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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

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Considering 3,902 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers frequently mention that the booking process is quick and simple, allowing them to easily secure wonderful activities. People consistently praise the friendly, welcoming nature of the staff who make activities enjoyable and memorable. However, some reviewers were not happy with technical glitches on the website and difficulties reaching customer support for help. A few consumers also pointed out unexpected extra charges during their outings and problems with venues failing to accept vouchers. Others expressed frustration regarding broken links and the absence of direct telephone numbers to resolve urgent booking problems efficiently.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Plenty of choices of experience and some unusual choices. Easy to book and delivery was quick. Gift pack was nicely presented. Unfortunately, the QR code didn’t work on the recipient’s gift pack bu... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Our treatments were lovely and relaxing and the staff were friendly & food great. The thing that let it down was bannatynes in milton keynes is beginning to get a little shabby and the actual area... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The whole process of purchasing was good. However the recipient has yet to get the voucher in his mail box as requested at the time of purchase. All sorted by a lovely member of the team at red lett... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Twycross zoo, feed the meerkats experience and afternoon tea. The booking process was a pain and was inaccurately described by red letter days. The online link didn't work, and when I finally got hold... See more

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Company details

  1. Gift Shop
  2. Entertainment Agency

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Discover amazing gift experiences, activity days, unique gifts and gift ideas to solve all present buying dilemmas or order exciting experience days gift vouchers for all occasions.

About Red Letter Days

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Set up in 1989, Red Letter Days pioneered the concept of giving unforgettable experiences as gifts. The idea really caught people's imaginations and Red Letter Days today, with its iconic red box, is THE go-to gift experience company. Making memories over accruing ‘stuff’ is at our core and we offer a range of amazing experiences in the UK; giving our customers an unrivalled choice with something to suit every taste, occasion and budget. We love what we do and intend to continue building on our expertise and sense of adventure to reach new heights.
Our experiences
Many of our experiences make everyday life a little bit more special – like a few hours being pampered at a luxury spa. And some are genuinely once in a lifetime – like our Spitfire Passenger Flight. Red Letter Days also provides great corporate solutions for some of the UK's biggest companies. For the most inspiring way to make an experience the best day of your life, rest assured you’re in the original and the best hands in the business.

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3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lamphey Hotel pembrokeshire 2 night…

Lamphey Hotel pembrokeshire 2 night break away.
This experience was not as described.
The Hotel did not have no bar no restaurant and no spa as described.
We had access problems when arrived at the property and the number on the door nobody answered we eventually accessed when a lady in the carpark and asked and showed us.
The room the toilet leaked was fixed.
The bed had a broken slat.
Breakfast was continental basic small box of cereal not very good.
The only good thing is our room was exceptionally clean.

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback Jeanette. We're sorry to hear that your stay at Lamphey Hotel did not meet your expectations and that the experience differed from what was described.
We sincerely apologise for the issues you encountered, including the difficulties accessing the property on arrival, the maintenance concerns within your room, and your disappointment with the breakfast provided. We appreciate you highlighting that your room was exceptionally clean, and we're pleased this aspect of your stay met expectations.
We would like the opportunity to investigate your concerns further. Please contact our Customer Experience team at trustpilot@redletterdays.co.uk with your booking reference and a summary of the issues raised, and we will review this with the relevant partners.

-Emily

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I received this as a birthday gift

I received this as a birthday gift, very easy to use and book the experience I wanted.

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely review Rachel! We're delighted to hear that you received the experience as a birthday gift and found the voucher easy to use. It's great to know that the booking process was straightforward and that you were able to book the experience you wanted without any hassle. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and hope you have a fantastic time enjoying your experience!

-Emily

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nice atmosphere

Nice atmosphere, great food and excellent staff.

August 22, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely review Alan! We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed the atmosphere, the food, and the service from the staff. It's always wonderful to know that all aspects of an experience came together to create a memorable visit. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and hope to welcome you to another great experience soon!

-Emily

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had misplaced my voucher

I had misplaced my voucher, so contacted the help team. They were very helpful and managed to get my voucher and sent to my email.

