I have just received an e-mail from European Vacations saying its a free holiday. Has anyone heard of them?

There is always a catch with these things and also when you google something like this, remember than companies like this also do the same and try to fill the review sites with positive reviews (their employees acting as customers Anyway, reading a couple of sites, then the catch with this one is that it is indeed a free holiday but..... (yes there is a but) there will be a lot of additional charges "We asked how holidays could be sold for £20. Because of the extras you have to pay, came the answer. There are seasonal supplements, you pay for your own food and drink, and not all excursions are included." http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2008/11/the-catch-in-the-20-break-from.html .... or if you read down in the same page then there are claims that you send the money off and never hear from them again. There are a lot of postive and negative postings on this site but the one that took my attention was "by pfm on Sat Apr 12, 2008 09:10 am " http://forum.holidaywatchdog.com/Timeshare-&-Holiday-Clubs-European-Vacations-and-Universal-Holidays-Thread-3611-Page-2.html and actually totalling up the charges, it would have been cheaper to have booked another holiday with services included. So if you are going to take the risk then find out the costs in advance of booking and pay any costs by credit card so at least you can claim it back with the credit card company.

If they are asking you to send them money, the best you can do is report the sender to your mail provider and add the address to your blocked list.

It sounds like a come on for personal information. I wouldn't believe it, and would delete the email.

Yes, I've heard of them as I also received an e-mail offering me a luxury 7 day, 6 night holiday in Turkey. According to European Vacations it was a joint venture between them and the Turkish Tourist Industry to promote the country. Flights and hotel accommodation was offered in 2 x 5* hotels (3 nights in each) with two excursions included. The holiday was described as a "familiarisation holiday" on which "our friendly representatives would be present throughout your stay". I paid no more attention to it and regarded it as a time share type promotion. I suggest you do the same. As mentioned by "Magidge" I too am fed up with Emma, Kayleigh, Mollie etc. plugging "Vacances Travel" on travel sites. Yahoo need to get rid of this nuisance.

There is no such thing as for free. It's not the way the world goes around. Anything you get in an e-mail offering you money, or you won the lottery or something else, is complete BS.