Free hotel rooms as an xmas gift

bobwanderer

I just got a message from https://www.freestayuk.com offering gift memberships for £12.95 with promo code 'XMAS2'

I paid much more than this for mine! But might get one for the inlaws though.

bexxxxyboo

How exactly does this work?
Have you used it before?
How much have you had to spend on dining and breakfast?
Do you have to book far in advance?

System

The only condition is that you purchase your evening meal and breakfast in the hotel for each day of your break. Every one of our hotels is specially chosen for their high quality dining facilities and incredible customer service and we can assure you that spending just a single evening in any of our hotels saves you considerably more than the cost of a year's full membership.

pretzelnut

Its £19.95 not £12.95

cte1111

Are you able to use this at any time of year or are you restricted to certain dates? I was just wondering if it is worth buying if we mainly only go away during school holidays. Thanks for the information.

peter-d-w

Is there any where on the site to check the 'price for dinner and breakfast figure'? Or does this only appear once you log in as a member?

lisyloo

There isn't a single price for dinner and breakfast.
It's per hotel, so yes, you can find out before you book.

I've done offers like this before and the prices are normal hotel prices.
If you want to have something extra (like something from the a la carte menu) then you can pay extra, but you have to pay the minimum.

It works for them because most people will buy wine and alchoholic drinks where they make a profit.

Siemo

There was a similar deal on this board a few weeks ago for £4.99

here:
http://www.hoteldiscountclub.co.uk/index.php

Didn't sign up as I'm not sure how cheap it would be once you've paid for dinner and breakfast

jamesbernard

They seem to be the same hotels but more on the freestay one.

lisyloo

Didn't sign up as I'm not sure how cheap it would be once you've paid for dinner and breakfast

Not clear on what you mean here.

Once you've paid for dinner and breakfast, you don't have to pay for anything else except drinks (tea/coffee and juice are included at breakfast).
Also you would have to pay for any extra courses or if you want to go a la carte i.e off the standard menu.
Obviously you would have to pay for anything from the mini bar or any spa treatments etc.

But if you stick to the normal menu then you only have to pay for any alchoholic or soft drinks that you purchase (you could drink tap water if you wanted).

I've done quite a few of these and there really isn't a catch, except of course they won't let you have free rooms at peak periods but that's what you'd expect isn't it?

Can you clarify what you mean?
The prices are clearly stated up front, so there aren't any catches or suprises, just you have to remember it's usually for the "table d'hote" and not "a la carte", but that's normally fine for most people.

compingqueen_2

lisyloo, thanks for the clarification I now understand itall and i'm going to join