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- 21.02.2016 07:58Terry & Jo
Having decided to take a holiday in the Seychelles and booked our flights, as we are not great fans of large resorts and fancied "island hopping", we searched the internet for ideas and quickly came across Seyvillas.
We found the booking process very user friendly and comprehensive as we were able to select our individual accommodation after checking independent reviews. We were then able to leave it to Seyvillas to fill in the gaps and arrange all the transfers etc.
The holiday itself went like a dream due to the great service provided by Seyvillas and their local service agent Creole Travel who reliably carried out all the transfers and provided local knowledge.
All our accommodation was great value for money, comfortable, clean and above all friendly and helpful.
Special mention must go to Brigitte and the fantastic Le Surmer beach villas on beautiful La Digue, and Cecile at the quaint Beach House at Beau Vallon, Mahe, who treated us to a special multi national meal!
Well done Seyvillas, you deserve your 5 stars.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 11.02.2016 12:24Sue W.
Hi,
My computer and ipad will not allow me into the link you sent me!
Anyway - we were delighted with the smooth and efficient way that everything worked in Sechelles! Obviously - very geared up to tourism!
Our favourite island was la Digue! Loved the bicycling and the lack of traffic!!!
Hotel choices were very good! Especially Dhevarthara in Praslin- expensive, but excellent - very helpful staff!
Ie Relax in Mahe was ok for one night- not somewhere I would stay for longer! The last place we stayed in for 2 nights - Villa amarilla - I think it was called- potentially good- but very noisy- and the receptionist was not very helpful or friendly! A pity, because it's quite a nice place!
Anyway everything worked like clockwork!
Thank you for helping to make our stay memorable!
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- 31.01.2016 15:55Floyd Crasto
A very well planned and organised holiday. Pension Michael was a great place and great food in La Digue. In Mahe Romance bungalow is a great location and the people were very nice and friendly great place to stay and travelling around. Thanks for a great holiday.
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- 31.01.2016 14:58Louis
We first bought tickets to the Seychelles, without accommodation.
Searching the internet for the isle's and accomodation, brought us to Seyvillas.
I looked for the accommodation on Mahé, Pralin and La Digue, and Seychelles took care of the transport from the airport, between hotel, villa's, isle's and everything else.
We didn't had the stress of finding a cab, bus, or boat.Just relax, the Seychelles way of live.
On Mahé we stayed in Resort "Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay". That was okee, but could be better. Breakfast was great, but service was poor.
Aircon didn't work when we arrived. Cold water tab didn't do anything and no towels. For the towels we had to ask several times.
On Praslin we had a excellent Villa, at Ocean Villa.
A complete house (Villa Eve), and that was perfect. Direct on the beach, but no swimming pool and that's why it is low budget. But who cares. The ocean is 30 meters away.
Dorothy (the owner), and Sally, the ladies who take care of almost everything we needed, where the best we good get. We had a great time.
Especially for us they arranged a "workshop" on coconuts. How you could use them, what stages you can drink or eat them, and so on. Sweet.
On La Digue we stayed at "Kot Babi". Also real good accommodation, inclusive breakfast, we didn't ordered.
Normally breakfast is €10,- per person. That's to much, for just coffee/thee, jus and toast with jam. For free, the breakfast was fine :-).
The house had three air-conned bedrooms. All with their own bathroom.
La Digue is only 3x5 km and you could see everything by bike.
Patsy, the lady from Creole Travel, called for them and all 4 bikes were brought to the accommodation.
The bikes were in a bad state, and that's the only thing to complain about, what was arranged by Creole Travel/Seyvillas.
A next time, we will certainly use Seyvillas again.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 19.01.2016 10:20Milan Richtr
Great creole style villa in forest. You can feel the nature everywhere. Lizards and birds are everywhere. The location is fantastic. Quite place, no people. Everything is available on bike. Harbor is 15 min biking, 30 min walking. You can take a taxi for 250 rup. Recommended for right romantic holidays. Negative is the not everyday cleaning only twice a week. Huge quantity of mosquitos, logical you are part of forest. Upstairs missing mosquitos net.
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- 11.01.2016 08:13conrad burmeister
from the moment we booked our accommodation and flight through Seyvillas did we receive very friendly email communication and help and professionalism that was outstanding. since this was the first time we used Seyvillas to book a package were we a bit apprehensive, but this was allayed by quick, friendly and very helpful service and advise.
