Free hotel rooms as an xmas gift

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princesswoo wrote: »

Its £19.95 not £12.95

Please read the OP properly.

Siemo

lisyloo wrote: »

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.

What I meant was that when I looked on the hotel discount club it didn't say how much the food would be before you signed up for the card - so I didn't want to sign up and find you pay over the odds for food to cover the cost of the room. I gather it varies depending on the hotel. Having said that, I haven't looked in detail at the offer, just posted because it looked like a similar deal but cheaper

doodledoodle24

I got this one, they are the same company. they sent me a letter saying i am better off with a member ship for this one, but they have combined the 2 for even better value, so if you do it go with the £4.99 one and you still get both websites hotels!

hth

rachelh81 wrote: »

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

lisyloo

In my experience the prices are what they normally are for anyone not on the deal.
Some people think hotel food is overpriced but it's the same price as if you walked in off the street.

So if you are planning to eat a 3 course meal and spend approx £27 on dinner and £13 on breakfast (example £40 per person), then the free room is a bargain deal.

If you normally eat at McDonaldals and spend £5 on dinner then it's not such a good deal.

The example is extreme, but it's only a FREE room if you would have spent a similar amount on food anyway.

Most people might find that they would have spent a bit less on food perhaps because eating at restaurants is generally a bit cheaper than hotels, so maybe for most people it's a very cheap room and not a free one, but I'd still see that as a good deal personally.

compingqueen_2

I've now joined and spent ages looking round the hotels heres some of the hotel examples and prices

Allerdale Court Hotel Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria - Price of dinner and breakfast: £36.00 per person per night

The Edgwarebury, Corus Hotel Elstree Barnet Lane, Elstree, London - Price of dinner and breakfast: £35.00 per person per night

Durley Dean Hotel 28 West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, Dorset - Price of dinner and breakfast: £35.00 per person per night

There generally about this price and some go down to the £25 mark and some of the really posh ones go to about £60. I checked on the hotel websites and these prices are a lot cheaper. I used the code and joined for £12.95. I think you have to decide how much you can afford to spend cos I don't think that you would use it every week but it does save a lot of money.

lisyloo

Personally I don't think that an offer where additional spend is required constitues a good gift because the receiver may not be in a posistion to use it.
However that's obviously my personal opinion.

bobwanderer

I can see your point lisyloo, for personal purchase it's great but maybe not suitable for everyone as a gift.

Cordy

Thanks for the details, I'm looking for somewhere to celebrate a 50th birthday, and had Edinburgh and Brighton on a shortlist. I had a quick look, and there's only one in Brighton (only valid Tues-Thurs) and none in Edinburgh. Another one is a 2 night minimum stay, another where it's only valid between Mid October and Mid May. Although the deal sounds good, these are additional limitations to the ones you already have when trying to arrange anything (time off work, babysitters etc).

Last year I had a voucher given to me free, but didn't end up using it in the end, for similar reasons.

I'm sure it's great if it works for you!

lisyloo

When I used it before we were pretty flexible.
So we'd have say 3 locations in mind.

If you want a specific location on a specific date, then there is no gurantee that it will be available.
That would be also true if you were paying full price, but I think the free ones are more limited than full price rooms.

So if you can be flexible then you have a good chance of finding something.
But if you have specific dates and locations, then there's no guarantee it will work for you.

Cordy

Yes, pity I can't change the birthdate . It is those type of occasions when you may want a hotel stay though!