Polka Dot Travel

Polka Dot Travel: holiday packages with flights and transfers from UK airports

Polka Dot Travel is a UK-based travel agency that sells holiday packages to destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its offering is built around a holiday search engine that allows users to select the departure airport, destination, dates and group composition, including rooms, adults, children and infants. The company also has a call centre and a network of branches, and presents itself as an agent for wholesale tour operators.

Holiday search and trip configuration

The website's search engine allows users to choose from a wide list of UK departure airports, including Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow International, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle. The destination selection covers multiple countries and regions, such as Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Malta and Gozo, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Madeira, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. Trip configuration includes the number of rooms, adults, children aged 2 to 17 and infants aged 0 to 1, with children's ages calculated as of the return date. The company warns that infants require one adult per infant due to flight restrictions.

Conditions included in searches

According to the website information, holidays shown in the search engine include 22 kg of luggage, free child places, a £60 per person deposit, transfers included and ATOL protection. The agency also offers the option to filter results by price, hotel category and board basis, with options ranging from room only to all inclusive, half board, full board and their plus variants.

Featured offers and catalogue examples

The selected offers section shows examples of packages with destination, duration, board basis, departure airport, date and price per person. These include a 4-night Marrakech getaway on bed and breakfast from Birmingham for £296 per person, with a £4 tourist tax payable locally; the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, 4 nights room only from Liverpool for £299 per person plus £7 tourist tax; 3 nights in Venice on bed and breakfast from Manchester for £387 per person plus £9 tourist tax; a 4-night Budapest getaway room only from Birmingham for £399 per person plus £4 tourist tax; a Kos late deal, 7 nights bed and breakfast from Manchester for £421 per person plus £12 tourist tax; 11 nights in the Algarve on self catering from Manchester for £492 per person plus £12 tourist tax; La Palma, new for summer 2026, 7 nights self catering from Manchester for £499 per person; an adults-only hotel on Anna Island, 7 nights bed and breakfast from Birmingham for £555 per person plus £30 tourist tax; Tenerife in 2028 with short transfer, 7 nights self catering from Birmingham for £667 per person; and all-inclusive Egypt, new for summer 2027, 7 nights from Birmingham for £667 per person. A family offer for four people on all inclusive with a pool with slides, 7 nights from Liverpool, is also advertised. Prices correspond to the date the catalogue was consulted and may vary.

Operators and customer service

The agency states that it offers holidays nearby and worldwide through major operators and guarantees the best prices, a claim that corresponds to its own commercial presentation. The website integrates the option to get Jet2Holidays results and to contact via WhatsApp chat. Customer service is handled through a call centre and a network of branches, with a dedicated office finder.

Popular destinations by country

The catalogue organises destinations by countries and regions. In Spain it includes the Balearic Islands (Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca, Palma, Formentera), the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma), Costa Blanca, Costa Brava, Costa de la Luz East and West, Costa del Sol, Costa Dorada, Barcelona, Seville, Murcia, Malaga, Alicante, Girona, Costa de Almeria, Costa Calida, Sitges and Cadiz. In Greece it lists Athens, Corfu, Crete, Halkidiki, Kefalonia, Kos, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos, Zante, Thessaloniki, Lefkas, Parga, Lesvos, Peloponnese, Kalymnos, the Athens coast and the islands of Alonissos, Skopelos, Symi, Aegina, Poros, Leros and Samos, as well as the Olympus Riviera and Meganisi. In Italy it offers Florence, Pisa, Rome, Sicily, the Venetian Riviera, Venice, Verona, Sardinia, Lake Garda, the Sorrento area, Naples, Lucca and Tuscany. In France it features Paris, Nice, Monaco, the South of France, Provence, the South West and North of France, and the South of France with departure from Girona Airport. Other destinations include Portugal (Madeira, Algarve, Porto, Costa Verde, Braga), Morocco (Marrakech, Agadir), Turkey (Dalaman, Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir), Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada), Malta and Gozo, Montenegro, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia and Germany.