Budget Travel - $30 off deal on Expedia no min. stay or purchase amount!!

This is getting some good traction in the Hotel Deals forum, but because it's of particular interest to this subforum as well I thought I'd post here in case fellow miserly or economically strapped types haven't seen yet.

Expedia.co.UK, the UK branch of the Expedia website, is having a great referral deal where you can get 20 pounds sterling (about $30.40) off any hotel booking with them with no minimum purchase or minimum stay!

You also don't have to live in the UK to grab the deal. You can use Expedia UK even if you live in the US. It works fine for U.S. addresses and U.S. credit cards!

All you have to do is get a code, enter it in the "I have a voucher" field when booking, and it'll knock 20 pounds (about $30.40) or one night's room cost off the cost of the stay, whichever is lower. One pound sterling is about $1.52.

I can personally vouch for it, as I was able to book a place in Las Vegas that cost less than 20 pounds and had a "second night free" deal. It charged only a little over a pound (just over $1.50) as the booking fee and that was it. There are also other reports of free or near-free rooms in the Hotel Deals thread.

THIS IS REALLY IDEAL FOR 1-NIGHT BOOKINGS, such as needing to stay near an airport at the start or end of a trip, or anything where you only need 1 night. It also works for longer stays, but the current deal with no minimum purchase or minimum stay is exceptional and may not last. Get your bookings in while you can. You can book stays until the end of the year, which is also great.

"Free" rooms for only the 1-2 pound booking fee are possible in Las Vegas, Reno, maybe Orlando, parts of Thailand, and a smattering of other places. But this works well to knock $30 off the cost of any of their Special Rate Hotels anywhere.

Not only that, but you can book using it all the way until Dec. 31 for stays all the way through March 31, 2010. OTOH, there's a good chance the offer gets pulled before then, and if that happens I'm sure they'll honor the paid-for bookings but probably not the unredeemed codes.

PM me with e-mail address (can be a junk e-mail, just as long as you can get it) for your very own, fresh code along with Expedia's details and T&Cs.

This is supposed to be only one use per account. You can't use more than one code for the same account, credit card and/or e-mail (read Hotel Deals CAREFULLY for details and experiences with using more than 1 code). If you still want more than 1 code (such as for someone else, or another acct.), PM me with another e-mail address (1 code per e-mail PMed)

Below are a couple of extras I had. If you use, PM me so I can mark it used. You can get on the site (www.expedia.co.uk) and try applying and see for yourself what it does for the price BEFORE signing up, even. Their account creation is relatively hassle-free and of course they're as reputable a site as it gets.

BQ4W-0THK-5XK4-6KS6
9HWQ-V0VN-XP9J-WCC2

(Full disclosure: It's a referral program, so there's something in it for me, but that doesn't diminish what a great deal it is! My sixth sense says the "no minimum" or no-minimum-stay parts may get modified, so get those low-cost bookings nailed down soon!)

And a couple more codes below. Post or PM if you use.

It's better to PM me with an e-mail address so I can have Expedia send you your very own fresh one, as their e-mail also includes T&Cs, links and other useful info.

8D2K-N9W4-9V1F-LJNC
8RN3-HWLH-YB4T-9THB

Looks like a good deal, but try as I may can't seem to find a screen where to put in the code :(

After I choose my hotel, put in dates and all, goes straight to payment screen where no place exists for putting in coupon :rolleyes:

EmailKid

I guess only hotels with an Expedia Special Rate can be used in connection with this voucher.

The T&Cs exclude Hilton, Marriott and a few other chains, though a few have reported still being able to book in certain situations. The "I have a voucher" option needs to show...that's where you would enter it.

Please, PM with your name and email address if you need a code!

If you PM me 5 email addresses, I will get you 5 codes!

Enjoy!:)

9PPQ-677W-EFGZ-VDZV

...is a fresh code that a FT member is welcome to use (I used mine to get a 3* hotel in Manila for £5.23!). Other destinations that come to next to nothing for 1 night include Vegas and places in countries such as India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia etc.

Please PM me if you use the above code.

Also PM me if you would like a code e-mailed to you (all I need is your e-mail address). As you've probably seen from the other posts, any e-mail address is fine as long as you can access the email you'll get from Expedia with the code in it! Send me as many e-mail addresses as you like if you want more than one code.