They ensured that we started our journey to the Seychelles with no worries and only excitement. On arrival we eased into the moment with a friendly and professional welcome by Creole for our transfer who were very efficient and helpful adjusting our time to Cerf island to suite us better.
On Cerf we felt like it was paradise come true and was our accommodation without fault with welcoming drinks, a little 'started' pack that covered much needed basic groceries and the villa decorated with Hibiscus flowers. it was clean, modern, tastefully decorated, well looked after and serviced daily. The welcome from Rita was warm and friendly and eager to assist with any questions. The island was a dream come true and did it not take us long to adjust to the slow pace of peace, quiet and tranquillity. we enjoyed activities through the L'Habitation hotel, kayaking and snorkelling with an instructor who initially showed us the best route. The hotel staff were also helpful with friendly advise and did we enjoy supper and lunch there when we did not feel like cooking. The latter we enjoyed to do at our own time and pace which suited us perfectly. we explored the island as much as time allowed us and left enough to discover more for our next visit.
We cannot wait to go back to see the friendly locals, fellow South Africans living there and our little sanctuary brought to us by the most fantastic Team of Seyvillas. Thank you for looking after us!!!! we could not ask for more. We are already planning to go back as soon as we have time in this year.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 10.01.2016 10:09Jacek
Accomadiotn and service is very good
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- 16.12.2015 14:29jayantilal parmar
Hotel Berjaya beau valon is very good , very close to the beautyfull sandy beach
service is good clean resort we enjoyed it, will recommend to friends to book with Seyvillas.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 15.11.2015 20:33Karel Soukup
I am sorry to write the reviews so late. We were in Seychelles in October and were very happy. Accomodation was as good as we excepected. Only the weather wasnt so good, lot of raing but we cant blame the accomodation for that.
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- 29.10.2015 13:03Angela and Howard
We enjoyed everything about Villa Caballero even though we did not have the perfect holiday weather conditions. Basil and Vivian and perfect hosts and their family and staff are all a delight. The s/c unit is beautifully designed and decorated - so spacious and bright and the pool and gardens are a perfect location to hang out. Breakfasts were varied and tasty. Thank you all so much again!
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- 01.10.2015 04:12Alyssa
Services provided by Seyvillas was standard, nothing exceptional. Emails back and forth were laborious and a different person responded each time. I had to repeatedly refer to another conversation with a different Seyvillas representative. I did all the research on discounts myself and then forwarded them the special promotions to be applied to our quote. I emailed them the flights I wanted when I found more affordable options myself. The ONLY reason I booked through Seyvillas was to have the travel insurance in case we needed to cancel.. Our stay in Seychelles was wonderful, however I feel that was due to my own research on tripadvisor and countless other sites. We highly recommend both the Kempinski on Mahe and Côte d'Or Footprints on Praslin. The Kempinski was truly a 5-star experience and the property manager at Côte d'Or Footprints was extremely helpful our entire stay. The chalets at Footprints are newly built, clean, private and in an ideal location on Cote d'Or Beach near all the best restaurants on Praslin. We rented a car separately and this was an excellent choice as we were able to explore both islands at our leisure! Seychelles has some of the most beautiful beaches you will ever see. We traveled from the USA and it was worth every penny! A trip we will never forget!
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- 30.09.2015 18:21Jocelyn Urkow
Unfortunately Seyvillas fell short of our expectations. Although the booking process was more complex than we had hoped, it was not a deterrent to book with Seyvillas as the prices seemed very reasonable. Our arrival to the Seychelles was delayed because of mechanical problems with our plane that caused us to arrive a day late. Seyvillas in no way even tried to compensate us for this day we did not spend in the hotel. That was not unreasonable and we were still happy with the gorgeous beaches and hills of the Seychelles. Upon returning home we noticed that we had been charged TWICE for our vacation. When we asked Seyvillas to look into this, we wrote three e-mails before they responded by saying that their accounts department had only received one payment. We contacted the credit card company who confirmed they had received both payments. Seyvillas has offered no explanation of this or returned our e-mails, so the credit card company is lodging a formal inquiry.
So we are left with a bad taste in our mouth after paying for 14 days of holiday and only getting 6.
Hopefully this can be resolved.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 31.08.2015 11:59Alberto
We stayed at Constance on Mahè Island. The room (senior suite) was perfect and the whole resort is really a fantastic place to be. It is really a big resort but very well managed.
