Price gone down 3 days after booking

talksalot81

Who did you book with? If you went through a good agent you probably could cancel without cost and rebook.

I have recently booked holiday accoms online and have learnt that if you arent booking last minute, you really should make sure of the cancellation policy. I am quite intent to push the hotels at the last minute to try and get better deals.

jillie1974

if it was a last minute deal ro one where you had to pay all the money when you booked you will never get a refund but if it was for this time next year you may do.
why were you checking the price again?

spender

If it has gone down by a quite considerable sum, then it may pay you to phone up and be charged an amendment fee (about £40 for 4 persons) to alter your holiday and they should then charge you the cheaper price. We did this last year when we booked with First Choice to find that a few days later the price had gone down by over £300.00. I phoned up and was charged an amendment fee of £40 but got the holiday at the cheaper price.

Alikay

talksalot81 wrote:

Who did you book with? If you went through a good agent you probably could cancel without cost and rebook.

I have recently booked holiday accoms online and have learnt that if you arent booking last minute, you really should make sure of the cancellation policy. I am quite intent to push the hotels at the last minute to try and get better deals.

The cancellation fees aren't imposed by the Travel Agent (who sells you the holiday) but the Tour Operator (eg Airtours, Thomson) so a "good travel agent" would have to charge it just the same as any other.
When I worked as a travel agent, we had customers who changed their mind within minutes of booking, and even stopped cheques to try and avoid charges...the poor old Agent is billed the minute the booking is made on Viewdata (travel industry booking system).
If you thought it was good value at the time you booked, and it's still the hliday you want just relax and look forward to your trip...maybe you could've got it cheaper later, but then again the holiday might have sold out.

IvanOpinion

kenshaz wrote:

No point crying over spilled milk ,we went on a cruise recently and I refused to compare prices with other's why make yourself feel dissatisfied.

We would be the same. A couple of years back the in-laws were on a cruise and one of their table mates was boasting about their TA and how they got a great deal. He then proceeded to go round the table asking everybody and (because he had a good deal) was quite disparaging about their negotiating skills. When it came to FILs turn he turned around and said that he had paid a similar amount to the chap but had managed to get an upgrade to balcony cabin which was therefore a better deal (he hadn't, just wanted to wind him up)... well this really upset the chap who stormed off from the table with his wife.

Next time FIL saw them they were at the pursers desk demanding an upgrade to a balcony, which was not available because the ship was full. Apparently he never returned to the dining room, totally avoided the FIL and spent half the holiday at the pursers desk demanding refunds etc. ... totally spoiled his holiday Serves the pratt right.

Ivan

talksalot81

Alikay wrote:

The cancellation fees aren't imposed by the Travel Agent (who sells you the holiday) but the Tour Operator (eg Airtours, Thomson) so a "good travel agent" would have to charge it just the same as any other.
When I worked as a travel agent, we had customers who changed their mind within minutes of booking, and even stopped cheques to try and avoid charges...the poor old Agent is billed the minute the booking is made on Viewdata (travel industry booking system).
If you thought it was good value at the time you booked, and it's still the hliday you want just relax and look forward to your trip...maybe you could've got it cheaper later, but then again the holiday might have sold out.

My reference is perhaps to something different. I simply wouldnt go through an operator. I thought about it for my last trip and it seemed OK in price - until I went for a full break down at which point they surcharged me sufficiently that the price shot up 30% (and I mean for ESSENTIALS!). The price you see is simply not the price you get.

Anyhow, my reference was to 'room sellers'. There are a load of them about. Alpharooms, as example, will charge 20% of the total in event of cancellation. Some have no surcharge if you tell them within a predefined time. If you buy from a hotel, there almost certainly isnt a charge (at least in N. America).