Free hotel stays

bdmum1

Sorry that should read December!

dmg24

Well I've just got back from Chester ...

Chester itself is lovely, we'll definitely be going back.

The hotel was more than adequate, but I wouldn't rate it a 4*. We only dealt with one receptionist during our stay, but she was quite lovely and very helpful.

One negative point, the hotel rang me a taxi when I was leaving, which took me to the train station. He charged me the correct fare (£4.60), and I gave him a £20 note. He gave me change for a £10 note. I told him of his 'mistake', and he denied it (I only had £20 notes on me, so I am in no doubt as to what I gave him). Unfortunately at this point I was on my own (mum was still shopping!), so I didn't have anyone to back me up. However, I got his taxi registration number, so I am going to report him to the council licencing dept and the hotel (he works for their regular taxi company). Horrid man!

vanilla8

Just thought i would update people, just had my stay in the ascot hotel.
Was given a normal double rather than the executive room, but did not want to argue! Had a nice meal there (although would not recommend the broccoli soup!)
On checkout was only charged for meal and entertainment package for the tv.

blindman

(Belated)update.

I stayed at the Ramada Gatwick 17th November and had no problems.

Apart from the distance of the Hotel to the town centre.:rolleyes:

MarkyMarkD

mountainchrisriver wrote: »

MarkyMarkD... a. As far as I am aware the uk version of the Expedia website includes VAT, but willing to be proven wrong...

b. If this was indeed the case I am sure Ramada would have noticed as they tried every other trick to try and squirm out of honouring the claims, as you can tell by looking through this lengthy thread!!

I do know that as soon as Ramada started to get the claims coming in Expedia swiftly increased their prices !! :eek:

I reckon you're right. It certainly wasn't always the case for all hotel booking websites and it certainly seemed like a good explanation!

Brit_Chick

Still not had any luck trying to find a room at Days Inn , Birmingham on new years eve for cheaper than the £59 specificied on the DI website.

Any ideas which sites I should be looking at to try and find a cheaper deal, and is it just Days Inn that are doing this promotion?

GlennTheBaker

Brit_Chick wrote: »

Still not had any luck trying to find a room at Days Inn , Birmingham on new years eve for cheaper than the £59 specificied on the DI website.

Any ideas which sites I should be looking at to try and find a cheaper deal, and is it just Days Inn that are doing this promotion?

I've just had another look using www.hotelscomparison.com and I still cannot find anything cheaper than the Days Inn site's price. I don't think you're going to get this one as a freebie I'm afraid.

Brit_Chick

Well I'm willing to keep trying in the hope that nearer the time one site or other will drop their prices

Do Ramada still offer this first night free guarantee in the UK?

dmg24

Brit_Chick wrote: »

Well I'm willing to keep trying in the hope that nearer the time one site or other will drop their prices

Do Ramada still offer this first night free guarantee in the UK?

No, Ramada do not offer the fnf guarantee in the UK anymore x

mountainchrisriver

Ok... need some help if at all possible... found a few Days Inn and Ramada Hotels in Canada that i'd like to stay at when I travel over there this summer :j ... would like to get a few free nights if poss ... my problem is finding comparison sites that you can get a quote for in Canadian Dollars and indeed progress to booking using the same currency :think: ... I have tried Expedia.ca (thanks to GlennTheBaker in a post many pages back), does anyone know of any others...I seem to find lots in US $... any help would be much appreciated...:beer: