Virgin Holidays' first award was in 1995, where we won the Which? Magazine award for Best Long Haul Tour Operator to the USA. Since then we have continued to win awards for our Tourism Development, Specialist Operations and Innovation. But take a look below at our more recent awards:
We are proud as punch. Our team attended the glitzy British Travel Awards 2019, where we collected not one, not two but four gold awards. These awards are testament to our teams who work tirelessly to source the best product offering for our customers, and their efforts were noted on our USA, Caribbean, Middle East and Nature/Wildlife products.
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST HOLIDAY COMPANY
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST FOR DESTINATION
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST TRAVEL AND TOUR OPERATOR
The British Travel Awards are easily the most recognisable of all travel industry accolades amongst consumer and industry professionals alike, so we thank you so much for these incredible awards.
We’re over the moon to have recently brought home the following awards from the British Travel Awards 2018:
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST HOLIDAY TYPE
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST FOR DESTINATION
VIRGIN HOLIDAYS: BEST TRAVEL AND TOUR OPERATOR
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for us this year. It means so much, and we’re always trying to provide you with the best holidays and best memories in the world. Here’s to the year ahead!
On 29th November 2017, we were delighted to scoop up several awards in the 2017 British Travel Awards. Voted for by the public, the BTAs are a great benchmark for holiday standards and excellence, and we’re honoured that we’ve won in the following categories. We couldn’t have done it without you:
Thank you for voting for us.
Virgin Holidays is proud to have won in the following categories in the 2016 British Travel Awards:
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We are continually reviewing our flying schedules, taking into account the  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advice against all non-essential travel. Depending on when you are due to travel, your holiday may be affected and we’ll email you to let you know as least 21 days before travel.
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Over the past few weeks, we have repatriated our customers from overseas who wanted to come home. 
Please visit this page to keep up to date with the Government’s travel advice on returning to the UK, and to register for email alerts.
With many customers needing our help, we are prioritising those customers due to travel before 31 December 2020. Log in to Manage my booking where you can message us about your options or you can give us a call. Bear in mind you may have to wait longer than expected. We continue to review this and working to open up these options to more customers. In the meantime check out our FAQs to see if this can help answer any immediate questions.
Rest assured; we will notify you as soon as we know if your holiday has been affected by email.
We are continually reviewing our flying schedules, taking into account the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advice against all non-essential travel. Depending on when you are due to travel, your holiday may be affected and we’ll email you to let you know as least 21 days before travel.
If you need to speak to us to change or cancel your booking you can call our team on 0344 472 9646 or chat to us on SMS/Whatspp via Manage my booking.
For the latest information on Covid-19 you can check our FAQs here.​
Don’t worry if you’ve missed a payment or just need a little more time to pay; we have options available to help you. If your holiday is going ahead as planned, you can continue to pay for your holiday in Manage my booking, even if travelling in less than 12 weeks. If you’re unsure, you can delay any additional payments by choosing a new time to travel by requesting a call back in Manage My booking for one of our team to look at options. If your holiday is more than 6 months away, you may wish to set up a Direct Debit to spread the cost. This can be arranged whilst rebooking or afterwards in Manage my booking.
We understand that you may wish to change your holiday plans and we appreciate the need for flexibility.
We'll be in touch by email letting you know how to register to change your holiday plans. You can also log into Manage my booking to find the details there.
Please look out for emails from us or visit our dedicated Covid-19 (Coronavirus) page for the latest updates.
If we haven’t notified you of any changes, your holiday will be going ahead as planned but if you prefer to move your holiday to a later time we can help. You can call our team on 0344 472 9499 who can look at options for you.
Payments are being prioritised based on when the request was made, working in order from March 2020 onwards. We will always try to process refunds at the earliest opportunity, for requests before August our maximum timeframe is 120 days. As we are steadily reducing the maximum processing time for each new request, for refund requests made in August, we expect the maximum processing time to be 80 days, from the date the refund is requested. For those requesting a refund in September, we expect it to be processed within a maximum of 60 days, and then reduce to 30 days for refunds requested in October, before returning to normal levels.
To finalise the amendment, one of our customer advisors will phone you. We need to work through amend requests in departure date order so we can prioritise those with the most imminent travel plans, so you may have a longer wait than usual until we’re able to ring you back. We will help everyone that wants to move their holiday.
You can contact our team by emailing feedback.backhome@virginholidays.com to discuss options on unused portions of your holiday. If you need to contact our team about amending an existing holiday or requesting a refund please log in to manage my booking.
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