Travel companies offers come to late for some families.

mfc wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I usually wait until the last minute for 1 trip per season. Its great when you turn up in a chalet and everyone tells you how much they paid for their holiday, and you announce you paid 1/3 of what they did.....

Thats 1 thing i dont/could never do announce what i had paid... just doesnt seem right to me but i suppose were all different.

I couldn't either. It would really p*** me off if I paid full price and I found someone had paid hundreds less.

Just think it's not fair to broadcast

Dids1 wrote:

mfc wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I usually wait until the last minute for 1 trip per season. Its great when you turn up in a chalet and everyone tells you how much they paid for their holiday, and you announce you paid 1/3 of what they did.....

Thats 1 thing i dont/could never do announce what i had paid... just doesnt seem right to me but i suppose were all different.

I couldn't either. It would really p*** me off if I paid full price and I found someone had paid hundreds less.

Just think it's not fair to broadcast

Maybe i am strange but i have never understood this. Money does not bother me that way, price is subjective.

I booked my holiday and it has cost me around £1300 for a week for three people and to me i think that is worth it. It is worth £1300 to me.
If someone pays less then it would not bother me..

Dids1 wrote:

mfc wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I usually wait until the last minute for 1 trip per season. Its great when you turn up in a chalet and everyone tells you how much they paid for their holiday, and you announce you paid 1/3 of what they did.....

Thats 1 thing i dont/could never do announce what i had paid... just doesnt seem right to me but i suppose were all different.

I couldn't either. It would really p*** me off if I paid full price and I found someone had paid hundreds less.

Just think it's not fair to broadcast

Like I said, its great when the other people tell you how much they paid and you then watch their mouths hit the floor when you say "Well I didnt really want to say, but we paid £15,000 per person less than yooowwwwww"

I like feeling smug when other people try and book the holiday they want, and it's too late and all the tickets have gone - but I have some because I paid full price and booked early :D :D

Ally

AllyG wrote:I like feeling smug when other people try and book the holiday they want, and it's too late and all the tickets have gone - but I have some because I paid full price and booked early :D :D

Ally

I agree Ally g

I always book months in advance (for this year I booked before we left) because there are five of us. I always pay top dollar but I think it is worth it to know when and where you are going. In having said that I also booked a last minute deal for xmas week because of the price but that was only because I already knew we were going in feb too. I really had trouble getting flights for that trip from UAE to either Geneva Zurich or Germany :x. I even considered flying to UK and then back to Europe again just to get the flights. I wanted to stay in another resort as we always go to Austria. The chalet was really cheap anywhere but I could not get any flights at all so ended up back in Austria for that week but skiing is skiing so happy to just be there :D

AllyG wrote:I like feeling smug when other people try and book the holiday they want, and it's too late and all the tickets have gone

Ally

Never happened to me. I am glad you clearly have money to throw around.

I never know if its best to book early and take advantage of early bird bookings discount or wait until a last minute deal comes up? A couple of times I have booked late, got the holiday I wanted but seemed to have the smallest room in the hotel. When I have booked early I seem to get one of the better rooms. Dont know if it works like that or just coincidence.

I've booked early and I've booked last minute, it just depends when I've got the money. Never been in a position on a holiday where we have discussed how much we paid.

I must say that it's not only early, or last minute when you get deals. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed when browsing that there were packages to St Anton for £399 (various term time weeks throughout the season). This was exactly the same holiday I paid about £700 for a few years ago. A couple of hours later I decided to book it and when I went back to the website it had gone up to £769 and some weeks were sold out. :roll: