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Will pre-paid mispriced hotel room be honoured?

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  • Welshdebtor
    Welshdebtor Posts: 628 Forumite
    edited 4 February 2010 at 2:36PM

    And our survey says.....

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    The companies words not mine lol
    Though has also been said by a solicitor. :) Though he did go a bit more into depth.
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  • sittinpretty
    sittinpretty Posts: 23 Forumite
    edited 5 February 2010 at 12:53PM
    Thanks for that, it is always worth keeping an eye out and periodically doing a trawl on travelsupermarket.com for the luxury hotels, you might come across a real bargain.

    Ironically, although HotelConnect appears to honour the price, the hotel may not. The hotel informed Asda Travel (via Hotelconnect I think) that they would not honour the second room I had 'accidentally' booked on 19th June. They would not let me have a second room in my name, nor let me allow someone else to use it, the only option I was given was to transfer it into someone elses name but I would have to pay the full room rate. They refused a refund too if I decided to do nothing, so I have lost £20.00. I initially kicked up a stink with Asda Travel demanding return of my £20 but they said it was non-refundable (even though I was being denied use of the room), but this evening I have felt a bit more philosophical about it and told them to forget the refund, after all I have got quite a bargain. A bit cheeky of them though, I think the hotel has simply grabbed the other £20 to reduce their losses somewhat! I can't blame them.
  • elisebutt65
    elisebutt65 Posts: 3,854 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I once got a huge suite on Opodo for £70 in Zaragoza - Normal rack rate was about €400 - no idea how that happened but it was a gorgeous room with living area, huge tv, whirlpool bath, separate shower and loo, with complimentary fruit and bubbly in the room.
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  • I once got a huge suite on Opodo for £70 in Zaragoza - Normal rack rate was about €400 - no idea how that happened but it was a gorgeous room with living area, huge tv, whirlpool bath, separate shower and loo, with complimentary fruit and bubbly in the room.
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    That sounds amazing :)
    Here to learn and pass on my experiences.
    Had a total of £8200 of debt written off due to harassment during 2010 and 2012.
  • sittinpretty
    sittinpretty Posts: 23 Forumite
    edited 15 July 2010 at 9:52PM
    Just an update to the messages I posted earlier in the year, I managed to spend 4 separate Saturday Nights in total at the Westbury 5* Hotel on Bond Street in London, all for between £18-20 per night, rack rate is over £300 per night. And the cheapie rate included breakkie! All of the nights I booked were honoured. Outrageous mini bar prices though - £5.50 for one of those mini tubs of Pringles!

    So the rule is, if you see what appears to be a misprice, go for it and book it, you have nothing to lose!:)

    My Room:
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    Bathroom:
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    Front of hotel:
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  • davemorton
    davemorton Posts: 29,084 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    What site were you using to find the bargains??
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
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