Worldwide hotel rooms for £1. Discussion Thread

Clairebwear

Just visited the website, and the company says it has already sold out of rooms on its April sale.

I'd just like to ask, is the 7pm one a secret sale, or has the dates been mixed up?

sprogs

Clairebwear wrote: »

Just visited the website, and the company says it has already sold out of rooms on its April sale.

I'd just like to ask, is the 7pm one a secret sale, or has the dates been mixed up?

It isn't a Hoxton sale - it's HRS - http://www.hrs.com/ there is a pop up that tells you about the sale.

Edinburghlass_2

steadynerve wrote: »

However a major flaw in my opinion is that he doesn't address is the true time taken to invest in an offer versus the chance of being rewarded for your time invested. If he addressed this his site would genuinely be user centred in my opinion. I think Nobjocki's points come down to the fact that this one of those offers where the time and commitment to be online at 7pm and try for the offer are not necessarily being well spent . I don't critise Martin for including the offer but I do think he should have some system ( not sure how this would work - any thoughts maybe like a star rating) to weigh up the value of an offer not just financially but in terms of chances of success and time spent applying.
When an offer is unlimted, great value, easy to apply for it is a great offer. When the chances of success are very slim it is much less of an offer. Sadly at the moment these two offers are promoted by Martin in a similar way. Lets have better signposting to the true value of offers. What do you think Martin - i'm sure you know that time is also money?

You have to be in it to win it and I'll be having a go for a night in a hotel in London for £1. I stayed in London in January, £60 it cost me so I could potentially save £59 (and probably more now) for a few minutes sitting at the pc, worth it, of course it is and if I don't get it then I'll move on with no regrets.

Many years ago we had the "Great Argos" sale and speak to any of the "night patrol" from that time you'll find that all found it worth while, not least for the atmosphere and friendships forged during that time.

saveapenny

I think this is a case of shoting the mesenger
I do agree that Martin should acknowledge the orignal poster as suggested by DMG
With the travel season right upon use wouldnt it be a good idea to do a seperate travel newsletter along the lines of TravelZoo?
The Thomsons £1-2 hotels never gets a mention and they are there alot more than a 1 off special like this one and the Huxton deal and can be a very cheap way for a family to have a holiday

MSE_Jenny

Nobjocki wrote: »

The problem is that a reputation is hard won but easily lost.
A £1 hotel room in Shanghai - if you are lucky enough to get it - hardly seems a bargain if you have to spend hundreds of pounds getting there and how much does the rest of your stay cost you ?

I doubt any MoneySavers would be daft enough to book a hotel room in China for £1 and then pay £700 just to get there! But MSE Wendy, for instance, has already booked a flight to Shanghai and would be chuffed to get a cheap hotel room for when she's there.

As for the original poster, I saw this deal originally. If it was posted before, please do send us a link as we searched for it, and couldn't see it posted previously.

Mac_Sami

Nobjocki wrote: »

Far be in from me to criticise what is an excellent site with a very informative newsletter but I think you're allowing yourself to be conned.

Eh???

Nobjocki wrote:

Following on from the huge success in publicity terms of the Hoxton Hotel £1 sale - which is of genuine interest to people in the UK with limited funds who may not otherwise be able to afford to stay in London,you're being drip-fed tasty morsels by a hotel site hoping to get itself well known.

Welcome to the world of marketing and publicity. Oh, I'm sorry - should all hotel businesses be crystal clear cut and instantly precise about their special deals? Or should they promote their special offer in a way that may attract more people? Business is business - I don't see the problem. If you don't like that particular deal, move on. Thousands of others already have without issue. Perhaps you need a counseller, I don't know.

Nobjocki wrote:

To publicise something in your news letter which you clearly know little about in terms of dates,hotels and prices is a sloppy attempt to drum up interest in this site.

So instead Martin should not publicise ANYTHING about it until he has the full details (which might be provided at the last minute by the hotels), and then listen to people complain the other way because there wasn't enough warning?

Nobjocki wrote:

The chances of anyone actually getting one of these hotel rooms is remote - and then to insinuate that they can get a £1 flight to such exotic locations as Shanghai,St Petersburg and Malta using the Flightchecker guide is a joke.
Unless I've missed something I wasn't aware these were part of the Ryanair or Easyjet schedules.

So? The chances of anyone getting a Hoxton Hotel was remote, which you just banged on about in quite a postiive manner!!!

Yes, I agree that the chances of cheap flights for the destinations related to this offer are restricted, and perhaps that part of the post is out of context and shouldn't be there. But, at the end of the day, you have a brain, !!!!ing use it and try the flight checker to find out the best deal you can get to one of these hotel locations - if it isn't good enough for you, then don't use it. Simple.

