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Devere rooms for £10 per person available now....

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  • goamike
    goamike Posts: 113 Forumite
    Complete waste of time.

    Had to wait for around 20 minutes and when the dates appeared only a couple of days showing £20.

    Will look somewhere else now.
    Keep right on :T :beer:
  • VikJ
    VikJ Posts: 100 Forumite
    LOL, I think I'll pass.....

    Number of users in queue ahead of you: 8178
    Expected arrival time on the website: 18:33

    :eek:
  • bisto44
    bisto44 Posts: 122 Forumite
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    edited 30 January 2014 at 12:48PM
    After an hour on website I phoned on the 08712224198 tel no on web site. I realise its 10p a min. but got through right away and booked £20 room in Nottingham in 9mins! The lady on the phone said that they in central reservations were not busy!!
  • savvy
    savvy Posts: 31,128 Forumite
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    Arrggg was in the queue, given a time I would reach the site, took dog for a walk and got back for allotted time - had timed out and was back in the queue to get back in for 2pm with 6K other people ahead of me grrrrrr!
    bisto44 wrote: »
    After an hour on website I phoned on the 08712224198 tel no on web site. I realise its 10p a min. but got through right away and booked £20 room in Nottingham in 9mins! The lady on the phone said that they in central reservations were not busy!!
    Lol tried that number but no luck :( howeverrrrr the chap gave me another number 08449808056 for 'venue bookings' - got straight through on the phone, didn't get the first date I wanted at £20 was offerred it at £39, but got OH's 40th birthday date for £20 which is better really anyway :j:j

    Thanks so much lewpylew :beer: this offer is going to make a much better 40th for him in a really tight year for us :T:T
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  • mysecretalias
    mysecretalias Posts: 567 Forumite
    edited 30 January 2014 at 2:47PM
    Stay away from wokefield park - we went last time they had this sale and it's AWFUL

    Was going to see if I could book one this time round (at a different venue!) as a sort of pre baby short break, but the page didn't refresh for me automatically, so I had to keep checking back every so often, and I clicked apparently too late meaning I lost my place in the queue and have to start over again, will take that as a sign not to bother.

    Seems the system is even worse this time round than last time.
    Our first baby due 25th May 2014 :T

    Maternity leave fund: £3000/£6000 :T
  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,368 Forumite
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    Stay away from wokefield park - we went last time they had this sale and it's AWFUL

    Was going to see if I could book one this time round (at a different venue!) as a sort of pre baby short break, but the page didn't refresh for me automatically, so I had to keep checking back every so often, and I clicked apparently too late meaning I lost my place in the queue and have to start over again, will take that as a sign not to bother.

    Seems the system is even worse this time round than last time.

    Really? we have stayed there several times and really like it. BUT it may interest you to know that there are two levels of rooms (literally - on different floors) and one we were out in first had a problem in that the door to the garden would not lock, so we were moved upstairs.......... a whole new perspective!! Room was lovely. So each time we stayed after that we asked for an upstairs room and not the ground floor. No problems,
      To those who are given much, much is expected


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      1. We have also booked here but we got it for £20 for 2 adults plus £15 for the additional bed (for 2 children to share). When you get email confirmation, you should get back in touch if they are still charging you the £30. I am going to query the additional bed charge because T&C's state they should be free.
        Enjoy your break! Are you going to Cadbury World by any chance?

        Yes, cadbury's world :) I still haven't had my confirmation through though, have you? The lady on the phone said it may be a while as they have been so busy... Enjoy your break too!
      2. Carrera74
        Carrera74 Posts: 790 Forumite
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        I went to the site at 9.30 and it added me to the queue. It took 40 minutes to get through and I managed to get a £20 room at our chosen hotel (Wychwood) They only had Sunday's at that price though and Mondays at £39 which I believe is the winter offer they have on at the moment. Looking forward to a cheap night away with hubby. No kids... bliss :D
      3. Yes, cadbury's world :) I still haven't had my confirmation through though, have you? The lady on the phone said it may be a while as they have been so busy... Enjoy your break too!

        Thanks :)
        No email confirmation yet but as you say, they did say it would take a while. I see from other comments that only certain dates are £20. We are staying 9 April (our first choice of dates) so really pleased it turned out to be a cheap one!
        It looks a lovely place - it will be a nice surprise for our boys to arrive at a castle!
      4. LJ9982
        LJ9982 Posts: 101 Forumite
        Managed to get three £20 rooms at Theobolds Park for a Friday night just now. Exact date we need :) chuffed trip advisor has quite a few good reviews with the odd negative here and there but for £20, I'm happy!! :)
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