You can only use 1 £20 voucher per e-mail address and credit card.

Wow, the spirit of service and helping people out really shines through on this one! :)^:cool:

Here's another code to try:

9CEJ-M4X4-1FRS-87MF

You can tinker with this and try applying the code to see what price you get before signing up an account. Also good to make sure the hotel you want is accepting, as there are a few places not participating.

You could even take a "nomadic" vacation (new hotel every night, maybe a driving tour of a state). Priceline tends to discourage that because of its $8-10 slug on top of any booking, but this is one of those rare offers that help with 1-night stays.

PM me with e-mail address for more codes (1 address = 1 code sent back). The Expedia e-mail has useful info.

Wow, the spirit of service and helping people out really shines through on this one! :)^:cool:

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Really??...IIRC the referrer gets a bounty after you use their code.

Really??...IIRC the referrer gets a bounty after you use their code.

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek. Though more referrers are wondering if/when something will show up. :(

Did I remember also to mention to everyone to PM me with an e-mail if you wanted a code? There. Done.

UPDATE: Did some tinkering to try out booking for future trips. Both types of vouchers max out at 1 night's cost on the stay, so if the hotel is a good bit less than the voucher amount (e.g. Las Vegas, Reno), it only deducts the one night cost (e.g. 12 pounds) rather than the full voucher value.

So, optimally, it's best for 1-night stays at places that charge as close to the voucher amount as possible (since they'll charge you the booking fee anyway).

It DOES stack with %-off offers or second-night-free or anything like that you can find.

It could also encourage "nomadic" trips (drive around a state, stay in a different place every night), which is a contrast to Priceline/Hotwire, where lots of 1-dayers would cost $8 or so each just in booking fees.

As always, PM me with e-mail address (can be junk e-mail) for your very own Expedia e-mail with code. I tend to be a night owl in time online.

I tend to be a night owl in time online.

Looks like a good deal, but try as I may can't seem to find a screen where to put in the code :(

Well, gave you the heads up as I was looking for a hotel in BKK for my last night before starting my new job in the a.m. @:-)

Gave up when I could not find a place to put in the code and stayed in my (currently) favorite hotel for a whopping 700 TBt with a/c :) (that would be about $20 US so you guys who don't keep track of currency don't have to look it up @:-) ).

Oh, and since you asked, yes the SWU cleared (at the airport a couple of times) for all segments :D And in UA's new Biz Class on NRT-BKK-NRT no less: UA's lie flat Biz seats (http://suitedreams.united.com/?gclid=CIWF2fepx5oCFRwpawodWVIh2g)

Oddly enough, mom emailed me pix of Singaporo's new A380, and no UA is no match, but the price was right ;)

And since this is Budget Travel, the ticket was actually pretty cheap for one week advance purchase AND upgradable to boot. I did mention I start a new (sucky) job in the a.m., so this was my last chance for a getaway for a while :(

EmailKid

Another one:

8EY5-1VPT-7T4C-14FP

It's better to PM me with e-mail address, though (1 address per code).

Back from 4 days in North Dakota. Internet access of the non-wifi, Kinko's variety was thin on the ground in the western part of the state...sorry about delays getting to voucher requests during that time. Can do quicker turnarounds now from home.

As always, PM me with e-mail address to send code to. The e-mail comes from Expedia and has the code, links and other info. They promise not to send any spam if you don't use.

Here are some more codes. Use them on expedia.co.uk and use the voucher codes for 30 bucks off any hotel reservation, even for 1 night. PM Me if you need more. Use them before they are all gone.

B4J2-N60X-3R3K-XR8P
BSVW-RZM3-1HC0-MSYN
9CEH-C4CJ-QWRS-877P
CL9V-SC59-LQBQ-G00P
BQ4K-1T0E-YYK4-6KVG
9HWS-T0CB-6N9J-WCPL
B11N-4ZWV-VSQD-KXKZ
8EYC-QV2Q-474C-14YX
9FBG-E4GM-H3YP-GPNT

There might be a double-dip opportunity with a similar promotion for 20 euros at expedia.fr as well (though site is in French).

PM sent. Waiting eagerly :D

Wow! Thanks very much. Two bookings made. ^^^:D

Still going strong. ^^ (Thanx BTW to camsean) Will do my first stay soon on one of the GBP20 vouchers, so I'll see it from customer perspective.

