Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels review

Rooms and excursions only. The product list is hotels and tours, so a stay and the tours attached to it can be arranged in one place. Anything else on the trip, such as the flight, lives on a different site.

Cancellation terms are free cancellation up to 8 days before arrival, which is generous for a resort booking but stops well before arrival day. If your plans move inside that window the booking is no longer free to cancel, so it pays to check dates before you pay.

It was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Mauritius, so it is a long-established operator rather than a recent marketplace entry. Its own reservations system is run by New Mauritius Hotels Ltd, the name that appears in the booking terms.

Support runs on phone and email, so a call or an email reaches the company directly. There is no live chat or community forum listed, which matters if a problem with a room or a tour needs sorting while you are abroad.

No. The product list is hotels and tours and nothing else, so air travel, transfers and rail are arranged elsewhere. That covers the transport side Beachcomber leaves out, and travellers who want it in one checkout should look at flights, rail and bus instead.

WayAway is broader. Its list is flights, rail and bus, covering flights, rail, buses, car hire, transfers, packages and stays. Beachcomber stays with hotels and tours, which suits a single resort rather than a route across several countries.

It suits travellers whose trip is a stay at one resort plus a few tours, rather than a multi-country plan. The hotels and tours focus and free cancellation up to 8 days before arrival keep the booking low risk when dates shift, provided you act before that deadline.

Not here. 12Go sells flights, rail and bus, centred on ferries, transfers and rail passes, while Beachcomber covers hotels and tours. If your route is an island hop rather than a resort stay, the two lists barely overlap.