Tate's Travel
Information about Tate's Travel
Opening hours
- sunday: (closed)
- monday: 9h-17:30
- tuesday: 9h-17:30
- wednesday: 9h-17:30
- thursday: 9h-17:30
- friday: 9h-17:30
- saturday: 9h-17h
We are an independent travel agent operating on the high street and on social media. We have been ABTA members since 1985 with a loyal customer base both locally and nationally. We are fully bonded. Our office is located in Sunderland City centre but our customer base stretches throughout the U.K. We’re proud to have been awarded the top selling agent in the U.K. for Jet2CityBreaks. We offer everything from U.K. breaks by coach, rail and car as well as European holidays and city breaks and worldwide holidays, city breaks and cruises. As a truly independent travel firm, you can be assured we will find you the best holiday to suit your needs. Call, email or message us with your requirements so that we can organise your dream holiday!
Our comment from TraTraTravel UK about Tate's Travel:
Welcome to Tate's Travel, your go-to travel agency renowned for exceptional customer service and a variety of holiday options. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are dedicated to providing you with tailored travel experiences, whether you're looking for bus trips, short getaways, or luxurious holidays.
Here are some of our strengths:
- Outstanding service: Customers frequently commend our staff for being friendly, helpful, and going above and beyond to accommodate your travel needs.
- Great value: We offer competitive prices, often better than other agencies, with numerous positive reviews highlighting excellent deals available.
- Wide range of options: From weekend breaks to long vacations, we cater to diverse travel preferences and help you create memorable experiences.
- Efficient communication: We ensure seamless interactions, making it easy for customers to alter bookings or get assistance when needed.
While some customers have expressed issues related to booking errors or busy periods leading to communication delays, our team works diligently to resolve any concerns and continuously improve our services. At Tate's Travel, we strive for customer satisfaction and look forward to helping you plan your next adventure!
Tate's Travel: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Had a great experience with Tates Travel. The staff are really friendly and helpful and the communication was great! We could no longer afford a holiday we booked for new year but they helped us swap our deposit over to a new destination later in the year. The whole process was so easy. Would definitely recommend them for booking your next holiday - thanks!
Fantastic experience: Always a good service from a 1st class team.
Negative experience: We did the Thorpe Park trip by far the worst experience ever. We ended up staying in the wrong hotel thanks to the bus driver and hotel and service were rubbish never again!!
Fantastic experience: Great travel agent for bus and mainland Holidays.
Fantastic experience: Excellent service,staff were extremely helpful, polite and very knowledgeable about the trips they sell, will definitely be using Tates travel more in the future.
Thank you so much Brian, we very much appreciate you taking the time to leave us this review
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, took advice from staff on hotel and location for holiday in Tenerife , hotel was everything as described , took all the hassle out of booking , definitely book with them in future
Hi Mike, thank you so much for taking the time to write this lovely review. We are so pleased you had a lovely time in Tenerife
Positive experience: Great weekends away. I always use these very friendly and happy staff willing to help out
Fantastic experience: We have just come back from an overnight stay at The Old Swan in Harrogate. The deal was fantastic value with a bottle of bubbly on arrival, a £22 per person evening meal allowance and breakfast this morning, all for £64.50 each! The hotel fantastic, the food very good and the staff friendly and helpful.would definitely recommend it and will definitely book again with Tates Travel
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this lovely review. We are so pleased you had a lovely time
Fantastic experience: Really helfull friendly staff
Thanks Sam, we really appreciate your review. Very kind thank you so much
Fantastic experience: Went to coronation street it was great had a lovely time
Thank you so much we really appreciate your review glad you had a great time :)
Fantastic experience: Booked a trip to Legoland, the girls were really helpful and accommodating
Thank you for your very kind review. Much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Fabulous service and very helpful staff
Thanks very much for your review Judie. We hope you have a great trip :-)
Fantastic experience: Been in today 1/8/23 and the service was as great as ever. Sue went above and beyond to get us the break we wanted. I will keep on recommending you to friends and family girls. You do a fantastic job
Ah thank you so much Angela it was a pleasure. Sue :)
Fantastic experience: Fabulous staff, nothing is too much trouble for them definitely recommend.
