged our weekend with a dance class, a meal with cocktails and nightclub, spa day and Italian meal. it was so well organised and everything went to plan. our accommodation mount Stuart hotel was excellent and would highly recommended staying there as the staff were so friendly and the barman stayed up until early hours to serve us drinks. we will absolutely be booking another weekend away next year!! thank you so much for a great weekend that we will all remember.

July 11, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pleasure to deal with Maximise - would recommend

Having been part of stag do's organized through similar companies in the past, I've not always been happy with the service so was a bit skeptical as I started looking around this time. After a bit of searching I chose Maximise, and I'm glad I did. We got a great service from start to finish and Zoey was always on hand to answer any questions. The whole weekend went so smoothly and the entire group was happy with everything - the hotel was first class and the activities were so much fun and well planned. We even got a visit from the events team at one of the activity sites. I can't praise Maximise enough following previous experiences with other companies - will definitely look to use them again. Thank you Zoey and Maximise for making our weekend :)

July 7, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Zero stress

Maximise, and Joe in particular, took all the stress out of my hands and helped organise the smoothest and most exciting hen I've been on- let alone the cheapest!
We had nice, clean accommodation for 2 nights + cooked breakfast both mornings, Michael Jackson thriller dance class, comedy club and vip entry to a club all for £128pp- incredible value. I wondered where the catch was but everything went to plan and Joe was always on hand to answer my questions as soon as possible.
Will 100% be recommending Maximise for future hen parties- absolutely seamless experience!

July 4, 2016
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Birmingham Stag activities

Kept the stag planning quite simple so only used Maximise for arranging the 2 activities during the day and entry into bars and clubs in the evening.

The booking process was simple and I was provided enough support from Zoey to gain confidence that the activities were planned to meet my agenda and were in the right location.

Everything went smoothly so i would happily use Maximise again.

July 2, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fab Time

Has my sisters hen weekend in Nottingham last weekend and we all had an amazing time. 17 girls all running round the field doing the sports day in the day and then at night we went on the cruise with naked butlers...a night we wont forget in a hurry! Thanks to Zoey at maximise for sorting everything, as a group of girls we had lots of questions during the booking stage and Maximise took alot of the stress away from me as maid of honour especially when it came down to getting money off the girls. Highly recommended!

June 30, 2016
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't bother!

Absolute waste of time and so disappointed with this company! Used them for my best friends hen party in Barcelona and what a mistake that was. They are quick to respond before they secure the booking and take your money but as soon as it was all paid they ignored my emails and I constantly had to chase my itinerary. We booked the one night in heaven event through them and when we arrived at the venue I found that they had told the venue it was a stag party and a FEMALE stripper had been booked!!!!!!!! Needless to say it was an absolute nightmare and there was 11 extremely unhappy ladies. Next we went in the bar crawl which was terribly organised and quite frankly we could have done a better job ourselves. we spent a lot of money on the activities and I wish now that we had never bothered. Avoid like the plague!

June 25, 2016
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Reply from Maximise

Hi Faye,

We are sorry to hear Maximise did not meet your expectations in regards to your hen party in Barcelona way back in May.

We only want our groups to have great nights out with friends and we have several checks in place to ensure everything is confirmed before sending your weekend information ahead of travel. We treat all our customers concerns seriously but have had no contact from you since your weekend back in May so were unaware of any issues? Given that you are quite upset we would have thought you would have called us straight away and we would have dealt with this promptly on your return.

Anyway we contacted the venue in regards to the meal and stripper commenting on your issues and they sent us back a video of the hen party in the venue that night with you all fully immersed and enjoying the hired male stripper. You can watch your night of celebrations here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgrj1A87buc

The bar crawl was with Nick and he has reported that it was a wild night in Barcelona that night and it would have been difficult for a group of hens not to have a great night and that you visited a few popular bars and then onto a club, which is a bar crawl.

If you would like to discuss this further, please feel free to call us on 0208 236 0111

Kind Regards,
The Maximise Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great organised!

Maximise picks good locations and organises well. We had the same contact person the whole weekend meeting us at the events and fixing everything. Good value for money!

June 16, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant weekend!

I organised a hen weekend through Zoey Whelan, Zoey was so helpful and always responded to any questions I had almost immediately. P

The hen weekend went really well, all the activities were brilliant, the apartments were amazing and we especially loved the cocktail making - it was so much fun!

June 14, 2016
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Wouldn't use Maximise again

I've now had to arrange two hen does for my friends. The first one last year was in Bristol and I arranged it myself. It was a great laugh and I researched a lot in the area to find day activities and evening entertainment in some really individual, classy yet fun places. When I had to arrange another hen do this year in Oxford I thought I would save the hassle and use Maximise. After completing the online form saying the activities I wanted to do, I received a quote which was reasonable so I decided to proceed. I chose the punting with picnic, cocktail making and three course meal. At this point the agent at Maximise did not advise me on my choices and I didn't know where the companies they were using. Communication was good throughout by the Maximise agent and payment was straight forward with each lady in the group able to make direct payment straight to Maximise. The only hiccup was the fact that Maxmise rang and said they couldn't find accommodation for our group so I had to quickly booking this myself.

Two weeks before the hen do, we found out the venues for the activities. Cocktail making was at the Slug and Lettuce and the three course meal was at Zizzis. I was a bit disappointed at the choice of venues as they are not very exciting nor individual however, I open to the experience to possibly to change my preconceptions on arrival.

We all arrived to the cocktail making (1.5hrs long on the Maximise agenda), and was met by a dull host who quickly showed us how to make us two drinks in less than half an hour. They then brought out nibbles - or in other words, absolutely masses of food from mini burgers to chicken kebabs. We were all hungry so made the mistake of eating these meaning that the three course meal an hour later was pointless as we were all full. I wish that the agent at Maximise could have input her opinion on the agenda as I would not recommend the cocktail making nor the meal, especially not together in one day. To make things worse, at the meal, they didn't have our menu order forms that I emailed to Maximise a fortnight before so we had to order again! The waiter then got my order wrong as he brought the wrong food for both the starter and the main.

The reason why I would not recommend Maximise again was because I think if you simply put that extra bit of work in researching activities and venues yourself, you will have more choice and you will definitely find places of higher calibre.

June 14, 2016
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Reply from Maximise

Hi Sarah,

Sorry to hear some aspects of your activities in Oxford didn't meet your expectations, but we're glad you were able to do all your activities as arranged.

We do get a lot of positive feedback for this activity and the meal, but we understand that on this occasion they did not run as hoped. Sorry this was the case.

Thanks
The Maximise Team

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