Hotel Sales Slash the cost of hotel stays

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17 Apr 2012

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Hotels are slashing rates to entice customers. If you know where to look, it’s possible to grab five-star places at a fraction of the cost.

This is a full checklist of one-off promotions. For a step-by-step guide to permanently getting the cheapest hotel prices, see the Cheap Hotels guide.

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Tune Hotels sale: 1,000 London hotel rooms £9Online Offer

What: £9 room sale When: 9 Jul 2012 - 28 Feb 2013
How: Book online at Tune Hotels Hotel type: No frills
Ends: 23 Apr 2012 Where: King's Cross, London
Restrictions: One £9 room allowed per person

A new hotel in London's King's Cross is offering 1,000 rooms at £9 per night for stays between 9 Jul 2012 and 28 Feb 2013.

  • How to book? Via Tune Hotels' site. The hotel is releasing 1,000 £9 room nights. The first 400 will be released at 12 noon on Wed 18 Apr 2012. The rooms will then be released in small batches until Mon 23 Apr.

    It won't be easy to find the deals, you'll have to search manually. Tune says it won't update its site when all rooms are gone. Instead, it will give hints on which dates are still available and when more rooms are released via its Facebook and Twitter pages. If you find available rooms, please post in the Tune Hotels forum thread.

  • When can I go? Between 9 Jul 2012 and 28 Feb 2013. The Olympics period (27 Jul - 12 Aug 2012) is excluded, but 70 £9 nights are up for grabs during the Paralympics (29 Aug - 9 Sep 2012). There are a few rooms available over Christmas, but not New Year's Eve.

  • What to watch out for. It's limited to one £9 room per person, so you can only stay one night at that price. Sale rooms are non-refundable. There's a 1% debit and 1.75% credit fee (except for Visa Electron).

    Confusingly, you may notice Tune's website says there is a £10 'cancellation charge'. Tune's press office says people will not be charged if they cancel £9 nights. When people cancel normal-price rooms within 72 hours of staying, they get a refund, minus a £10 admin fee.

  • What are the rooms like? This is a no-frills hotel which will normally cost from £35 per night. It’s run on the budget airline model: while it’s clean and does the job, guests pay extra for towels (£1.50), TVs (£3) and housekeeping (£7.50).

    The Tune Hotels brand is firmly established in Asia, and it already has three other central London hotels (see Trip Advisor reviews).

Travelodge: £12 room saleOnline Offer

What: Travelodge: £12 room sale When: 1 Sep to 30 Dec 2012
How: See Travelodge Note Hotel type: Budget
Ends: Limited offer Where: UK
Restrictions: None

Update Tue 17 April 2012. Travelodge's last room sale started 6am Thu 12 Apr. There were 25,000 nights at £12, and it has confirmed that there are still more than 10,000 £12 rooms left in the sale.

The key to bagging bargain rooms at budget hotel chain Travelodge* is timing. The hotel chain tends to release discount £10 - £25 room sales in tranches, and leave them until they sell out.

As this is a regular offer and is incredibly popular, this promotion has its own deals note, explaining exactly how to grab the rooms. The non-sale price is about £29 to £75.

See Cheap Travelodge Room Sale deals note for more info.

Premier Inn: £19 room saleOnline

What: £19 room sale When: 3 May to 10 Jun 2012
How: Via Premier Inn's sale page - see details below. Hotel type: 'Budget Plus'
Ends: When all sale rooms are sold. Where: 150 UK hotels
Restrictions:

Update Tue 17 April 2012. Premier Inn has confirmed that there are still 25,000 £19 rooms still up for grabs in the sale below.

Hotel chain Premier Inn* is selling 40,000 rooms at £19 per night for stays from 3 May to 10 Jun 2012. The sale started 9am Wed 11 Apr. Premier Inn rooms normally cost from £50 to £100.

  • When can I go? You can stay between 3 May to 10 Jun 2012.

  • How do I get it? The sale started at 9am Wed 11 Apr, and you can book via this specific sale page*. You will not be able to get to the site via the main Premier Inn* homepage.

  • How many hotels are taking part? 150 out of Premier Inn's 600 UK hotels, including Chester, Birmingham and Ascot.

  • What are the rooms like? While marketed as a 'no frills' hotel chain, we hear good things from MoneySavers. It also won 2011 Best Business Hotel & Best Leisure Hotel in the British Travel Awards.
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