One-night weekend stays?

philandstuff

I'm going to a wedding in York this month, and so unsurprisingly I need a hotel/hostel/b&b for me and my lady friend. However it seems that nobody is willing to do a Saturday-night only booking. I don't want to pay for two nights when we're only staying one but it doesn't seem we have much choice!

I was wondering about leaving it til the last minute and then booking, since they'll be much less likely to say no and there's plenty of space in hotels & b&bs available this weekend so I don't see why that weekend should be any different. Yet if they /do/ fill up, we're a bit stuffed...

Do any of you have any recommendations?

nuttyp

how about a travel lodge or premier inn?? They do one night only and you usually have little chef or brewery fayre nearly by for food. Try tourist information, they should be able to help.

Or INFOTEL there a hotel reservation service

Hope you have a great time.

philandstuff

Travelodge and premier inn both sold out, but I've now found Mariott are offering a room for £100 which is better than paying 2 nights at £60.

I've booked mariott and I might phone around the day before I go to see if I can find a last-minute deal since it's free to cancel until the day we check in.

richardw

philandstuff wrote: »

Travelodge and premier inn both sold out, but I've now found Mariott are offering a room for £100 which is better than paying 2 nights at £60.

Yes, but not 2 nights at £50 per night.

Does the Mariott include breakfast in the rate?

philandstuff

richardw wrote: »

Yes, but not 2 nights at £50 per night.

Does the Mariott include breakfast in the rate?

No, it doesn't, which is a downer, but if we take our own stuff for breakfast then we won't have to spend much money on it.;)

Who offers 2 nights at £50 at a weekend in York centre? The cheapest B&B quote I found was £60. I suppose priceline might, but I don't like the uncertainty.

GlennTheBaker

Hi there philandstuff.

Working on the assumption that you're staying the night of 28 June, I'm pretty sure I can get you a rate of £82.50 at the Marriott which includes full breakfast by utilising their Best Rate Guarantee.

The best breakfast-inclusive rate on the Marriott website is £160 but both Expedia and Hotels.com have the same deal for £110. Reserve the rate on the Marriott site and then submit a claim under the guarantee. If the claim is approved, they will match the cheaper rate and then discount it by a further 25%, leaving you with a rate of £82.50.

Details of the guarantee can be found HERE.
The online claim form can be found HERE.

The claim needs to be submitted within 24 hours of booking on the Marriott site so do it as soon as you have a confirmation. If it all works, you can just cancel your original £100 booking as well. If, in the meantime, you change your mind or find a better deal elsewhere, your reduced-rate booking will still have the same cancellation terms as the original so you can cancel without penalty.

Any questions, just PM me.

john.xs

have you tried tourist board for accomodation

philandstuff

An update on this.

I went to http://www.visityork.org/accommodation/ which is an excellent website and seems to have a much wider selection available and found a B&B for one night, so I could cancel the mariott booking via Infotel. £39 for one night B&B inc booking fee.

HOWEVER, although in the confirmation email and although it said this:

[FONT=Arial Rounded MT Bold, Arial, Arial Black, Gill Sans, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma]Cancellation Policy: Cxl fee if cxld after 4 PM day of arrival, hotel time 100.00 cancel fee per room[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial Rounded MT Bold, Arial, Arial Black, Gill Sans, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma]I found that even though I was cancelling a week in advance I was still liable for £10 admin fee. Checking the T&C (more carefully this time) i found that yes, infotel had reserved the right to this fee.

I feel a bit swindled because i thought that the cancellation policy above was the full policy, not just the hotel's (and not infotel, the booking agent's), but I suppose it's my own fault for not taking care to read the T&Cs carefully since I always knew I was likely to cancel. :mad: Still £49 is cheaper than £100 so it's a win either way.

Looking forward to a good wedding :beer:
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