Great timing... Writing this from one of the airport lounges in Chennai, while heading home.

Overall my verdict for the Holiday Village is that I'm likely to return. I will call out that a lot of it depends on the month you go there. Here's my personal opinion as a single guy traveling alone (trying to get a few days of R&R before an Indian wedding).

Pros:
- Really good location to visit calangute or panaji
- Great variety and quality of internal restaurants (I tried the standard one, the Goan cuisine one and the Italian food... The Italian really blew me away- as far as variety you also get a free transfer to the fort aguada resort for more restaurant options)
- swim up bar in the pool (great way to spend the day)
- Bunch of included daily activities (which I didn't get to participate)
- Beach shacks close by to the hotel exit with some pretty good cheap food and very cheap kingfisher beer.

Cons:
- Very family oriented, meaning there were more kids running around than I would have preferred.
- Travel desk was not helpful for anything other than coordinating the availability of an English speaking driver (talked to the GM about this and he mentioned he was working on improving this to include tour recommendations, etc. )
- not sure how easy it is to get an external taxi close to the hotel. When I asked the staff they recommended renting a scooter, which after observing the terrible driving in Goa I didn't want to even try.
- Shared cottages can be a bit loud depending on your neighbors. I didn't make a bit fuss about it, but my last night one of the cabins close by had loud music and people laughing loudly that could be heard into my room until almost 2 am.

Overall, I was too tired to go into town most of the evenings thanks to days spent walking and drinking in the sun, and the local elections closing all bars by 11 pm. But I really enjoyed my time at the Taj Holiday Village

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Mike