One hint (from previous travels on Expedia or Orbitz bookings): Always make 2 copies of the reservation confirmation and have one ready to give to the hotel as a "voucher," just to be safe. I usually don't run into that problem in the U.S., but it has saved me hassle and arguments in places like Thailand. If there's any miscommunication or other problem and the hotel desk doesn't have the information, having something to give the hotel clerk also usually lets he/she check you in while they sort it out. It's not that the clerk doesn't believe you, it's that he needs something for CYA in case someone dropped the ball and the desk doesn't have the booking like they should. Have found low-tech places and mom-and-pops most susceptible to this.

As before, PM me with e-mail address (can be junk e-mail, though Expedia promises not to send spam) if you want your own GBP20-off code. You can use this promo even if you don't live in the UK. Am back from a weekend in Ft. Lauderdale & will be more Internet-tethered again.

Still going strong. ^^ (Thanx BTW to camsean) Will do my first stay soon on one of the GBP20 vouchers, so I'll see it from customer perspective

We used 2 of the 20 GBP vouchers on a road trip a week ago. One was a 1 nt Marriott Courtyard in Pleasanton, CA and the other 1 nt at the Marriott in Visalia, CA. Using the vouchers, paid only $78 all in for both. :) No problems and cheaper than PL. Both very nice properties.

There might be a double-dip opportunity with a similar promotion for 20 euros at expedia.fr as well (though site is in French).

did you get it to work on expedia.fr?

Still going strong. ^^ (Thanx BTW to camsean) Will do my first stay soon on one of the GBP20 vouchers, so I'll see it from customer perspective.

One hint (from previous travels on Expedia or Orbitz bookings): Always make 2 copies of the reservation confirmation and have one ready to give to the hotel as a "voucher," just to be safe. I usually don't run into that problem in the U.S., but it has saved me hassle and arguments in places like Thailand. If there's any miscommunication or other problem and the hotel desk doesn't have the information, having something to give the hotel clerk also usually lets he/she check you in while they sort it out. It's not that the clerk doesn't believe you, it's that he needs something for CYA in case someone dropped the ball and the desk doesn't have the booking like they should. Have found low-tech places and mom-and-pops most susceptible to this.

As before, PM me with e-mail address (can be junk e-mail, though Expedia promises not to send spam) if you want your own GBP20-off code. You can use this promo even if you don't live in the UK. Am back from a weekend in Ft. Lauderdale & will be more Internet-tethered again.

PM sent... waiting for your amazing deal!!

please let me know which one you are using....

8EY9-PV4T-3Z4C-14DP
9HWV-V0E7-1E9J-WCJZ
9FBE-EM9S-QVYP-GPM7
BQ4H-0T60-S6K4-6KXX

Do note, as discussed on the thread under Hotel Deals, that "public" codes posted here won't generate any referral credit. There has to be a match between the e-mail used to originally generate the code and the e-mail address of the account that does the GBP20 voucher booking.

As always, PM me with e-mail address if you want your very own code. It comes in an e-mail from Expedia that explains more about the deal and T&Cs, etc. Being able to get $30 off with no minimum stay or minimum purchase is pretty rare, even if it IS in pounds sterling (20GBP).

Accounts from the U.S. work fine; about the biggest hazard if getting a call from your credit card company to confirm the charge because ANYTHING in another country's currency could be flagged as suspicious, even if the charge is only for a very small amount. I've had that come up twice already, but it's fine once they're told the charge is legit.

please PM me or send me email to bestprixatgmail.com so I can refer you as a friend so you can enjoy the 20 pounds voucher for your stay, even for one night!

can you send me referral $30 coupon to donnblack1983@gmail.com

can you send me referral $30 coupon to donnblack1983@gmail.com

OK, done. Deal still going strong. PM me with e-mail address for your very own e-mail with code. Get in on this while it's still good!

Hi, my email is earth.voyager.1979@gmail.com!

Thank you!

Hi, my email is earth.voyager.1979@gmail.com!

Thank you!

OK, sent.

Back in the day, when these refer-a-friend promos popped up, FT members would set up a "conga" where the OP would become the first referrer to the next poster, who would become the referrer of the subsequent poster. This way, everyone would get a crack at the referrer bonus, which is typically richer than the referee bonus.

