
Holidays for special celebrations
- By Helen Macnaughton
- 01 Feb 2019
- Views and reviews
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Time to get personal! In this section of the blog we reflect on our own travel experiences, share holiday reviews from guest writers and offer a behind-the-scenes look at what makes Simpson Travel tick.
Planning a big get together? Need a villa for a group? Find out how one family made it work for three generations in Mallorca, and came out still smiling! Read more >
Actor Timothy Watson, The Archers’ Rob Titchener, shares his experience of a Simpson Travel holiday in Meganissi. Read more >
The Telegraph Travel Awards are the most prestigious in our industry, with around 50,000 surveys completed by holiday makers this summer. Fresh from collecting the award for Best Villa Operator 2018, our Chairman Graham Simpson shared what such accolades mean to a business like ours: Read more >
The runners-up were Andrew Balchin and Susan Enticott. Andrew's entry is a delightfully evocative piece about a meal at a local taverna on Paxos, and Susan entertained us with a clever and thoughtful story about watching the Royal Wedding amongst the everyday hustle and bustle of Vamos in Crete. Read more >
The winner was Bob Walters, who wrote an eloquent yet humorous piece about his holiday to the Purple Apricot on Paxos. Read more >
From turtle talks to anti-tangle treatments, the team at Avithos Beach Estate in Kefalonia made a lasting impression on journalist Ally Oliver and her family this summer. Read more >
Tuscany is famous for olive oil, but as our Italy Product Director explains, there is a vast difference between local production and mass-produced supermarket blends. Read more >
Author Susan Lewis kindly judged our 2016 writing competition. Read her helpful tips on killer first lines, maintaining the creative flow and keeping an open mind. Read more >
Simpson Traveller Michael Shaw shares the joy of that first-day-of-the-holiday feeling with a beautifully descriptive account of an early morning swim in the Cretan sunshine. Read more >
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‘[Simpson Travel] specialise in the sort of magical, unspoilt destinations my family loves’ Author: The Telegraph
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‘So how did we find the near-perfect villa in Mallorca? The first step was to approach… Simpson Travel… we needed expertise, not just blinding choice.’ Author: Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Villas Handbook
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‘Where Simpson [Exclusive] really excels is in its first-hand knowledge of properties and destinations’ Author: House & Garden
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‘Simpson [Exclusive] delivers holidays that combine sunshine, five-star luxury and friendly service’ Author: House & Garden
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Our stay was also infused with his thoughtful brand of hospitality, matched with that of the experienced tour operator (Simpson Travel). Author: Claire Irvin, The Times
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