Single supplement for single room?

JethroUK

As already mentioned
You don't have to be business savvy to know it costs substantially more to board a single person than half a couple sharing
Even if they have a single room

You must've heard the phrase "two can live as cheaply as one" well it's almost true

= even though you have a single room you can expect to pay a lot more than half a couple "single supplement"

SW17

zagfles wrote: »

It sounds like the OP is paying for a package not just the hotel room.

The hotel room element of the cost might be (eg) £70/night for a double room and £50 for a single room, so the tour operator might price on the basis of a couple sharing with £35 per person going towards the room, so someone in a single room would have a £15/night supplement.

Can't really see anything wrong with that. Single rooms are rarely half the price of a double.

Correct, would only add that just because the room has been described in documentation as a single room, it doesn't necessarily mean that it only has a single bed. If the documentation has been issued by an intermediary, it is possible that their own occupancy descriptions are being used, the OP may reach the hotel to find a room with a double bed. Even if not, there is is nothing to say that the single room must be half the price of a double.

eDicky

joerugby wrote: »

A single hotel room generally costs more than half the cost of a double, so I would expect to pay a supplement

zagfles wrote: »

Can't really see anything wrong with that. Single rooms are rarely half the price of a double.

This seems to be the simple truth. For example, I am now occupying a single room with a single bed which costs NPR400 (£2.56). The double room opposite costs NPR600, which would be 300 pp if two people occupy it.

However, the justification for a 'single supplement' in packages and group bookings (with which I am not familiar) may be be less valid if given a single room instead of single occupancy of a double, and be worth trying to claim back.

Doshwaster

eDicky wrote: »

This seems to be the simple truth. For example, I am now occupying a single room with a single bed which costs NPR400 (£2.56). The double room opposite costs NPR600, which would be 300 pp if two people occupy it.

For the extra quid I would have booked the double room!

SW17

eDicky wrote: »

This seems to be the simple truth. For example, I am now occupying a single room with a single bed which costs NPR400 (£2.56). The double room opposite costs NPR600, which would be 300 pp if two people occupy it.

However, the justification for a 'single supplement' in packages and group bookings (with which I am not familiar) may be be less valid if given a single room instead of single occupancy of a double, and be worth trying to claim back.

Not really any difference with packages, it works pretty much like your own example above, where the "single supplement" is NPR 100. Depending on the type of holiday, the package pricing may not have been specifically based on the hotel / room that has been confirmed.

It is often the case that for hotels which have a lot of true single rooms (i.e. only a single bed with max occupancy 1 person per room), they would have a low single supplement in order to shift the rooms, effectively offering a single room price that is closer to half the cost of a double than it is to the double room cost. Such hotels are often targeted by tour operators who specialise in holidays for singles or older people, where the proportion of singles is higher.

As mentioned above, true single rooms are becoming less common in hotels, you tend to find them in older properties. The preference for newer properties is to have rooms that can be sold to a range of occupancies, often with the result that the single room price is closer to the double price, or sometimes the same.

Yolina

McKneff wrote: »

If you expect a double to be at your disposal, you have to pay in full for the double room.

Depends on the hotel - there's a place I stay in Switzerland where their prices for a double room for single use sits halfway between the price of a single and the price of a double
And their single rooms are about half the price of their doubles/twins.

It's a small family-run hotel

eDicky

Doshwaster wrote: »

For the extra quid I would have booked the double room!

The double room doesn't have a sunny balcony like mine, pleasant in the Nepali winter.

kkth918

Thank you everyone for your replies.

I will wait until we arrive on Sunday and see what my room is like - then take action if I am not happy. :cool:

zagfles

kkth918 wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your replies.

I will wait until we arrive on Sunday and see what my room is like - then take action if I am not happy. :cool:

Yes, if you only have half a toilet, half a sink, half a bath/shower, then give 'em hell. You should have paid the same as those sharing a double

peachyprice

McKneff wrote: »

If you expect a double to be at your disposal, you have to pay in full for the double room.

I dont think they do. But they don't expect to be paying a single room supplement for a single room. Double room, single occupancy = supplement. Single room, single occupancy = no supplement.