Holiday Architects Reviews 

We have no hesitation in recommending Holiday Architects. We have just returned from our first trip with them, to Costa Rica. The Costa Rica specialist has first hand and extensive knowledge of the area, which was really helpful in our planning and became clear as this was our fourth and excellent visit to Costa Rica. The itinerary and lodges were well thought out for what we wanted, which was a nature orientated holiday. Our outward travel was frustrated by the technical failure of our aircraft and Holiday Architects were monitoring our new flights and keeping all parties informed.

We're just back from an amazing 17 day holiday in Sri Lanka, 'curated' by Rebecca. I say 'curated' because Rebecca took the trouble of exploring our particular interests and passions (birding and architecture !) and constructed an itinerary that best reflected these. The chosen boutique guest houses and small hotels were all delightful, the activities varied, appropriate and interesting and the services of the local agent, Pan Lanka, were faultless. Our driver-guide Jaya was a delight. Thanks Rebecca and the Holiday Architects team for a memorable travel experience.

We've just returned from a fabulous two-week holiday to Sri Lanka, carefully put together by Lisa J-S of HA, who knows the country well and understood perfectly what we were looking for in terms of types of location and hotels. She was so helpful throughout the planning and booking process, including securing excellent flights, making the whole holiday (from planning it to enjoying it!) so easy for us. This is the first time I have used HA but I'll go straight to them the next time we are planning a similar multi-location trip.

We enjoyed a fabulous 6-centre holiday in Morocco in November '25 - our first holiday with Holiday Architects. From our initial enquiry we were really impressed with Emma Higgins, who specialises in Morocco. She took time to listen to what was important to us, and pieced together an excellent itinerary with beautiful, unique places to stay. Her personal knowledge of the places was invaluable.
The local agents they use are top notch, and the drivers are very experienced and safe.
We would happily use Holiday Architercts again and recommend them

Just had 14 fantastic days in Malaysia.
The itinerary was perfect, all three hotels in Kuala Lumpar, Penang and Langkawi were luxurious and our private guides were first class.
Ian's planning was excellent from initial contact until the holiday. He was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and understood exactly what we wanted for our special trip.
A BIG THANK YOU to Ian and Holiday Architects, can't wait to book another trip.

Fantastically memorable holiday in Chile. Holiday Architects provided great advice, support and planning. Louise was an enthusiastic, friendly and knowledgeable manager. Highly recommended

This is the second time we have used Holiday Architects and this year we went to Costa Rica. Our destination manager was Louise Mumford and after spending time discussing our requirements, she put together a superb package within a reasonable budget. Louise has visited Costa Rica many times and was very familiar with all the places and hotels so she was able to give us some great tips. I would thoroughly recommend this company and it's specialist staff.

My wife and I were planning on returning to Vietnam and Malaysia, but wanted to add on a first visit to Laos as well. We had an idea of what we wanted and contacted Holiday Architects to see what help they could offer. Our contact, Erin, was extremely helpful, making suggestions on where we could visit, beyond our initial plans, and what excursions we could take to get the full benefit of our time in each country. She arranged everything so that as we arrived at each airport someone was waiting to take us to our next hotel, that guides turned up to show us round each city, and as we moved on someone came to each hotel to take us to the next airport or train station. Nine flights, eight hotels, one cruise, one high speed train journey all arranged and co-ordinated perfectly. We had a great holiday, saw lots of interesting things, fed elephants, ate too much ourselves, and had the time of our lives. Thanks very much Erin and Holiday Architects. We wholeheartedly recommend you and the company to other travellers who want a great holiday experience.

Fenton really listened to what we wanted to see in Vietnam and what we didn't want to spend too much time on, so our personalised itinerary really did tick all our boxes. We felt royally looked after all the way, seemed to have the best seats/spots/timings etc, the hotels were fabulous and we loved all our activities and tours. The guides and drivers were great too, very accommodating and easy to get on with, the local guides were fab too.
We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Fenton and Holiday Architects and will certainly be using them again.

