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JamesNotJim

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755 posts

202 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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This has got me fuming!

Why the hell do they fking change their price's for the same place week to week. And why the hell do their prices vary for different places?

I have a limited ££ to spend each night with my expenses at work. I've stayed at the same Travelogde the last two weeks, week 1 it was £39 a night.. fine enough no problem. Week 2 it was £41 a night up to Thursday night, when it shot up to £51.... WHY the fk!!? You fking morons why the hell do you need to change the price from one night to the next!! frigging inbred cousin shagging tts!.
Now I go to book the same place for the coming week... and now its £50 a night all week!!

Its not as if its more busy, week 1 was the busiest week, this week seemed quiet...

This may seem trivial to some people, but with only £50 a night to get a room and a meal. This leaves me spending my own cash... and don't get me started on the WIFI fee's and no channel 5 (Cant get signal on my 3G dongle in the bd hotel).

grim_d

765 posts

206 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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Stay somewhere else?

B&B?


Edited by grim_d on Friday 6th March 20:49

Puggit

49,148 posts

264 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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You're in the wrong job

HTH

H_Kan

4,942 posts

215 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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It's because the cheaper prices are promotional ones, their standard rate is around 60 a night. Maybe you should direct you anger at your firm, becuase the allowance is measly for food and accomodation.

Travelodge in my experience provide keenly priced, clean and no frills accomodation. The staff are nice enough and you don't get any luxuries but it serves its purpose.


eldar

24,151 posts

212 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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JamesNotJim said:
This has got me fuming!

Why the hell do they fking change their price's for the same place week to week. And why the hell do their prices vary for different places?

I have a limited ££ to spend each night with my expenses at work. I've stayed at the same Travelogde the last two weeks, week 1 it was £39 a night.. fine enough no problem. Week 2 it was £41 a night up to Thursday night, when it shot up to £51.... WHY the fk!!? You fking morons why the hell do you need to change the price from one night to the next!! frigging inbred cousin shagging tts!.
Now I go to book the same place for the coming week... and now its £50 a night all week!!

Its not as if its more busy, week 1 was the busiest week, this week seemed quiet...

This may seem trivial to some people, but with only £50 a night to get a room and a meal. This leaves me spending my own cash... and don't get me started on the WIFI fee's and no channel 5 (Cant get signal on my 3G dongle in the bd hotel).
I usually get them at £19. Shop around and book in advance. (or buy a caravan and drag it behind you)

okgo

40,613 posts

214 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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Puggit said:
You're in the wrong job

HTH
And hotel.

mattley

3,027 posts

238 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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I'm a huge fan of a dynamic pricing model, OK you might not think Thursdays are more in demand than Tuesdays but they do, and price accordingly.

You'd get nothing acceptable round here for £50 anyway.

MJK 24

5,669 posts

252 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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I had a fabulous time at Travelodge A1M Washington Services North last Thursday.

The receptionist was to Page 3 standards and I had my pick of rooms as I was the ONLY person there all night!

Turnover of £50 per night on a hotel that must've had 40 rooms!

cs02rm0

13,814 posts

207 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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Limited to £50 for a meal and room?!

Switch companies. I'm off to Portugal on Monday, dread to think how much it'd cost me with your company!

welshsurferdude

366 posts

221 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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the travelodges have comfortable beds and are all i need, and some of the receptionists are cracking looking lasses smile asked one out when I stayed at one travelodge for 3 weeks and had a lot of fun after work hours! Now thats what I call customer service smile

happy days! god I miss that job.

Edited by welshsurferdude on Friday 6th March 21:19

Brown and Boris

11,838 posts

251 months

Friday 6th March 2009
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The other night prices changed while I was on the site doing the boking; bweteen geting my price and clicking the 'book' button. Obviously as rooms sell what they have left tend to go up/down.

sstein

6,249 posts

270 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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Travelodges are a rip off!

£60 for a crappy room for 1 night, and then they try to get you to scrimp on the towels you use for enviromental reasons. Morons!


Famous Graham

26,553 posts

241 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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Look up prices rather than assume?

Just a thought...

TotalControl

8,265 posts

214 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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JamesNotJim said:
This has got me fuming!

Why the hell do they fking change their price's for the same place week to week. And why the hell do their prices vary for different places?

I have a limited ££ to spend each night with my expenses at work. I've stayed at the same Travelogde the last two weeks, week 1 it was £39 a night.. fine enough no problem. Week 2 it was £41 a night up to Thursday night, when it shot up to £51.... WHY the fk!!? You fking morons why the hell do you need to change the price from one night to the next!! frigging inbred cousin shagging tts!.
Now I go to book the same place for the coming week... and now its £50 a night all week!!

Its not as if its more busy, week 1 was the busiest week, this week seemed quiet...

This may seem trivial to some people, but with only £50 a night to get a room and a meal. This leaves me spending my own cash... and don't get me started on the WIFI fee's and no channel 5 (Cant get signal on my 3G dongle in the bd hotel).
Travelodges are my personal hate. I rate Days hotel miles better, i always get a good price from them. The last time i went, they gave me 50% off! thumbup

The wifi is managed by a company called Spectrum interactive, who i used to work for in HO. The wifi aspects were fairly decent back then, not sure about now. as their workforce is still quite small from what i understand (HO anyway). The servers are maintained in-house and the first call support team are known to just send cases through to HO. They also are the same company who manage the wifi's in travel-inns as well and also all the wired internet kiosks in all major airports across the UK.

zollburgers

1,278 posts

199 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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Have you thought about writing professionally about your personal torture? This could be worse than the suffering endured during the Holocaust. Maybe this could be the New New Testament in the Bible and you could be the new Jesus, as you have suffered so much?

Or alternatively, you could stop whinging like a little girl?

Edited by zollburgers on Saturday 7th March 03:41

g_attrill

8,416 posts

262 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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£50/night is FAR too low an allowance, Travelodge is probably the cheapest accommodation other than hostels, so you need to tell your company to give you more.

parapaul

2,828 posts

214 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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g_attrill said:
£50/night is FAR too low an allowance, Travelodge is probably the cheapest accommodation other than hostels, so you need to tell your company to give you more.
Having never had an expense account, I have no idea what it should be, but £50 isn't even close to enough for room & food. Maybe ask your employer for a list of their approved Youth Hostels and railway bridges?

mitzy

13,858 posts

213 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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AA do a good B&B book.

And there are loads of sites on the internet

Travelsploge and Travel Inn fit the market of clean no frills get some kip rooms. All the ones I have been in have had clean sheets and towels and tidy.

At the end of the day your only sleeping there, not having a function.

jamoor

14,506 posts

231 months

Saturday 7th March 2009
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www.laterooms.com
www.booking.com
these 2 are generally best for this sort of thing, they are generally cheap too.