August 25, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely review Claire! We're so pleased to hear that our help team was able to assist when your voucher was misplaced. It's great to know they could quickly locate it and resend it to your email, making the process as smooth and stress-free as possible. We really appreciate your kind feedback and hope you enjoy using your voucher!

-Emily

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Really easy to find a location and book…

Really easy to find a location and book experience with voucher quickly.
I'm based in Manchester, it would have been nice to have some Manchester based experiences available as I ended up travelling for an hour to the nearest venue.

August 15, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your feedback, Nicola! We’re pleased to hear you found it easy to find a location and book your experience using your voucher. -Maddie

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

ripped off by Red Letter…

I feel a bit ripped off by Red Letter Day deals- regarding the voucher bought as a gift from my son for a Country house stay for 2 with evening meal-none of the hotels in our area were available at this price unless we paid a surcharge of £50, the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle actually offered this deal at £30 less. The receptionist at the Hotel actually questioned why we had to pay this surcharge?

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback Carole.
We're sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your experience and understand your frustration regarding the surcharge applied when redeeming your voucher. We appriciate how this can feel particularly disappointing when the same hotel appears to offer a similar stay at a lower rate directly.
As hotel availability, package inclusions, and any applicable surcharges are set by our experience providers and can vary depending on dates and demand, we'd like the opportunity to look into this further for you.
Please contact our Customer Experience team at trustpilot@redletterdays.co.uk with your voucher details and any information relating to the booking, and we'll be happy to review this with you.

-Emily

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The recipient didn’t get the email voucher for her birthday.

The recipient didn’t get the email voucher for her birthday. I contacted red letter days & they sent it but it again was a day late for her birthday.

August 22, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your feedback. We’re very sorry that the email voucher wasn’t received in time for the recipient’s birthday, especially as this was intended to be a special gift.

We understand how disappointing it must have been when the voucher was resent but still arrived late. We appreciate your feedback and this will be passed forward. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was a great experience

This was a great experience, had a lovely time. The guys on board took great care of us, were very informative and greet fun. Music fabulous. Everyone on board had a really great time

August 22, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you so much for your fantastic feedback, Geraldine! We’re delighted to hear you had such a wonderful time and that the team on board took great care of you. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super helpful staff and going extra…

Super helpful staff and going extra mile to help with suitable options!

Great customer services experience!

August 25, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you so much for the lovely review, Florentina! We appreciate the great feedback. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The company were very accommodating in…

The company were very accommodating in extending expiry date. The choice of options for two night stays was extensive. The accommodation I chose was excellent both for the location, staff and food.

August 22, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely feedback, Gary! We’re pleased we could help by extending the expiry date and that you found plenty of options to choose from for your two-night stay. -Maddie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Staff pleasant and helpful

Staff pleasant and helpful, food at lunch was of good quality. The therapist for both my facial and my husbands massage were truly lovely and put us at our ease and made us feel very special and very pampered. The only downside is the premises is beginning to look very tired and in need of refurbishment. There is peeling paint everywhere , mould in the ladies toilets and green fungi in the hydro pool tiled corners. Cobwebs everywhere. The gardens need tending and weeds pulling . Car parks need tidying and strumming. It's all looking very uncared for. Lovely staff, great location, good food, just needs some love and care.

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you so much for sharing your feedback, Helen. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed the food and that the therapists made you feel relaxed and pampered.

We’re sorry to hear about the condition of the venue. Your comments are appreciated and will be shared with the relevant team. Thank you again for sharing your feedback and kind words! -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Arrived quick thank you

Arrived quick thank you

August 20, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely review, Rachel! We’re delighted to hear that your order arrived quickly. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Answered my question quickly and…

Answered my question quickly and without too much hassle

August 23, 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely feedback, Sarah! We’re delighted to hear that your query was answered quickly. -Maddie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Not good first impression at reception

On arriving at reception and giving booking details, we were asked for the voucher number and pin. I did not bring the physical voucher as did not think I needed to only the email with booking confirmation number. The receptionist said they already had that and needed the voucher details, I had to search through my emails to see if I had this, it caused a caused a que at reception which made us feel uncomfortable. The receptionist was not very helpful but checked us in and asked us to come back if we found the voucher details.
The room and hotel was really nice, bathroom needed more attention to detail cleaning and grout needing replacement in some areas. We enjoyed our spa experience and treatments. Did not have evening meal at hotel but the breakfast was very good and plenty of choice. When we returned home I checked our voucher and it does not say anything about needing to take the voucher details, obviously I would not of been able to make the booking without it, then realised that we should of had a bottle of prosecco which we did not have in our room which was a shame as we were celebrating our anniversary.

