Booking Warning & Special Offers

[Tsung]

Right I have just booked Beanz Room for Alton Towers, let me share my expeience with you...

1st phone call, I was quoted £430 for the room, heck I should of booked it then, but I just wanted to get accurate prices...

2nd phone call, spoke to someone else, was quoted £560(ish) for the same room, same nights, same everything. Just the price had increased by £100. The guy was a total arse on the phone, insisted the price was correct and wasnt got to change it. I hung up.

3rd phone call, spoke to someone else, was quoted £505.50, I booked the room after lodging a complaint about their flexible pricing policy.

So it appears the prices change depending on who you talk to..

SPECIAL OFFER

*removed*.. PM me about the special offer.. You will need to book before April.. I will tell you how to claim it.

[Bootz]

My booking was £606.60 for 2 nights stay and access to park for 2 days.

I you swap your old ticket you can buy a 3rd day park entry for £15.

I called them and they said if you are on their records - i.e. you've been before, then they usually send thru an offer in the post for the 'buy one get another 1/2 price', which sounds like you have.

I also asked about any offeres and she said I already have the 10% discount, saying that if I was paying full price it would have been about £676!!

shocking.

[Tsung]

I think they make stuff up Bootz, the prices they quoted me changed with every phone call. They had no-way of knowing I was an exsiting customer except for the fact I would mention the offer. They never asked for a reference number, they didnt even know my name until after they quoted me a price.
I found the sales staff to be very rude, one guy was exteremly rude when I questioned his £560 (made up) price. He shrugged it off with "prices change", even in 2 mins!. The woman I spoke to next time got very loud and agressive everytime I mentioned the fact I cannot seem to get quoted a consistant price.

My advice, if you are quoted over £550, ring again. Btw, the automatic answering machine says "Stay more than one night and choose your benefit" or similar words. But it doesn't tell us what the benefit is.

[her0n]

Alton Towers are cowboys tbh. Debating whether to go at all.

[Exegesis]

i had a shady feeling about the place last year. seems like the company got too big for it's pants (trousers). basically a private company being ran by a bunch of individuals instead of functioning like a single corporate entity.

[her0n]

Don't get me wrong, I had a good time and all but I just think it's a lot of money.

Disneyland Paris 3 day hopper (valid for 3 years and days dont need to be consecutive) is 108 euros = £75 approx

;)

[lyn]

Maybe Euro-Disney would be a better option then
Esp if they cannot make up there minds on prices, it seems so strange that there isnot a standard price.

[Eva_01]

disney land would be ****e......

AT has better rides, better hotels, easy to get to for most people and a lot of us have paid.

[her0n]

I wasn't saying swap it!

Besides been to it before, but wasn't there long enough to do the lot (was on a college 'educational' trip). It's a good laugh and better 'value' for money for those who can afford it maybe?

Was only offering suggestions for those who feel that their money could be better spent..?

:rolleyes:

[lyn]

Originally posted by her0n
I wasn't saying swap it!

Besides been to it before, but wasn't there long enough to do the lot (was on a college 'educational' trip). It's a good laugh and better 'value' for money for those who can afford it maybe?

Was only offering suggestions for those who feel that their money could be better spent..?

:rolleyes:

I think you missed the fact that i put MAYBE at the start of my sentence

[her0n]

nonononoo i was replying to eva :p

[Toptotty]

Originally posted by *Tsunami*
Btw, the automatic answering machine says "Stay more than one night and choose your benefit" or similar words. But it doesn't tell us what the benefit is.

I asked the sales guy that and he told me its the "all in hotel and park tickets" - you can choose just hotel and water park OR hotel, water park and park.