Thanks so much for your review Kelly - much appreciated
Fantastic experience: We had to alter our holiday arrangements .We found Tracy exceptionally helpful . She spent ages trying to get us the best deal, nothing was a trouble to her , she resolved our problem with a very satisfactory outcome . She deserves big “ Pat on the back” She is a big asset to Tates Travel . WELL DONE , Tracy & THANK YOU very much , Joan, Christine & Dave
Hi David, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this lovely review. We will pass on your comments to Tracy. Thanks again
Fantastic experience: Fab deals lowest prices lovely staff
TVA I you very much for taking the time to leave us a review
Fantastic experience: Good friendly staff
Thank you
Fantastic experience: I have just returned from the Coronation Weekend, well done Tate's,2 nights dinner bed and breakfast, transport into London, all for just £179. The ladies who take your booking are so nice to speak with helpful, nothing is too much trouble for them Lovely Hotel, cannot fault this holiday
Hi Jennifer, thank you so much for your kind review. We really appreciate it. We are so pleased you had a great time
Fantastic experience: Tracey from Sunderland absolutely lovely lady she helped in ever way she could booked all inclusive for next year magic rock hotel well recommend if you can try get TRACEY to deal with your trip xx
Thank you so much for your very kind review. We really appreciate it. Thank you for booking with us
Fantastic experience: This place is fantastic, from window displays, to awesome staff and access.
Hello Chris, we can not thank you enough for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. Thank you
Fantastic experience: The staff are super they go thee extra mile to get you what holiday you want highly recommend
Thanks Richard, we really appreciate your very kind words
Fantastic experience: Love going here and sitting next to the log fire. Dogs are welcome. Sunday lunch looked really nice, definitely be having a dinner next time. Owners are so friendly and welcoming. Great little gem! Look forward to the summer when they have live music on.
Many thanks for your reveiw. We look forward hearing form you again in the future :-)
Negative experience: Unfortunately when people book these cheap coach deals from park lane interchange, they use the Greggs and ram pack it early on a Saturday morning. Other customers cant get in
Hi Eddie, We’ve spent years building our business and employing local people. We are not near Greggs. We are around the corner. Have you not got the wrong business? Would you mind removing your review please? We would really appreciate it thank you
Positive experience: Lovely staff
Thank you so much Jackie. Much appreciated x
Fantastic experience: Booked our anniversary weekend away with Tates for next year. The lady on the phone was so lovely. I think her name was Thelma? Honestly so helpful and kind on the phone. We hope to make many more bookings in the future x
Hi Jodie, thank you very much for your very kind review. It’s much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Staff are excellent, always very helpful and go above and beyond
Thank you so much for your very kind review Kelly. It is much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Excellent value
Thank you so much Rebecca for your very kind review. Much appreciated
Fantastic experience: short notice sorted me a 3 day break lovely staff
Thank you so much Carol, much appreciated
Negative experience: Disappointed with the service. I had pre-registered for an overnight trip to Wembley that was £129. My card details were taken, and when they were taken I was told there would be a £16 single room supplement, which I was ok with. No money was taken from my account and no confirmation email was received by the Wednesday, so I tried to call them to query the booking. Called twice but didn't get through. I left my name and number on an answering machine for someone to call me back. No-one did. I messaged them on their Facebook messenger page, but still heard nothing. I finally got to speak to someone on the Thursday dinner time, to be told that someone had tried to call me a few times. They had managed to get hold of me when they took my payment details. I'd had no missed calls. I was then told that there would be a further £35 single supplement, which I couldn't afford. I said I was disappointed, as I had been quoted £145. I was told that they had the right to cancel it anyway! Needless to say I couldn't go on the trip and had to frantically try to make alternative arrangements. Really disappointed, and based on my own personal experience would not recommend Tate's Travel.
