alton towers hotels

lamondo

we want to stay at one of the alton towers hotels in october but i'm looking to get the healthy price down a bit. Is there any promos or avenues for getting a better deal? Think there was a sun promo in march but missed it.

terriandaaron

do you or anyone know work for the nhs...they do a good discount if you do...
Also merlin annual passholders get very good rates (only need to buy one), we stayed for only £80 on a passholder rate.

diddyangel

You haven't missed the sun promo for the hotels, but you have missed the free park ticket offer. I've just booked the hotel today for October and got 50% off by calling 0871 222 6670 and quoting the sun offer. See here http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/travel/2280906/Two-free-tickets-to-Alton-Towers-Resort-with-The-Sun-newspaper.html

lamondo

thanks guys, thats really good advice. ironically my wife is a nurse but not directly working for the NHS

Adammmmm

My mom has exactly the same problem....works fulltime at the hospital but not directly for the NHS.
Towers used to offer a really good discount for teachers too depending on what union you are in, but they seem to change the discount rate on a yearly basis.

Personally I would recommned staying in Splash Landings, as it has a bit more of a fun/quirky environment, whereas the AT hotel isn't anything special really.
We usually just pop over to the AT hotel for a few beers on the evening as their bar area is nice, and then back to splash landings for cocktails, pizza and arcade action

terriandaaron

does she have a staff badge/ card , i just showed that at check in...and last 3 times wasnt even asked...go to nhsdeals.co.uk, and see offer.

lamondo

just booked 3 nights at AT hotel for £285 on sun rates thats some saving! it £171 pn on the website!!

lamondo

moneysavingexpert really works! I was ready to pay £171 pn but using the sun promo bought it down to £90-great stuff

nikmondo

Awesome thread!! After reading this I managed to save over £120 staying for 2 nights at the Alton Towers Splash Landings Hotel for me and my daughter!! MEGA!!

Thank You!!!

boom123_2

Hi,

Can I ask those of you that got the 50% off Sun deal for the hotel did you quote the SUN before you gave dates to stay or after?

I called today got the prices and said I wanted to book and use the SUN code to discount but they said it was no longer valid?

Perhaps I should have quoted the sun before I got them to check prices? I asked for 2 rooms and the tickets and they quoted me £850 for 2 nights:eek: with 4 park passes, I really cant afford that amount!

nikmondo

Hi,

I quoted the dates and even got a price before I dropped 'the sun' promo code bombshell on them! The lady on the phone straight away accepted the code and re-did the price for me.....which was £120 cheaper.

I think they only have a select amount of room available per night so perhaps all these rooms were taken on the nights you chose??