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  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    :j :j :j

    have loads of windows open and am looking all over!

    thank you for replying! :D

    ok, possibly the difficult bit is that we're hoping to go somewhere between 6th april and 15th april. the easy bit is that it can pretty much be anywhere! amsterdam i've tried but nothing doing. barcelona? copenhagen i'm in the middle of now. riga? vilnius? madrid? don't mind really!

    any help gratefully received and i'll post what i've checked as i go along!

    thank you loads!

    :D

    jmarko
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    For how long? You can do up to seven days on the double difference thingy?
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  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    seven days then! :D pref going out on the 6th - but is it better to get to the hotel on a weekday? all tips gratefully received - maybe that's where i've been going wrong!
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  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    i think that copenhagen's out.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Copenhagen is very expensive usually - very nice but very expensive.

    How about ...

    Barcelona

    NH Numancia

    6th April for 7 nights.

    Easyjethotels £994 for double/ twin standard including breakfast
    Find Rooms £558 for double/ twin including breakfast

    Difference of £436, doubled to £872, makes it £122 for seven nights = £17.50 a night!

    Anywhere else you fancy?

    Edit: Not sure that this hotel is particularly central, but worth doing some extra research on?
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  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    wow! you *are* good! :D

    well, i like cold and my wife likes hot! :rolleyes:

    we both quite fancy riga (prob six nights on there) and that would be a good excuse to get the train across to st petersburg. rijeka might be nice or where else is spain would be good? somewhere with a bit of cultya and possibly warmth.

    i'll just take a look at that other one after i've fed dw! she's not happy - but she doesn't know about where we're going yet! :D

    thanks! brb!

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  • liz545
    liz545 Posts: 1,726 Forumite
    Really frustrated-thought I'd found one for Istanbul, at the Taksim Gonen hotel, it was on EJH for £299 and laterooms at £148 a couple of hours ago. But now laterooms appear to have hiked their prices to £325 and I can't find any other hotels that qualify. Can anyone clarify for me which websites are eligable as comparisons, as I don't think Laterooms, Bookings and Venere are?
    2015 comp wins - £370.25
    Recent wins: gym class, baby stuff
    Thanks to everyone who posts freebies and comps! :j
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    liz545 - You are correct, Laterooms, Bookings and Venere are not covered.

    jmarko - Nothing springs out in Paris. Just having a look at the Algarve, then I'll look in Riga. I'm enjoying this!
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  • Dusan_2
    Dusan_2 Posts: 53 Forumite
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    liz545 wrote:
    Really frustrated-thought I'd found one for Istanbul, at the Taksim Gonen hotel, it was on EJH for £299 and laterooms at £148 a couple of hours ago. But now laterooms appear to have hiked their prices to £325 and I can't find any other hotels that qualify. Can anyone clarify for me which websites are eligable as comparisons, as I don't think Laterooms, Bookings and Venere are?
    Hi Liz,

    Freebie for March in Istanbul, Turkey : 4*Armada hotel : 1-5days
    (weekdays- except Saturday or Sunday nights)

    e.g. Istanbul, Turkey, Armada, 27 Mar 2007, double room, for 4 nights
    EJH : 327.00 GBP
    DIY : 156 GBP
    OctopusTravel : 148 GBP


    Can't find anything for summer :(
  • liz545
    liz545 Posts: 1,726 Forumite
    Oh well, thank you very much for looking! Sadly I can't get any holidays from work until May, pretty much. Will just keep at it. Do you have any search tips?
    2015 comp wins - £370.25
    Recent wins: gym class, baby stuff
    Thanks to everyone who posts freebies and comps! :j
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