Holidays By Design

29/12/2024

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Can’t believe another year’s nearly over!
We just want to say a massive thank you to all our customers this year, we’ve had a busy year with people all around the world, lots of fun had and great memories made!
So we thought it would be nice to share a few holiday snaps from some of the faraway destinations visited by a few of our clients this year, thanks to everyone for letting us share those with you 🌅🌁🌆
Destinations featured are The Seychelles, Maldives, South Africa, Hawaii, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Japan, Australia, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Yosemite

Closer to home Greece has been a firm favourite for us this summer, and the Balearics, as always, a very popular choice for families ☀️

Cruising is becoming ever more popular with new ships being launched all the time 🛳️

So, for anyone looking at planning a trip in 2025, please don’t hesitate to phone or call into the shop and we will be more than happy to help! 🏝️☀️🌅

☎️ 0113 2582252
📧 [email protected]
🚶🏻‍♀️ 102 Town Street, Horsforth, LS18 4AH

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🥂 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE 🥂
NATHALIE & JOANNE

19/11/2024

Save the date!

🥂🤩 HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY 🥂 🍰

Holidays By Design are really excited to be celebrating 10 years in business this December 🌟

So to celebrate we are having an open day on Saturday 7th December, to coincide with the Horsforth Christmas Market and Christmas Lights Switch on.

Our door will be open for anyone to call in and say hello, enjoy a glass of fizz and a cup cake - 102 Town Street, Horsforth

We will be giving out Golden Tickets offering you a chance to win some great prizes including fast track passes, airport lounges and even a £250 Holiday Voucher, all you need to do is call in and fill out your Golden Ticket to be in with a chance to win 🤞🏖🏜

31/10/2024

Check in now open for the Eternal Rest Hotel 💀spooktacular last minute rates 💀👻🎃 Happy Halloween everyone

13/06/2024

Has anyone seen our holiday inspired window? Thanks to PaulaPaintPots for getting us in the holiday mood 😎

15/05/2024

🌴 Holidays By Design🌴

It’s been a while, so allow us to reintroduce ourselves 👋

It's been a great start to the year, we've moved into our new shop (just next door to our old one - so not far!) And Joanne has rejoined the business! So all very exciting times 🥳

Here at Holidays By Design HQ, we are passionate about finding your perfect holiday.

Whether you’re looking for family fun, a romantic escape or something completely unique, we will find you an amazing package, fully protected, without you having to lift a finger.

Got a holiday in mind and not sure where to start? Not sorted your summer holiday yet? 🏖
🚶‍♀️Pop into our new shop In Horsforth, ☎️ pick up the phone or drop us an email, and we can start creating an unforgettable holiday for you (with none of the stress of searching online!).

📍 102 Town St, LS18 4AH

☎️ 0113 258 2252

📧[email protected]

03/01/2024

I’m really excited to say that Holidays By Design will be moving this month, just next door to 102 Town Street, Horsforth
More details to follow once I’m in and sorted.
I also want to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to all my lovely customers for supporting myself and the business over the last few years, the business is where it is today because of you, so thank you 🙏🏼
Wishing everyone all the best for 2024 and looking forward to helping everyone with their holiday enquiries in the new shop this year ✈️🏖️🛳️🏜️🌎☀️🧘🏽‍♂️🎿

31/10/2022

👻👻 LAST MINUTE OFFER 👻👻
Overlook Hotel, Caretaker required….. frighteningly good deal 🎃☠️

13/04/2022

20/10/2020

2020!! Where did our Wanderlust go?

Hello to all you holiday makers out there………………

I just wanted to take a few moments to explain what life has been like for our travel agency over the last few months, and why we’ve taken the decision to put things on ‘pause’

On the 17th March 2020 the Foreign Commonwealth Office advised against all non-essential travel for a 30 day period….. those days turned into weeks which turned into months. Then, in June, there was the glimmer of hope that customers would be able to start travelling again with the introduction of the travel corridors. However, only a few weeks in and this soon turned into yet another administrative nightmare of cancellations and refunds, as countries were removed from the list, in some cases with only hours of notice.

