Flash Holidays

Flash Holidays, an online travel brand of Travelopedia Ltd

Flash Holidays is the trading name under which Travelopedia Ltd sells flights, hotel stays and package holidays through flashholidays.co.uk. The company presents itself as a travel brand aimed at customers looking for low-cost holiday deals, with bookings available online and by telephone through trained travel consultants. Its registered office is on the second floor of 7 Mackenzie Street, Slough, and the site lists company registration number 08168135 and VAT number 199172856.

Package holidays and destination coverage

The core of the offer is flight-and-hotel packages. The site states that customers can choose from more than 5,000 holiday packages worldwide, and the search tool lets users combine a destination with a departure airport, travel dates, number of nights, number of guests and board basis. Board options range from room only and self catering to bed and breakfast, half board, full board and all inclusive.

Destinations are grouped by region. For Spain the site lists the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), the Balearics (Majorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Alcudia) and mainland Spain (Benidorm, Costa Brava, Costa del Sol and Salou). Greece appears with Rhodes, Corfu, Crete and Kos, and Turkey with Dalaman, Antalya, Bodrum and Marmaris. Other favourites named are the Algarve, Hurghada, Morocco and Cyprus, while the Far & Away section covers the Caribbean, the United Arab Emirates, Cancun, Orlando, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Cuba, Thailand, New York and Las Vegas.

Departure points across the UK and Ireland

The booking search accepts departures from a long list of airports and regions, including London airports, the Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, East Anglia, the North East and Yorkshire, the North West, the South East and the South West and Wales. Named airports include Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Cardiff, Bristol, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Southampton, Exeter, Bournemouth, Norwich, Doncaster Sheffield, Humberside, Teesside, Newquay, Plymouth, Southend, Prestwick, Inverness, Dundee, Aberdeen, Jersey and Kent International. Eurostar is also listed as a departure option.

Deals highlighted on the site

The site promotes a rotating selection of offers. Among the examples shown were a seven-night all-inclusive Zante beach break from £279, a three-night all-inclusive Albufeira holiday from £69 and a seven-night all-inclusive stay in Sharm El Sheikh from £179. A top-selling list included Majorca at £99 per person for three nights all inclusive, Marrakech at £69, Marmaris at £159 for five nights, Malta at £129 for five nights, Costa Adeje in Tenerife at £249 for seven nights and Benidorm at £89 for four nights half board. City breaks were also listed, such as Venice at £59 for two nights room only, Prague at £69 for three nights bed and breakfast and Krakow at £39 for two nights bed and breakfast. The site described these prices as subject to limited availability.

Two further promotions were presented as a deal of the week and a last-minute offer: seven nights all inclusive in Malta from £399 per person and a three-night bed and breakfast break in Kefalonia from £149 per person. A deposit option is advertised, with the site quoting holiday bookings from a £39 per person deposit in one place and a £49 deposit in another.

Booking, payment and financial protection

Reservations can be made online or over the phone, and the site also offers a quote request form and a WhatsApp channel. Payment is accepted by Visa, Mastercard, American Express and other cards. Flight-inclusive holidays sold through flashholidays.co.uk are stated to be financially protected under the ATOL scheme, with the site citing ATOL number 11087 and explaining that customers receive an ATOL Certificate listing the flights, hotels and other services booked. The company also refers to IATA and ATOL protection in its trust messaging.

Customer service and company background

Travelopedia Ltd describes its service as supported by specially trained travel consultants and states that it aims to offer low prices on flights, hotels and holidays with a price-match guarantee. The site mentions live chat alongside its telephone line. In its own presentation, the company describes itself as one of the foremost purveyors of luxury travel for discerning guests, a claim that appears in its about section without further substantiation.