Travelodge Rooms from £9 (starts 29th Dec 6am)

megtheminx

Got up at 5.30am, TL site server fell over at 6am, after nearly wearing out the refresh button I finally booked 2 sale rooms at London Waterloo, one at £15 and one at £25, I had to settle for the others I wanted at saver rates but at least I've got a week in London for a price I can afford and according to the messages I got on the website when I booked, my card details just guarantee my booking and I don't have to pay until I arrive. I can hang on to my cash a little longer then - I don't remember this being the case in previous bookings though? Can anyone else confirm?

hels123_2

megtheminx wrote: »

Got up at 5.30am, TL site server fell over at 6am, after nearly wearing out the refresh button I finally booked 2 sale rooms at London Waterloo, one at £15 and one at £25, I had to settle for the others I wanted at saver rates but at least I've got a week in London for a price I can afford and according to the messages I got on the website when I booked, my card details just guarantee my booking and I don't have to pay until I arrive. I can hang on to my cash a little longer then - I don't remember this being the case in previous bookings though? Can anyone else confirm?

I have booked many TL sale rooms, and have never had to pay on arrival!

I was hoping for some rooms nr Alton Towers, but none available......boooo!

sirbrainy

megtheminx wrote: »

Got up at 5.30am, TL site server fell over at 6am, after nearly wearing out the refresh button I finally booked 2 sale rooms at London Waterloo, one at £15 and one at £25, I had to settle for the others I wanted at saver rates but at least I've got a week in London for a price I can afford and according to the messages I got on the website when I booked, my card details just guarantee my booking and I don't have to pay until I arrive. I can hang on to my cash a little longer then - I don't remember this being the case in previous bookings though? Can anyone else confirm?

You need to double check this. You might just possibly be reading this all wrong

TL business model is ALL about pre-payment to secure a room.

Check your email confirmation(s) - if you haven't got one, then you HAVE NOT booked the room.

Worth it to save disappointment later.

APRIL61

sirbrainy wrote: »

You need to double check this. You might just possibly be reading this all wrong

TL business model is ALL about pre-payment to secure a room.

Check your email confirmation(s) - if you haven't got one, then you HAVE NOT booked the room.

Worth it to save disappointment later.

This happened to me last year, I emailed them, and they said they knew there was a problem, and took my money a few days later. My brother had also booked a room and not paid, he did not email them but paid on arrival. these were sale rooms.

sirbrainy

OK, could be wrong.

With my £9 room today I had to prepay same as I have the last 100 times with TL lol

catkimberley

I mangaed to book 3 family rooms at 3 locations at the times I wanted throughout the year at £9 each with only getting server busy a few times.

megtheminx

Definitely received the confirmation e-mails, and the rooms show up on my TL account. What I can't find on the e-mails or the VAT invoices is any mention of the payment being due at check-in rather than at time of booking. Don't think I was hallucinating but I did get up very early for this, so I'll be keeping a close eye on my statements for the next week or so. However, I'm sure that only my first attempt at payment in between server busy messages mentioned the £2 charge for credit card payment, none of the later efforts said anything about it. Weird.

moneysavingmumofone

atro1 wrote: »

It will be hard to change to a family room now!!

Ive booked a family room, ive just put the wrong amount of people down.
Thanks Ill just turn up and hope for the best lol!

sirbrainy

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

Ive booked a family room, ive just put the wrong amount of people down.
Thanks Ill just turn up and hope for the best lol!

Just phone the front desk and ask nicely for the extra pillows/ sheets/ duvet.

Alternatively ask nicely when you get there - I've done that before nae problemo

APRIL61

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

Ive booked a family room, ive just put the wrong amount of people down.
Thanks Ill just turn up and hope for the best lol!

I have made a mistake and only booked for 1 person instead of 2 before. I just went into my account and clicked on amend and changed it.