The Seyvillas team provided a great service to support our booking procedures.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 30.08.2015 07:37Lauren Hill
Thank you Seyvillas for taking the guesswork out of booking comfortable, clean and stunning accommodation for our Seychelles holiday. Francesca and the Seyvillas team were prompt, professional and exceedingly helpful, keeping up with even our most specific requests. Thank you Seyvillas -- we're so glad we didn't have to book without you!
In gratitude,
Lauren, Ming and the Chasing the Sun teamHoliday on the Seychelles
- 17.08.2015 14:49Joan
We stayed at 'Villa Verte' on La Digue.
The accommodation was great...everything it claimed to be and more.
We had everything we needed and the house manager Pierre was friendly, helpful and professional.
We loved the position of the house, being in a quieter part of the island but still with easy access to everything and right on the sea.
Seyvillas handled our booking efficiently and professionally.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 16.08.2015 14:03Irene
Estuvimos en Praslin, La Digue y Mahé todo organizado por Seyvillas incluidos traslados y vuelos y todo perfecto. El equipo de Creole (compañía que se encarga de recogerte y llevarte en todos los traslados) siempre era puntual o te estaba esperando.
Visitar Seychelles es una experiencia única e inolvidable que recomiendo a todo el mundo!!Holiday on the Seychelles
- 02.08.2015 11:53Brigitte Chemla
We were on Sea Star, the boat was nice but the accommodation was a catastrophe!Dirty beddings with a so thin "mattress: that we could actually not call that a mattress, we even had bugs in our beds. The food was very cheap despite the enormous effort of the chef. The crew was nice but our Kid was bored as this is not a kid friendly cruise at all.
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- 21.07.2015 16:25Aurelian
We had a wonderful experience with Seyvillas. They answered very quickly to all requests. They were very helpful in choosing our accommodation and they had very good prices.
I strongly recommend them to anybody looking for a holiday in Seychelles.
Thank you!Holiday on the Seychelles
- 19.07.2015 10:15Claudia Risner
The guesthouse in Praslin was very nice. On the negative side we stayed there in July which turns out to be the monsoon weather and we could not use the beach because of very heavy sea grass. Paying to stay in a guest house situated on the beach but not being able to walk or swim there was quite disappointing. I would only recommend staying in this beach house on Grand Beach if you know the weather is clear. It was not walking distance to any restaurants, stores, or activities so a rental car is required or you rely on the public bus. We took the bus but the service stops at 6pm and getting taxis was not as easy as one would anticipate. On the positive side, the facility and service was very nice. The owners are sweet, quite friendly and helpful and were a joy to meet. In the right season this is a nice rustic get-away for a couple of days.
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- 22.06.2015 01:59juan
maravillosas vacaciones en Seychelles, muy buena atencion en el alojamiento.
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- 12.06.2015 19:39drake
Seyvillas as a company have it pretty easy. They get back to you when you ask them question with basic answers and are generally adequate.
We stayed on two island in the seychelles mahe and cerf. Valmer resort on mahe was very beautiful and a perfect hotel, we literally couldn't have asked for more. The beach was very close and the views were stunning, the staff were friendly and the hotel was immaculate. We loved the pool and even he buffet breakfast and dinner could not be faulted with a variety of food every evening!
Mahe is also a very beautiful Island which we enjoyed exploring. We would definitely recommend hiring a car, we did for 3 days and were able to do the whole island easily in that time. We found locals extremely friendly and willing to help you out.
Cerf Island, I feel we were a bit misled.... I imagined a beautifully remote Island with lush rain forests in which you could explore by using the two criss crossing paths and surrounded by beaches in which you could circle the Island by using. Similar to the description.
This however is not the case. The path is pretty much non existent and we had to climb over a building site avoiding falling down a crater to get to it. If you don't like spiders this path is not for you. The hang from the trees!
We were particularly unlucky in he fact the entire beach (all 1/2 meter of it- yes it's generally not big enough to lay your towel down) was covered in thick black seaweed! This obviously smelt very bad and attracted a lot of flies. We stayed at l'habitation which definitely looks better in the pictures than in real life and if I ever went to cerf again would stay at cerf hotel although a return trip is not likely.
Creole are a fantastic company and very helpful!!Holiday on the Seychelles
- 11.06.2015 12:33R Groen
Our holiday was perfect. Especially the service of Creole was very good.
There was a little problem with the departure time from La Digue because we left on a Sunday, but this was solved by Creole (as expected, based on their performance up till that moment).