Hello Deborah, thank you for your review. We were advised by the operator that the single room supplement would be in region of £16, but after Sunderland qualified for Wembley the hotels put up their rates and the supplement was £35. Apologies we did try and get hold of you in the madness of the few days that followed the result. Our staff worked all hours to try and work through the volume of phone calls, messages and we had queues in our office. We apologise unreservedly but the hotel insisted on charging £35 for a single room when initially they said £16. Apologies again
Fantastic experience: Beautiful Tate's Travel
Thank you very much for your kind review
Fantastic experience: I cannot recommend Tates Travel more highly. I always book my coach holidays here. The staff are incredible and so helpful. First class service every time. Well done Lisa and Lee and all your staff who work so hard (especially when Sunderland are going to Wembley ). You go above and beyond. Thanks for helping me this week at short notice xx
Thank you so much Denise for booking with us and your very kind review. It is much appreciated
Negative experience: Never returned my call
Sorry Paul, Sunderland qualified to go to Wembley and it was unprecedentedly busy. Although our staff worked day and night for the whole week we apologise if we did not return your call. We always aim to give the highest level of service we can, but this particular week was busier than we have ever experienced. Many thanks
Fantastic experience: What a great service from Lisa today. I'd spotted a post on Facebook that looked great but was for the wrong dates and board basis. After discussing with Lisa she arranged the holiday to our specification within a couple hours ( they're closed on Sundays too) at a very competitive price. I hope the holiday is as good as the service from Tates.
Hi Veronica! Thank you so much for your very kind words. It is much appreciated Lisa
Fantastic experience: Love this place. Have frequently travelled for the last 8 yrs around England, Scotland and Wales. Visited Llandudno in September, back in February at the Chatsworth Hotel. We don't now go on the trips but travel on the bus, good tip take yr pass, you will receive £2 off fare.
Hi Janet, we hope you are well. Many thanks for your continued support and for your very kind review. It is much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Very helpful. Nothing is a trouble to them.
Thank you very much for your very kind review Pauline
Fantastic experience: I have booked numerous breaks with Tates Travel and everytime the staff have gone above and beyond to help me. They are so helpful, pleasant and professional. Thank you so much Tates. Tracey Wylde p. s. I'm away at the George 1V Hotel in Criccieth at the moment and it's been fabulous xx
Hi Tracey, thank you for supporting us and booking your holidays with us. It is much appreciated. Thank you for your kind review
Fantastic experience: Excellent Sue knows her job, books all Mams trips away.
Thank you so much Jeanette, I’ll let Sue know. This is much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Just quick and easy.
Thank you John! Much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Fantastic and helpful throughout would use again
Thanks Nathan, really appreciate this
Positive experience: Lovely staff very helpful.
Thank you so much Lynn
Negative experience: Could only get through to answer machine when really needed to talk to operator
We apologise that you could not get through to us Paul. We had an in store promotion and it was particularly busy. Apologies for this
Fantastic experience: Very helpful. Tracy booked our holiday there and then over the telephone. Now we looking forward to going away.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a lovely review. We hope yiu enjoy your holiday
Negative experience: Never got back to me at all left message to book a trip.booked at hays travel instead great.
Apologies we didn’t not get back to you Anne. We had an in store promotion and it was particularly busy. Apologies again
Fantastic experience: Lisa in park lane branch was very, very helpful in getting us (8) in party the holiday we wanted.
Thank yiu so much for leaving us this lovely review. We really appreciate it. Thank you!