Ian organised a short trip to Jordan. Had a fabulous time visiting Petra and The Dead Sea.
I was helped as soon as I arrived at the airport, getting through customs and taken to my driver who was great company, I never felt rushed whenever I was picked up and always given plenty of time everywhere we visited.
Great care has been given to ensure you got a decent service, good driver, decent car which also had WiFi.
My guide at Petra was brilliant, very knowledgeable and also a very imaginative photographer.
The choice of hotels didn’t disappoint, one right next to Petra and the other had its own private part of the Dead Sea.
Where a lot of travel companies forget about you once you return back, I received an email asking about my trip. Not only shows that they care about your experience but it gives them an opportunity to improve if anything wasn’t satisfactory.
Happy to use them again.

We have just returned from the most amazing holiday to Cambodia. Lisa was brilliant and organised everything for us, we stayed in four different hotels and they were all perfect. The in resort guides and drivers were so friendly and full of information.I would highly recommend holiday architects and will be booking wirh them again. As for Cambodia we all fell in love a magical place with the friendliest people.

Absolutely scam of a company. DO NOT TRUST. THEY WILL ROB YOU OF YOUR MONEY AND THEN SAY THEY CANT REFUND YOUR OWN MONEY.

Never been on a holiday which included various hotels and accommodations before.
Discussed various options and ideas with Dawn and she made up a suggested itinerary.
We amended it a couple of times and at one point i was going to cancel one of the trips but she persuaded me otherwise and i am glad she did.
Everything went like clockwork and every accommodation had its own unique charm and quality.
All drivers arrived at least 15 minutes before time which saves all stress.
Costa Rica an amazing place and even the drives between places were entertaining,imformative and beautiful.
Thankyou Dawn ,one of my top 3 holidays in my life and the best with just my wife.

Trip To South Africa

A friend suggested speaking to Holiday Architects to help organise our trip to South Africa. We were put in touch with Catherine Williams who, very quickly, understood what we wanted from the trip and put together what turned out to be an ideal package for us. All the boutique hotels booked for us were superb as were the timescales in each area and the suggestions about activities and restaurants. We will certainly choose them again.

Rebecca Dodds organised me the most fantastic holiday in Sri Lanka
She really listened to what I liked and wanted and tailored my holiday accordingly. And whilst there when I had a change of plan she went the extra mile to accommodate a detour
The hotels were just my kind of place. The organisation of the whole trip was second to none. Would recommend holiday architects and certainly Sri Lanka too

Our expectations were exceeded on this amazing trip around Costa Rica. Louise listened to what was important and customised our itinerary to include wonderful hotels/lodges in a number of fabulous locations. Expert guides introduced us to the stunning wildlife and we saw so much up close. Add to that dazzling scenery and such friendly people, it was another perfect holiday organised by Holiday Architects.

I had a fantastic holiday in Japan. It wasn’t cheap but the itinerary put together by Fenton was well thought out with every detail covered and I enjoyed every moment. Highly recommended.

Fenton and the team at HA organised an excellent holiday in Vietnam for us. They listened to our ideas and gave helpful and informative advice in shaping our itinerary. Their knowledge and experience of the country was extremely valuable. The local team in Vietnam couldn’t have been more helpful. I would thoroughly recommend HA.

We have just returned from a holiday to Sri Lanka & The Maldives. Dawn organised the trip for us which met all our expectation. The Hotels were perfect for us and the tour of Sri Lanka (despite the weather) was brilliant. Our Chauffer/Guide Ushan was so knowledgeable about his country, he was kind and helpful. We were apprehensive about having a guide but Ushan felt more like travelling with a friend.

This was our first trip to Japan, but my third trip organised by Holiday Architects. Fenton, the Japan specialist, was such a help right from the first time we spoke to him, listening to the sort of things we are interested in and enjoy doing, plus giving honest advice if he didn't think something was worth including in our trip. He also suggested wonderful places and activities that we would never have thought of including, such as guided cycling and hiking trips and a couple of days in Kurashiki, which was a beautiful small canal-side town. His advice on the best time to travel for the autumn colours was also spot on. Holiday Architects will adjust the itinerary until you are happy with it, and the transfers, guides and hotels were all extremely good and totally reliable. Fenton was also excellent at responding to any queries or questions we had, both before and during our trip. The self guide app and pocket Wi-Fi device supplied by Holiday Architects is also fantastic, and made finding our way around Japan so much easier than we had expected. A big thank you to Fenton and Holiday Architects for planning a trip that definitely exceeded our expectations and we are looking forward to planning our next holiday with this wonderful company.