And what a friendly and charming people ! (Not only Creole, but ALL people).
Everyone seems to realise that tourism is very important for the Seychelles.
Many countries (including the Netherlands) may take this as an example.
We will certainly recommend the Seychelles as a holiday destination, and Seyvillas as touroperator.Holiday on the Seychelles
- 03.06.2015 19:35Imi and Reni
Wonderful seychelles.
Friendly people.
The organization was perfect.
Thank you SEYVILLAS !!!Holiday on the Seychelles
- 02.06.2015 13:54Joost, Khongorzul and Emily
Background details:
2 adults (Dutch & Mongolian nationals, living in Australia) with a 5 months old baby. Traveled, in this order: 4 days Mahé, 5 days Praslin, 4 days La Digue.
Seyvillas service:
2 star. Email communication is through canned, standard emails, very few to no personal contact. Answers to questions are short, and only to the questions asked. A reply to suggestions for sightseeing or other accommodation options was ignored. Automatic payment reminder emails even continue after payment was already made. The times on the schedule are not always correct. Checkout times of the guesthouses are not mentioned, but have to be honored (so we were surprised to be 'kicked out' of our last guesthouse at 10:30 AM, even though our schedule showed that we would be picked up at 16:30).
Creole Travel Service (Seychelles):
3 star. Very useful to have all the transfers, especially with a baby and a lot of luggage. Very helpful people when we transfer. However, the 'dedicated assistant' doesn't really work. In Mahé, the assistant (Gary) simply did not show up. In Praslin (Barbara) sounds like a tape recorder and even a personal question is answered without showing interest. The lady in La Digue was more personal, but they are only there to simply tell you the time of departure. Which is, by the way, almost always different from the time that is mentioned in the schedule. Vouchers are only sometimes necessary, most guesthouses and transfers simply trust you because your name is on the list. Tour suggestions are simply delivered on paper, and no personal suggestions are offered.
Mahé (Evergreen Apartments):
4 star. The driver could not find it, it seems to be relatively unknown or new to the Creole company. Self-catering apartment with living room (with tv), bedroom and shower area. Wonderful garden and very helpful owner. Internet not available in rooms, but at a central outdoor location.
Praslin (Omusée Guesthouse):
2 star. Quite small room compared to our other stays. Broken tap, which the owner mentioned he would get a plumber for, but it was never fixed. Garden (mentioned in Seyvillas description) doesn't really exist. Museum (mentioned in Seyvillas description) is simply a collection of ancient photos now, most items listed on the sign have disappeared. Very few maintenance in either the garden or rooms. Plenty of mosquitoes here too, and some leftover foods (and occasionally garbage) is thrown into the plants in front of the rooms. Seyvillas description says internet available, which is not true (only at the owner's house, and must be paid for). Not worthy of the Seyvillas quality (especially if you see what similar prices can get you in Mahé and La Digue).
La Digue (Etoile Labrine):
4 star. Perfect service, and owners always try to do their best for the guests. Recently built a new restaurant area, in which top breakfast is served. Again a very beautiful garden. We were surprised to every day have a differently decorated made-up room with a large amount of flowers, which made everything much more special!
Summary:
3 star total. No real additional benefits from Seyvillas. It's easy to organise a trip like this yourself. Local tours are way cheaper and do not need to be organised through Seyvillas, as each guesthouse can arrange its own tours. The Praslin and La Digue guesthouses did not have a tv, which eventually can be boring (especially because we were mostly at the guesthouse due to our baby).
Remember, the country itself and beaches are however very beautiful - this review is not for the country, but for the services offered and locations stayed at!Holiday on the Seychelles
- 02.06.2015 13:51Pedro Ribeiro
My wife Anna and I chose Seyvillas for our honeymoon in the Seychelles islands.
We booked the flights directly with Emirates but we would like to have a package with hotels and transfers.
Travelling is our hobby and normally we like to book everything ourselves.
However, for our honeymoon we wanted to be more relaxed and have already everything arranged beforehand.
Seyvillas offering was excellent and the customer support very efficient.
At the end when we arrived in Mahe (and then Praslin and La Digue) we weren't disappointed.
The local travel agents (Creole) that works with Seyvillas were welcoming us and everything was superbly arranged.
All the B&Bs and hotels we stayed at were wonderful and we had a great time.
We will for sure use Seyvillas again when we return to the wonderful Seychelles islands.
A special thanks to Linda that was always very helpful!
Cheers,
Anna & Pedro
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