Is this a good deal?

[screamingreels 0]

-We've had an offer from Southall Travel for flights fm MAN with Qatar airlines for 15 nights OCT/NOV+ACC at a few Hotels(Champ,Pattaya Garden,Century,Sunshine Res.) Total price is around £950 for 2.Sounds a good deal to me but I will bow to your superior knowledge of LOS.Power to your lifting arms!!!!

[pattysteve 34]

Hi,

 

On the face of it,sounds a good deal.Things to consider are will u be room sharing,and is the hotel guest friendly,if the answer is yes to the first and no to the second,then id say no its not a good deal.

[screamingreels 0]

Thanks Pattysteve,I'll be with 'er indoors,but this is not as bad as it sounds as she can give us all a run for our money and is up for anything!!!!

[pattysteve 34]

Ooooooooops sorry,very naughty of me to assume it was 2 guys,but its easily done.It is amazing how many couples love the atmosphere of Patters.

 

Have a great hols.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

screemingreels,

 

The difference in price between Qatar's 'accommodation inclusive' and 'flight only' fares in Oct/Nov is only 10 quid per person so you would be locking yourself into what appears to be some pretty basic accommodation for the sake of a tenner.

 

I would think that a fair proportion of guys on the board have, at one time or another, taken the accommodation inclusive option but most, if not all, have reverted to the flight only and find your own accommodation option. If nothing else, this allows you some degree of independence to change hotels, take side trips away from Pattaya etc.

 

A couple of things to bear in mind with the inclusive fares are, firstly, you will not accrue any frequent flyer mileage on Qatar with these fares and secondly, your contract will be with the travel agent and not the airline. A small point but it makes all the difference when things go tits up and you are wondering where you stand in relation to compensation, alternative arrangements and insurance implications etc.

 

Finally, it may be worth holding back for a couple of weeks until Etihad has got its planned Manchester flights loaded into the booking systems. You could be surprised at some of the early deals that are likely to be available.

 

Tom

[screamingreels 0]

Thanks,Cheshire Tom,

Logged and digested,will now monitor the sites for Etihad from MAN.

We stayed at Shagwell last year and was not best impressed,could go for SOLEIL DE SIAM or MARIKA.

Down the Boddies Buddy!!

[floppyjack 0]

hi. just thought i'd let you know what i did.

purchased a return flight from coop travel for a flight from manchester to bkk via dubai for £600 which included holiday insurance. then arranged my own transfer to pattaya with lostinspace from this board for approx £50 again return journey. then found my own accomadation on line for 3 weeks for approx £44 per week. so all together i sorted myself a 3 week holiday in pattaya for approx £780.00 which is less than a package holiday i booked last year for 11 days.

phil