Listing a hotel room on Ebay, any advice

Alanb

Just a quick one. We have a 2 night stay in a Travelodge next weekend that we cannot use so I'm sticking it on Ebay. I take it I just forward the email on after payment has been received, or am I being a bit thick??

Any advice would be appreciated

soolin

Be careful with Travelodge, any damage to the room and they will come to you to pay the clean up and repair.

System

T&Cs from Travelodge site

Your Booking

You cannot transfer or resell your booking (in whole or in part). If you transfer or resell (or attempt to transfer or resell) then Travelodge will terminate your booking and retain any money paid to us for such booking. We may also refuse to take any further booking from you in the future. In making a Travelodge room booking you agree to not use the Travelodge hotel or its facilities to conduct any commercial activity or activity that seeks to gain profit without prior written consent from Travelodge. Travelodge reserves the right to terminate your booking and retain any money paid to us for such booking if we believe that you are in full or part breach of this provision.

Tends to put people off buying from ebay if they may lose thier room.

Alanb

Hmmm, maybe best to cut my losses. There are an awful lot on Ebay. I do use Travelodge quite a bit for other hotels.

Thanks for the help

[Deleted User]

Hi,

was it a Saver Room, so no refund?

This_Year

Alanb wrote: »

Hmmm, maybe best to cut my losses. There are an awful lot on Ebay. I do use Travelodge quite a bit for other hotels.

Thanks for the help

If you have a Flexible booking you can change your booking to a later date - a Saver or Sale booking will cost you £5 to change to a different date at the same rate and at the same hotel (I don't know if this helps you at all?) Hope you don't lose too badly on it.

http://support.travelodge.co.uk/ics/support/kbAnswer.asp?deptID=15090&task=knowledge&questionID=365

Alanb

It was a saver room we booked in Feb. The rooms are now £160 each. It's Battersea over Wimbledon Finals weekend! We paid £72.00 all in. I was hoping to recoup someback but not if I could end up with bother. Glad I posted

purple45

I saw your post and was curious as I'd not thought about rooms on ebay so went straight off to have a look. There were 2 listings where the auction end date was after the travelodge night's stay which is a bit odd! It occurred to me that I'd never sell a room on there because of being responsible for any damage.
Could you let someone you know and trust use the room for a weekend away? Seems a shame to waste it.

This_Year

Alanb wrote: »

It was a saver room we booked in Feb. The rooms are now £160 each. It's Battersea over Wimbledon Finals weekend! We paid £72.00 all in. I was hoping to recoup someback but not if I could end up with bother. Glad I posted

k'inell! Did you try to move the dates - or you never know, you may want to go to Battersea one weekend :-)

Might be worth contacting them anyway, they may be able to re-sell the room to someone who needs to be there that weekend? Worth a phone call.

Alanb

I wouldn't use the room again as we are in Newcastle. I think I may give them a ring or drop them a line. they could have 2 empty rooms or another £226. (just checked, they've come down a tad!)

Enfieldian

Alanb wrote: »

I wouldn't use the room again as we are in Newcastle. I think I may give them a ring or drop them a line. they could have 2 empty rooms or another £226. (just checked, they've come down a tad!)

I doubt that they will leave the rooms empty, if you have not checked in by a certain time they will release them for use, hotels usually overbook as a matter of course.