August 15, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, Mandy. We’re pleased to hear that you enjoyed the hotel, spa experience, treatments and breakfast, and we’re sorry that some aspects of your stay fell short.

We apologise for the confusion around the voucher details at reception, as well as the missed bottle of prosecco, particularly as you were celebrating your anniversary. Your feedback is valuable and will be shared with the relevant teams to help improve. Thank you again for sharing your feedback. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

prompt response to query

August 24, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you so much for the lovely review, Nigel! I am pleased to hear the customer service team could help with your query. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spa Day very relaxing

Spa Day very relaxing. Therapists ery good made you feel comfortable. Highly recommend

August 24, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for your lovely feedback! We’re delighted to hear that you had such a relaxing spa day and that the therapists made you feel comfortable throughout your treatments. -Maddie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hazel ut

Great food great company very enjoyable day

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you so much for the wonderful review, Hazel! We are delighted to hear you had a lovely experience. -Maddie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very disappointing driving experience – the cars were great, the organisation wasn't

I purchased a Triple Driving Legends experience through Red Letter Days, which was fulfilled by Everyman Racing at Lydden Hill. I had been really looking forward to it, particularly as I had selected an Ariel Atom, Ferrari 458 Italia and a Gen 2 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

The actual driving of the Atom and Ferrari was great – both cars were fantastic to drive. Unfortunately, almost everything around the driving made the day extremely disappointing.

I arrived at 9:30 for a 10:00 start. The check-in process was chaotic and I then spent around an hour waiting for the Atom, despite it being scheduled for 10:00. After driving the Atom, I waited another hour for the Ferrari. By the time I was eventually due to drive the Aston Martin, I had already been at the venue for around three hours for an experience that should have taken roughly 90 minutes.

To make matters worse, when I was eventually called for the Aston Martin, they tried to put me into an older V8 model rather than the Gen 2 V8 Vantage I had specifically selected and paid an additional £50 for. After raising this, I was sent back to the booking tent while staff tried to resolve the issue.

I was eventually told an instructor would take me out, but after another 30-minute wait I was told the instructor was still out in a McLaren. At that point I had simply had enough. The waiting had completely taken the enjoyment out of the day, so I asked to cancel the Aston Martin drive and requested a refund.

I also paid for the high-speed passenger ride, which I did not receive.

What disappointed me most was that the whole experience felt like a conveyor belt. The cars themselves looked tired and heavily used, which I appreciate is understandable given the nature of the business, but there was no real sense of occasion or opportunity to appreciate the cars. You are effectively moved from queue to queue, waiting around for your turn.

Ironically, the Ferrari 458 was amazing to drive, but the experience surrounding it was so rushed and impersonal that even driving a childhood dream car didn't feel particularly special.

I have previously done a driving experience at Mercedes-Benz World and, by comparison, it was considerably better organised and felt much more like an actual driving experience rather than being processed through a queue.

I appreciate that things can go wrong on busy event days, but waiting hours, not receiving one of the cars I had paid for, and missing the included passenger ride is not what I expected from a premium driving experience.

I have been told that Everyman will contact me regarding the refund, so hopefully this will be resolved fairly. However, based on my experience, I would be very reluctant to book another Everyman experience.

August 14, 2026
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Reply from Red Letter Days

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, Terry. We’re sorry to hear that your experience did not meet the standard you expected, particularly given how much you were looking forward to these cars.

We’re pleased to hear that you enjoyed driving the Atom and Ferrari, but we’re disappointed by the delays, the issues surrounding your selected Aston Martin, and the fact that you did not receive the high-speed passenger ride included with your experience. We completely understand how this would have impacted your enjoyment of the day.

We’d really like the opportunity to look into what happened and help make things right. Please could you contact us at trustpilot@redletterdays.co.uk with your voucher details? This will allow our team help assist further. -Maddie

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