Aer Lingus Vacation StoreReviews of aerlingusvacationstore.com

I totally regret booking my Scotland/ Ireland vacation through Aer Lingus Vacation Store. The locations in Scotland required extra payments and were located well outside popular cities/ location areas. I would rather have paid a little extra to stay in the city/ location I wanted than to use these vouchers. The B&B's available through ALVS in Ireland were extremely limited. Again, not in Galway, Dingle etc, but outside, requiring further driving. I extended my trip by 2 days and was told by the travel agent I could call the Fitzgerald Castle Hotel (ALVS books you into this hotel the last 2 nights of your stay but I extended by 2 nights) and move those nights. I called and was told only the travel agency could do that. I called ALVS back and the next agent said those dates can't be rearranged. I couldn't change my travel plans so I had to pay out of pocket to stay elsewhere. You will do better booking on your own through Booking.com than use ALVS.

Aer Lingus went above and beyond for our vacation. We took advantage of a fly/drive offer through Groupon. We were traveling as two couples. Aer Lingus vacations helped us get a single car (to fit all of us) and to help us get seats assigned when there were problems. All was done most cheerfully.

We booked a 1 week self drive B&B vaca through Aer Lingus and loved it. Every thing went smoothly and we truly enjoyed ourselves. Highly recommend!

Airline was reasonably timely. Crew helpful but not terribly friendly. Food adequate. But the real annoyance was the touch screen video on the back of each seat. One of the options is game playing. The people behind us played games all the way. Which means they were punching the touch screen the whole trip. VERY ANNOYING. Aer Lingus is much more a cattle carrier than it was 40 years ago. Price was excellent and we had a good time once we got to Ireland. Clearing security and customs was very pleasant. Self drive car was OK. The beer and the whiskey made up for a lot.

Boarding was a circus. You should consider boarding rear of the aircraft first (for coach). Food was marginal at best (we didn't eat the wraps for breakfast and snack on return flight...not appetizing at all.

Good trip, glad we upgraded our seats and pre-ordered food. Next time I would opt for upgraded hotels too. Not bad, but with a quick trip, (3 cities in 8 days) better hotels would be advised.

Everything went smoothly and all documents were promptly delivered

Just so, so. New aircraft have less legroom; jet blue has a lot more leg room and it is a discount airline. Ran out of chicken on flight home so no choice. If one did not eat red meat, they would not eat. Also food had to many noodles; the main meal - noodles with beef, the salad - a noodle salad (way to many carbs for some).