Seven months on, and the situation continues to be very challenging, with the lack of any clear information on how the government decides which countries to add or remove, along with the varying entry requirements for the different countries, leaving customers and agents confused alike. Over these months we have found ourselves effectively working for free with no new sales coming in and handing back all commissions earnt, yet still being liable for the original costs incurred with the bookings. This has not been an easy task, but getting the right outcome for each and every customer has always been our main priority.

As we now move into Autumn, we’ve come to accept that travel is not going to return to ‘normal’ anytime soon. Whilst there may be many of you out there desperate to travel, we are still in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, and with the advice around travel continually changing, this leaves us all with so many questions and uncertainties around booking and travelling.

So, with all this in mind, I believe that the best way forward is to hibernate the business until the time when we are confident that any new bookings we make will go ahead as planned, giving both ourselves and our customers the peace of mind, that they will be getting the holiday they had hoped for.

Thank you to all our lovely customers who have been affected with their travel plans this year, your patience and understanding through the refund and rebooking process has been greatly appreciated.

Also a big thank you to Jenny Tribillon
https://www.facebook.com/Frogletart/
for the lovely bright window mural, we wanted to let everyone know that we are ready and waiting, when the time is right ✈️🌆 🌅 🛳

‼️ EDIT TO POST ‼️
This is not meant to read as a negative post, our forward sales for 2021 are already very strong, I just feel this is the right thing to do now, as it maybe a while before travel returns to normal, and want to make sure that we are there for you when it does 😊

08/07/2020

Hopefully our 2021 passport stamps will be a bit more exciting than our 2020 ones ✈️🌏 🤣🤣

03/07/2020

List of ‘air bridge’ countries confirmed 🌏
Although it’s not straightforward, it’s hopefully a step in the right direction ✈️ ☀️

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors

You do not have to self-isolate on arrival in England if these are the only places you have been to or stopped in during the previous 14 days.

27/05/2020

🌅 TRAVEL IS MOST DEFINITELY WORTH WAITING FOR ☀️ We can’t wait to help you all start planning again sometime soon 🏖 😎

23/03/2020

Following Government advice we will be working from home for the next few weeks.

All our business can be done remotely, over the phone or by email or messanger.

For any customers with affected travel plans, please be assured we are still working through those. We appreciate your patience and understanding at this time

Customers not affected yet, but due to travel in the summer, we will be contacting you in due course to discuss in further detail,

Anyone with any questions at all, please feel free to give us a call 😊

Why not start planning your trip for 2021, we all need something to look forward to ☀️ ☀️

☎️ 0113 2582252

✉️ [email protected]

We look forward to being back in the shop and seeing you all again soon 😊

Nathalie & Joanne xx 👩🏻‍🦱 👱🏻‍♀️

15/03/2020

I would love to say thank goodness last week is over, but I know that next week is going to be a whole lot worse. 😒

I just want to say a big thank you to my wing-woman Joanne who’s worked tirelessly with me this week. We’ve spent endless hours on hold to airlines and tour operators sorting all our clients out. Thank you Jo Taylor 😘

When we book a holiday we don’t charge any service fees, and when we cancel a holiday not only don’t we charge any service fees but we also don’t make any money either, this is obviously quite normal and to be expected, as it’s all part of the service. Whilst We understand no one is considering making any new travel plans at the moment, there are some great deals around and if you are thinking about a holiday for later in the season or next year we are open for business as usual and would really love to hear from you.

We’ve had a number of calls this week from people with queries who’ve booked with other larger online travel companies and are obviously struggling to get through to their call centres at the moment, we welcome those calls and try help where we can, because we hope that next time when they book a holiday they will consider booking with a smaller independent agent that will always be available to answer that call quickly in a crisis.

For all our customers that have been forced to cancel so far, we are working with our ATOL provider to process your refunds as quickly as possible, but due to the unprecedented amount of cancellations going through at the moment this is just taking a little longer than normal, so please bear with us.

For all our customers travelling May onwards, you don’t need to rush to cancel your holiday yet, you will have options and we’re happy to discuss those with you. Please don’t panic!

These are very testing times for the travel industry, but we know there will be blue skies ahead and we look forward to seeing those return again soon ☀️🌏☀️

31/12/2019

🌎 Looking forward to helping you all with your 🏔🏝 NEW ADVENTURES ⏰ 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ ⏰
🌟 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🌟 Nathalie & Jo 🎉