For letting you know about the building work so near to your departure date.

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Also if you are concerned give Ros Fernihough a ring on 01922 621114 tomorrow. Ros is a travel law solicitor who regularly assists our members.

Hi Glynis

thanks for your reply, I have emailed the hotel chain for advice and have got my travel agent to do the same, I have tried to contact the travel company PANORAMA, which I believe is a sub-sidury of Airtours, but as with these companies, when you phone them, you follow the auto-mated prompts and yes you've guessed it, when you reach the last port of call, you get " all our operators are very busy please ring back later " and then cuts you off. VERY CONVENIENT !!!!!!. I have rung the number you gave me but thet are not in until tomorrow ( Tues ) so I will try again then. I will add more when I receive more info.

Wayne

i have tried several times today to get through to tour operator and cant , i am getting concerned as to wether i will even end up at makadi palace or get switched to somewhere else . i'll keep you posted.

Hi Everyone

My wife and I have just returned from the Makadi Palace, well here goes. Yes, there is extensive building work going on next to the hotel, from our room we could see the new building, but in all honesty it was OK as the outer shell is finished and has been rendered, it just needed painting and windows putting in. There were some rooms in the Makadi that were a lot nearer to the work so there opinion may/would be different. On the walk to the beach you pass the work which is on your righthand side, here you can hear the noise of small generators operating the small jibs that take cement , materials etc to higher levels, this is were one of the snack bars is, so this is not brilliant. But if you turn left on the beach you can get away from the noise, this is probably the best anyway as the beach is served for drinks from the Grand Makadi ( sister hotel ) and there is a snack bar there to use also. If you turn right at the beach heading towards Makadi centre, you will walk past extensive buiding work, so just keep looking out towards the bay.

Points to watch for, as this is not strictly an all inclusive !!!!!!!!

They try to offer you fresh orange juice at breakfast, but it is not free - LE 2.00, but some only tell you after you have had it.
In the joker bar we got offered a bottle of sparkling wine then told it was LE230, so he was told were to put his wine !!!
In the A la carte restaurants there is a bottle of wine on your table, but be warned it's not free so don't ask them to open it. You can have a glass of but it is hit and miss as I have had a better glass of vinegar.
What is annoying, is the wine you have to pay for is Egyptian wine, why this is not free they tell me, is that it is better quality......... good wine should be available free within the all inclusive.
We like an early breakfast ( around 07:00 ) so around 10:30 / 11:00 we like a snack on the beach, but they don't serve food until 12:00 noon, also you can't get a drink on the beach before 10:00 but they will offer you a payable orange juice.
The animataion show is dire but this seems to be the norm with hotels in Egypt, but it some where to have a drink if you like it a bit lively and want a dance, if you want it a bit more chilled , go to the piano bar for a drink.

The hotel itself is very nice and the staff, lots of them are always cleaning everywhere , the rooms are very nice and clean and couldn't ask for more, the bed and pillows are the best we have ever had, we would have liked to have took them home. The points above are not meant to put you off but to use merely as a guide so you are aware, after a stay at the Makadi Palace I certainly wouldn't tell anyone not to go there as we did have a good break.

Wayne