Spring Flowers of Crete Escorted Tour

I loved every moment of this holiday. Graham's knowledge was amazing and I really appreciated the small group of ten as we could all hear what Graham and Trisha were saying and see the flowers at the same time.

Jane Freeman is the best Tour Manager I have ever come across by a very wide margin - you should bottle her and sell her to other companies! She clearly knows Crete very well and has excellent relationships with the local people involved in the tour. She very quickly picks up on special needs or interests, has a delightful manner and sense of humour and she contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the holiday.

Flight itself was fine but Easy Jet's Bag Drop arrangements at Gatwick were chaotic and should be addressed. However, our holiday was excellent, in particular the helpfulness and attention shown by both Jane Freeman And Graham Kendall. So much so that not only are we planning to book next year but we are also strongly recommending your company and this holiday to our friends. (Are you able to feed back your customers' poor experience with Easy Jet to the company?)

Thank you for yet another wonderful botanical excursion to Greece; this was my fourth with Travel Editions, all led by Graham Kendall. It was the first time I had met Philippa Dean as the TE Agent and she was fine - very different from Jane but good local knowledge and facilitator. Graham and I have become good friends and interact very well in the field, he as the Leader and local expert and me as a professional plant ecologist, chipping in where relevant and where I can!. I feel I have become something of a 'co-pilot'! I hope I can do this again. The group (17) proved interested and interesting and all got on so well socially. It was a pleasure getting to know everyone. I suggested a visit to Phaestos, Matala (lunch) and Spili (on return) as an idea on the 'free day' and everyone took up the option so we arranged with Niko the driver (paying 15 euros/person) . I was 'Leader' for this! It was a great success and I suggest that this could even be incoporated into future visits. Two minor issues from the matrix above. Firstly, the EasyJet flight for some of us was not that comfortable and maybe a scheduled flight would be preferable. Secondly, there were some complaints about the bath/showering facilities in the rooms at the Ideon Hotel. Some people found it too small and cramped. However, the hotel staff and general facilities, breakfasts etc at the hotel were all excellent.

An unexpected plume of heat the week before we arrived meant that there were fewer wild flowers than would have otherwise been the case, but the scenery and clear skies more than compensated for this. Jane and her team are consumate professionals: their expertise and knowledge of Crete ensured that each day was a success. The Bio Suites Hotel in Rethymnon was a luxurious joy but the Heraklion accommodation was clearly 3 star.

A thoroughly enjoyable trip which gave access to new and long-lasting experiences for all the senses.

Hotel was actually very good apart from the plumbing. Our shower was cold and a trickle over a tiny bath. And in this day and age WiFi should be free in every room. Jane Freeman is an extremely good tour leader, competent and great fun and Graham Kendall was friendly and knowledgeable. We really enjoyed the holiday.

We ewnjoyed the tour and may come again next year. My wife did find the bed in Hotel Ideon rather hard and there were a couple of minor errors on the documentation (asked to go to Heathrow airport when it was Gatwick, and it read as though we would have to make our own way to Rethimnon. Otherwise very good. Please send any info you have on flower tours for 2017 - I believe Graham is running one in N Greece in June 2017 Thanks David Eaves

Excellent hotel and guide! It would be helpful to know in future if walking shoes rather than boots are adequate, as saves packing heavy boots for the trip. Also in future maybe better to stick to early april as due too warm dry winter some flowers had already gone over. In general very good holiday and would go on a similar holiday again!