About Us

All Holiday Monies 100% Guaranteed through our TTA Membership

Did you know that in a recent survey of Design Holidays Bookings we beat prices direct with all hotels / resorts on each occasion bar one, what did we do ? We contacted the hotel in question and further negotiated a better rate still for our client plus a room upgrade. Due to our vast buying power we can always offer better prices than you would than by booking the villa, hotel,cruise or resort directly !
Financial Security

Design Holidays have vast experience in Leisure and Corporate travel. Since our incorporation in 1994 by our directors Johnny Barr & Paul Killick, we are widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading travel companies for Family , Villa, Hotel, Golf, Tennis , Spa, Cruise Holidays and Corporate Travel. Our main resorts include amongst others – La Manga Club in South East Spain, Quinta do Lago / Martinhal / Vale do Lobo / Vila Vita / Sheraton Pine Cliffs in the Algarve, Cornelia Diamond in Turkey to the award winning Forte Village in Sardinia, luxury Dubai hotels , resorts in Mauritius and our world famous Safari lodges in South Africa.

As a long-established member of the Travel Trust Association, you can book with us in complete confidence knowing that we offer 100% Financial Protection ! Bookings can be taken by credit card either online or via telephone. Travel Industry Warning for 2011 ‘Never book with any company or ‘private villa owner’ that does not allow you to pay via credit card, thus guarantee your money’. Making all of our Holidays 100% Guaranteed by both the Travel Trust Association (TTA) and the paying credit card provider.

Design Holidays are also a CAA ATOL holder (number T7183) and are fully compliant with the ATOL / CAA rules and regulations listed below.

When flights are booked our ATOL number or trading partners ATOL number will appear on any invoices and receipts issued by our company, for all travel requirements appropriate to this section.

ATOL – which is short for “Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing” – exists to protect the public from losing money or being stranded abroad because of the failure of air travel firms. It was first introduced in 1972 and it gives comprehensive consumer protection to 28 million people in the UK who buy flights or air holidays each year.

ABTOI / ATOP

Design Holidays are also members of ABTOI (Association of British Tour Operators to Italy) & ATOP (Association of Tour Operators to Portugal) and have been vetted and accredited by the South African , Spanish , Italian and Portugese Tourist Offices respectively.
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Design Holidays is also one of the founding members of the La Manga business association, known as La Manga World.

Sister companies of Design Holidays include :

La Manga Resort Holidays

Forte Village Resort Holidays

South Africa Holidays

Pezula Resort Hotel

Design Home Sales

Design Holidays are also pleased to be the official travel partner for the www.superstarsevens.com Rugby Event with a host of major Rugby stars.

Design Holidays also helped with the film crew accommodation for filming Piers Morgan in Marbella series shown on ITV 1 recently.
Design with the environment in mind

Over the years the staff and board of directors of Design Holidays have become ever increasingly worried about the eco friendliness of companies like ours in today’s modern world.

Where possible we are making every effort to re use items in all of our offices all paper supplies, in order to reduce our eco wastage along with all print cartridges. All ‘out dated technology’ including computers / mobile phones are recycled to third world countries.
What can you do to help ?

Annually Design Holidays print over 150,000 brochures / envelopes and in an effort to reduce this effect on the environment, we are asking all clients who have internet access where possible not to request a brochure. Should the information that you wish not be on our website please contact us and we will endeavour to send you specific information via email. Each day our offices receive over 250 faxes, whilst this amount has reduced with email we would like you to help us lower this even further by using email as your chosen method of communication. When on holiday we would also ask that our clients respect each resorts housekeeping department policies and only request clean towels when absolutely necessary.

Together we can help lessen the effect on our environment.
Corporate Sponsorship

Design Holidays are proud to sponsor the National League Aegon Tennis Team David Lloyd Raynes Park.

Design Holidays are pleased to announce another fantastic year for David Lloyd Raynes Park Aegon men’s national league tennis team at the Aegon Team Tennis Finals.. ‘Having extended our existing sponsorship agreement from 2001, we have seen a fantastic improvement from regional underachievers to national Aegon Team Tennis finalists, says Johnny Barr Director of Design Holidays, player , team captain and Scottish International. Each year we add to our squad bringing in world class tennis talent such as ex Wimbledon players Luke Milligan, Colin Beecher and ex national junior champion Tom Burn. This year is no exception with the same squad being strengthened with the inclusion of top British junior James Marsalek , world ranked players Jamie Feaver, David Rice & Marcus Willis. Wimbledon doubles specialist Neil Bamford and ex Wimbledon player Marten Renstrom along with Lee Childs and James Lloyd & Tim Patient, are also in our squad.

The Design group of companies are pleased to announce their sponsorship of a Bavaria 36 racing yacht named “Cygnus” in all the regattas of the Mar Menor / La Manga and Mediterranean coast of Murcia for this Summer season.

Cygnus under the Design Holidays livery will also race in all Alicante regattas, and the world famous Cartagena – Ibiza !

Design Holidays are also pleased on a regional level to support our local community and thus sponsor Rudgwick Football Club men’s 1st team, playing in the Sussex leagues and Loxwood Football Club playing in the Sussex County league.

Head Office : We’re out in the sticks
We’re located in the Sussex countryside, close to the All England Showjumping ground at Hickstead, with excellent road links to Brighton, London and Gatwick. If your passing on the way from London to Brighton or in the Sussex area pop in and see us for expert travel advice !

For all sponsorship enquiries please email our corporate sponsorship division on enquiries@designholidays.co.uk