Fantastic experience: So glade we chose Tates wonderfully helpful staff nothing is to much bother
Thank you so much Annette. Very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Fantastic service and willing to answer all questions and queries you have. I will 100% be recommending and using their service again
Thank you so much Louise. We really appreciate this
Fantastic experience: Excellent service x
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review
Fantastic experience: They question I asked was answered extremely quickly. Lovely family firm
Thank you so much Lesley, very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Great friendly staff. Very helpful. Nice to see them busy again.
Thank you so much, very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff great at sorting holidays out great travel company.
Thank you so much. Very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: Booked a short break to london for my friend and I the hotel tates recommended was amazing one of the best ones I've stayed in at london the staff are really helpful and pleasant ...have asked for other trips on messenger they always get back to you asap with the details and other recommendations if the price isn't suitable will be using them for all my city breaks in future.
Thank you so much for this lovely review, we really appreciate it
Fantastic experience: Great shop, excellent staff.
Thank you so much, really appreciate this
Fantastic experience: Really helpful staff.
Thank you so much, very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: First class company, unfortunately I've had to cancel this trip but I'll go some other time with them
Thank you so much for leaving such a lovely review, very much appreciated
Fantastic experience: First class service staff always friendly and helpful I have been using rates travel for almost 30 years I would highly recommend
Thank you Norma, we really appreciate this
Fantastic experience: We always book with Tates, all the staff are amazing making sure all our needs are met, you're treated not only as customers but friends,
Thank you so much Eileen, we really appreciate this
Fantastic experience: As a customer of Tates Travel for many years I would highly recommend them for all aspects of travel from day trips short stays city breaks to luxurious holidays. The staff and management always go above and beyond to accommodate any request with their friendly and helpful approach, always go the extra mile to accomplish and provide excellent customer satisfaction. Many thanks to all at Tates Travel who have helped myself and my family create many happy and priceless memories over the years Thank you Tates Travel for all your hard work it's very much appreciated Brenda and family xx
Thank you so much Brenda, we really appreciate this
Fantastic experience: First time I have booked with this company and have found all the staff super efficient, very professional and friendly. Would highly recommend. Sue in particular has been 5 * Thankyou x
Thank you so much, we really appreciate you writing us this review
Fantastic experience: always booked holidays and short breaks with tates travel very good prices and cheaper most times than jet2 and national holidays well recommend
Thank you so much John, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave us such a great review. Look forward to hearing from you
Fantastic experience: Just recieved full payment back for a trip we had planned 30 guests to Blackpool Although Alpha travel had to cancel trip due to covid Tates have dealt with with the refunds We look forward to being able to book further holiday,s with them Thanks Lee
Hello Florence, so sorry your trip was cancelled. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us this lovely review. We look forward to hearing from you in the future. Many thanks
Fantastic experience: Excellent service great response
Thank you Brian, we appreciate your comments regarding our service. We look forward to hearing from you soon
Fantastic experience: Very helpful. Very polite staff.
Thank you very much for your very kind review Brian, we really appreciate it
Fantastic experience: We booked with Tates travel. Great deal and prices. The service from Tracey was absolutely superb. She was so friendly and helpful. She could not have done more for us. Went through the booking step by step so we know it was all sorted. Best of all boarding passers printed off for your flights and checked in. This to a lot of people is a big help. Would definitely recommend you to book with them. Thank you Tracey for everything you did for us. Steven and Gillian Cave
Thank you so much Steven for leaving such a great review. We really appreciate it
Fantastic experience: Booked a couple times with Tate's Travel, the service you receive is always absolutely superb, just booked another trip and the lady who did my booking over the phone was so friendly and helpful, they can't do enough for you :) Their deals on facebook are always amazing and they are so responsive through facebook messages, always getting back to you quickly. Really make booking your hols/trips exciting and enjoyable, and go through everything step by step so you know it's all sorted. Top service!
Thank you so much, we really appreciate you taking the time to write this lovely review. Thank you!