Nobjocki wrote:

You might as well encourage people who can't afford it to play the Lottery because,yes,that too " is potentially a great deal."

*sigh* that's hardly a comparison. By researching what flights are available, as well as whether you're free to go on holiday, you have a chance of getting a bargain hotel room if you book and beat the other people. It's not a lucky dip where everyone enters and then a few win - it's on a first come, first served basis. That is not a lottery.

Nobjocki wrote:

Sorry,Martin,but just like John Arne Riise tonight,I think you've scored a rather silly own goal.

And then you go comparing money saving tips to football, an industry where players are paid stupidly high amounts of money. You, sir, just scored the own goal.

Happy days!

dmg24

saveapenny wrote: »

I think this is a case of shoting the mesenger
I do agree that Martin should acknowledge the orignal poster as suggested by DMG
With the travel season right upon use wouldnt it be a good idea to do a seperate travel newsletter along the lines of TravelZoo?
The Thomsons £1-2 hotels never gets a mention and they are there alot more than a 1 off special like this one and the Huxton deal and can be a very cheap way for a family to have a holiday

I wasn't saying that this had been posted before, just that many offers are (the Sony one being a prime example) and the relevant people are not credited for it.

I think that TravelZoo should be pushed a lot more. It is a fantastic resource, but still relatively unheard of. But then again, do we want the masses to know?!! x

dmg24

MSE_Jenny wrote: »

I doubt any MoneySavers would be daft enough to book a hotel room in China for £1 and then pay £700 just to get there! But MSE Wendy, for instance, has already booked a flight to Shanghai and would be chuffed to get a cheap hotel room for when she's there.

As for the original poster, I saw this deal originally. If it was posted before, please do send us a link as we searched for it, and couldn't see it posted previously.

Sadly this is where you are incorrect. There are users (albeit a minority) who will see an offer, and just go for it, purely on the grounds that it has been advertised on MSE. They don't consider the other costs involved in booking a hotel room.

For instance, with the Hoxton Hotel, many people have made a special trip to London to stay there. So as well as the £1 for the hotel they will pay for rail fare (say £20 x 2), dinner (at least £20 x 2), a proper breakfast (£10 x 2), plus various souvenirs and other outings when they are there. So the £1 hotel stay has actually cost closer to £100. For those that can afford this, fantastic, it is still a bargain for a short break in London. However, the problem arises when people that can't afford it think they are getting a short break for £1, and only realise when they return from their trip that they have actually spent a week's disposable income on a night in a 3* hotel!

MSE is all about being consumer savvy. However, sometimes it can go too far, and does not take into account that people will not see the bigger picture involved in a so called great deal? x

cam101

I cannot believe people are getting so stressed at being told about a promotion that is happening!

We seem to have a split here- the mse users who are here purely to save money on everyday life, and those who are actually interested in getting a good deal on non essentials.

Not everybody on this website is in financial trouble, so maybe some people will find this offer very useful. Martin's job is to point out offers, not lecture grown adults on the pitfalls of such promotions.

melancholly

dmg24 wrote: »

Sadly this is where you are incorrect. There are users (albeit a minority) who will see an offer, and just go for it, purely on the grounds that it has been advertised on MSE. They don't consider the other costs involved in booking a hotel room.

For instance, with the Hoxton Hotel, many people have made a special trip to London to stay there. So as well as the £1 for the hotel they will pay for rail fare (say £20 x 2), dinner (at least £20 x 2), a proper breakfast (£10 x 2), plus various souvenirs and other outings when they are there. So the £1 hotel stay has actually cost closer to £100. For those that can afford this, fantastic, it is still a bargain for a short break in London. However, the problem arises when people that can't afford it think they are getting a short break for £1, and only realise when they return from their trip that they have actually spent a week's disposable income on a night in a 3* hotel!

MSE is all about being consumer savvy. However, sometimes it can go too far, and does not take into account that people will not see the bigger picture involved in a so called great deal? x

i kind of see your point, but i don't think anyone on MSE needs their hand held quite to that extent - if they come on here and don't get the basic 'live within your means' idea, that would be odd. i guess if one value purchase can lead to others, then we shouldn't post finds for cheap DVD players as it will only encourage people to buy more DVDs they don't need, or in fact any bargain prices for non-essential items like the hugely popular GHD, ugg boots and croc threads. knowing that there's a chance for a much cheaper way of staying somewhere shouldn't be 'banned' because of a slight risk that people will incurr other costs - should there be warnings over every single thread telling people about a bargain saying 'don't buy it for the sake of it, only read if you were going to already'? it all seems like a storm in a teacup to me i'm afraid!