TUI Holidays Review
About TUI Holidays
We found TUI to be one of the most advanced providers of multiple package holiday types and options. TUI's programme of pre-packaged and tailormade holidays is both massive and impressive, with Beach Holidays, City Breaks, Long-haul, Lakes & Mountains and Multi Destination deals all proving popular.
TUI Holidays are part of the TUI Group, one of the world’s largest integrated tourism businesses and one of the largest retailers of package holidays, with a global customer reach of tens of millions. TUI provide low-cost flight services and good value package deals to over 80 worldwide destinations, with departures from 3 London and 18 UK regional airports.
TUI Website Review: We found TUI to have a powerful, user-friendly and streamlined holiday search system. The TUI website is uncluttered and well-designed, with easy-to-use navigation that clearly guides the user through the search process, including holiday category and sub-category selections, customer preferences and advanced filter options. We found TUI's newly revised website provides a fast and productive search with a simplified booking process.
Holiday Types Available: We concluded TUI has one of the largest portfolios of holiday types, including the ever-popular all-inclusive and family beach holiday, through to luxury escapes and adults-only breaks. TUI's package programmes include the following categories:
- City Breaks
- Long Haul Holidays
- Villa Holidays
- Lakes & Mountains
- Winter Sports
- Disney Holidays
- Multi Centre Holidays
- Night Life Holidays
- Last Minute Deals
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During our review, TUI had available numerous special offers, discount codes and last-minute deals, accessible via their 'Deals Homepage' link, located within the site's main menu.
The following represents some of the 'deal types' we found, with many offers representing attractive and worthwhile savings. (Subject to availability and T&Cs).
- Deals available by season.
- Last-minute & late deals.
- Deals by destination.
- Deals under a stated price.
- Deals by holiday type.
- Discount codes.
- Exclusive App discounts.
Free Child Places:
If you're looking for family deals, TUI's new and well-designed 'Free Child' search tool quickly finds some of the best family offers available.
Top Tips: To find out when discount codes are released, keep checking www.tui.co.uk/discount-codes. Alternatively, sign up for TUI emails – they give you a heads-up on special offers, holiday tips, and destination suggestions. Deals are also posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Top TUI European Destinations: We found TUI offers an extensive portfolio of holiday options, including the family favourites 'Summer Sun Beach Holidays' and 'All-Inclusive Deals'. The TUI package holiday portfolio also includes the following:
- Exciting City Break adventures.
- The fresh air of Lakes & Mountains.
- The privacy of Villas with Pools.
- The changing scenery of a leisurely European River Cruise.
Popular Destinations: TUI's top destinations for this summer include Tenerife, Cost del Sol, Mallorca, Algarve and Ibiza.
Holiday Choice & Flexibility: With TUI's tailor-made holiday services, we found you can easily build and book multi-destination trips. You can stay at different accommodations within one location, holiday at separate resorts, or split your holiday into a 2-centre package and visit two countries in one trip. With TUI, you can choose and design your 'own holiday' with flexible flight options, private transfers and flights from your local airport (subject to availability).
TUI Long Haul Destinations: TUI offers numerous long-haul holiday destinations, including the pale soft sands and luxury resorts of St Lucia, Cancun and Jamaica. Alternatively, for a warmer winter break and a chance to experience fascinating new cultures, head east to Phu Quoc in Vietnam or try Phuket island and Koh Samui in Thailand.
Long Haul Fleet: TUI operates state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners, an aircraft with increased fuel efficiency, range and flexibility. Dreamliner aircraft offer larger windows, more headroom, legroom and quieter engines, all of which have helped transform long-haul holiday travel - with the added convenience of direct services and no stopovers.
If you prefer to be inspired by browsing holiday brochures - you won't be disappointed. Our review found you can download any of TUI's 30+ brochures direct from their website. You can choose to view brochures online or download them to read later - you can also print off the pages that interest you most.
Brochure list. The following are some of the brochure categories available.
- Best for Adults.
- Best for Families.
- Holiday Villages and SplashWorld.
- Villas Collection.
- City Breaks.
- Faraway Shores.
- Small and Friendly.
- Marella Cruises.
Build your own Brochure: Try TUI's 'Build Your Own Brochure' service. You can tailor-make a TUI holiday brochure to include the destinations and holiday types that suit you most. After building your brochure, you can book your holiday online or call any TUI store and speak to a travel expert.
Top Tip: Building a brochure is a great way to help 'narrow down' your holiday choice and search options.
Alternatively, hard copies of brochures are available from your local TUI store.
If you're flying with TUI, you may be able to add convenient 'Flight Extras' to your booking - to make your journey more pleasurable and less stressful.
Top Tip: Using your booking reference - log in to Flightextras at tui.co.uk to check if it's possible to add the following services to your flight (flight extras are subject to availability and T&Cs.)
- Advance flight check-in.
- Allocate seats before you leave home.
- Provide advanced passenger information (API) if required.
- Upgrade your seats.
- Add extras such as hot snacks.
- Avoid excess bag fees at the airport - book extra Kilos before you fly.
| Flight4 Rating: | 4.5 stars |
|---|---|
| Discount Codes: | Yes* |
| Free Child Places: | Yes* |
| Late Deals: | Yes* |
| Holiday Brochures: | Over 40 types |
| Flight Upgrades: | Yes* |
| No. of Destinations | 85+ |
| Net-zero Pledge: | Yes |
| Protection: | ATOL | ABTA |
* Subject to availability & T&Cs