Fantastic experience: Staff are very nice
Hi James. Thank you for sharing such a nice review. Our staff will be pleased to read your review as we put customer satisfaction as our top priority. Thanks for your kind words and we look forward to assisting you again soon.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful
Hi Claire. Thank you so much for your review. We will share this with our team as we put customer satisfaction as our top priority. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Fantastic experience: Just back from a short break in New York organised by Tates Travel. After the loss of three holidays due to the scandal of Thomas Cooks demise we went to our local independent travel agent. We will stay with them in the future ! The trip was fully organised by them and from leaving home to our return everything was first class. Flights were perfect, hotel was superb and our room was upgraded due to the help of Tates. Thanks to all the staff and a big thank you for your assistance in clearing up our problems with Thomas Cooks. We will be with you in the future. Peter and Valerie.
Thank you so much Peter for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. We really appreciate it. We are so pleased you enjoyed New York
Fantastic experience: Got a christmas voucher girls and service is great !!
Thank you so much Liam for leaving such a lovely review. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Great place
Hi Babs; thank you for taking the time to leave such a positive review. We really appreciate it
Fantastic experience: Great servic
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to leave a review. We really appreciate it. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Very friendly and helpful
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it.
Positive experience: Nice place for holiday's
Many thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it
Positive experience: Great friendly staff
Thank you Gary. We really appreciate your review
Fantastic experience: Always book holiday at Tate's excellent
Hi Lorraine, many thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it. Thank you for booking with us
Negative experience: Misinformed on our booking,staff not helpful,will not use again Rip off merchants!
We apologise for the delay in responding to your review and are sorry you feel we did not offer you a high level of service we strive to deliver. Could I please ask you to call our office and leave us some feedback? Thank you
Fantastic experience: Been on quite a few weeks and weekends away on national holidays booking through tates excellent value for money and customer service is Spot on highly recommend it
Thank you Keith. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Thank you for booking with us
Fantastic experience: Went to wembley on the outer london trip stayed at bath road heathrow hotel was lovely everything went great.our driver Alan was brilliant even if he is black and white would definitely recommend and do it again
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it.
Fantastic experience: Great knowledge and service
Thanks Elaine. We really appreciate your review
Negative experience: Went with tates travel on the way to Wembley and back, on the way back the toilet was out of order and they refused to go to a service station for the whole of our 8 hour bus journey. Poor quality service and overall bad experience.
We apologise on behalf of the coach company who ran this coach to Wembley. Thank you for your feedback
Positive experience: Tates is a local Travel Agent in Park Lane which is also agents for National Travel. They are easy to deal with well staffed and knowledgeable about the holidays offered by National Coach Travel and can make bookings on your behalf as well as dealing with other holidays
Thank you so much for your kind review. We really appreciate it
Positive experience: Just booked a national holiday here staff friendly and helpful nothing to much trouble looking forward will use again
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it
Negative experience: Booked to go to Amsterdam on the 2.3.18 due to bad weather I really didn't won't to go so called in to tates to see if I could change the date there was no problem changing the date but the girl who I spoke to wasn't very helpful so I decided to keep the date and go, when we checked in the girl asked if we had a dog because Tates travel had booked us in to a pet friendly cabin we were not happy at all I've got nothing against pets I don't have any pets and didn't want to go in a pet freindly cabin , our weekend turned out to be awful the ship was 4hrs delayed so no one could go into Amsterdam we ended up at a place called Hearlem nice place but we didn't enjoy so total weekend was total washout.
Thank you for the review and apologies for the delay in responding. We welcome all feedback and would appreciate it if you could call our office as we would like to investigate what happened on this occasion. Apologies we did not deliver the high level of service we strive to achieve. Thank you
Positive experience: Very good service excellent always see Sue she helps us . but I think all the girls try there best
Thank you so much for this lovely feedback. We really appreciate it
Fantastic experience: Such a friendly and personal team
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave such positive feedback. We really appreciate it
Positive experience: Very helpful staff
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate it
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