In this case, while the OP has made a vague reference to "getting something" out of the deal, he stops short of saying that he's getting a 40 quid voucher per referred booking. While there's no harm in that, and he has made the effort of originally disseminating the offer, I'm of the opinion that suppressing the full scope of the deal while flogging his own account as the sole channel of entry to the deal is taking the piss a bit and borders on commercial activity, IMHO.

For those who aren't aware, the starting point for this deal is at:

http://www.referafriend.expedia.co.uk/

From this page you can send out the 20 quid vouchers to as many non-Expedia-registered e-mail addresses as you like. Every one that gets redeemed will see a 40 quid voucher sent to you.

If you still want to use the OP as a referrer as a nod to his altruism, more power to you, but keeping a lid on what are pertinent details is not in the spirit of FT, IMHO.

Well, apologies if I assumed too much about what people knew about the deal. The full discussion about the GBP40 vouchers is on the more-trafficked "Expedia Refer-a-Friend promo" thread under Hotel Deals. I dare say, though, that the thread title for that one doesn't really convey why this is such a great and unusual deal like the title on this one does. If I were new to the deal I probably wouldn't have read that thread (I found out about it, BTW, while the deal was part of the Hotel Deals sticky, from which it had to be split).

In that thread and this, the deal has had a way of turning the initially referred into enthustastic converts and referrers, and that's great. I'm one of 'em.

It should be noted, though, that you get a referral voucher only if there's an exact match between the e-mail the code was sent to and the e-mail doing the booking, so not all referrals get a bonus (1 in 3 do, I'm estimating). No complaints about any that don't. :) Because of bugs, Expedia also is now restricting redemptions to one GBP20 and one GBP40 voucher per account/cred. card, even though in the latter case it's not supposed to work like that. It may or may not get fixed.

Further discussion on this is in the main thread mentioned above. This is one of those rare good deals that's unequivocally good for both parties. You also can make it work fine from the U.S. or other countries; you don't have to be in the UK. Thanks to the recent appreciation of the pound it's worth about $31.80 now (YMMV), so it actually gets more valuable!

I can email you a voucher of 20 pounds or euro so you can save on your hotel purchase... just email me or PM me your name and email address to bestprixatgmaildotcom...

take care

keeping a lid on what are pertinent details is not in the spirit of FT, IMHO.

I can think of an entire 100+ page thread dedicated to keeping the details secret.

I can think of an entire 100+ page thread dedicated to keeping the details secret.

Point taken, but that's not really an apples-to-apples comparison.

For one thing, no one is on that thread flogging FD tips for monetary consideration.

Secondly, there is a case to be made for discretion on that thread as the whole nature of the FD trick requires the continued ignorance of the websites involved, and the longer they are kept in the dark the better for all purchasers involved. That doesn't hold in this thread, where Expedia is openly offering the vouchers in question.

Looks like we're running about 1,747 thread views so far in this one and 10,045 in the older one under Hotel deals. Thankfully the whole of FT is likely not big enough to burn the deal out. There are a handful of much bigger general dealfinder places that are but that have to completely ban any posts about any kind of referral, even the rare kind like this where the referred party could literally get something for almost nothing with no strings. Fortunately smaller boards can be more flexible and specialized.

What Expedia really needs is some new programmers. ;) And I'm not just saying that because of the bug keeping people from redeeming multiple GBP40s. Other bugs also make it quirky.

im holding onto some voucher codes. anyone who is interested, is welcome to pm me.

thanks

Another tidbit: Figure the booking fee at about 8-10% of the unadjusted cost as a rule of thumb. Maybe GBP2 for a GBP20 otherwise free booking, or 10% of whatever total it was before discount. The voucher doesn't count against this, so you'll be charged *something*. As with Priceline, Expedia appears to bundle its own slug in with the taxes and not provide a specific breakdown, so it's hard to say how much is tax and how much is theirs.

Unlike Priceline, they DO make a good-faith effort to find out and list resort fees at hotels that charge them, so if you're booking in a location where those are rampant (Orlando, Las Vegas, etc.) be sure to read the hotel-decription info. That's always a good idea, anyway.

Just a few more days until I stay on one of these bookings. Will report how it went.

Update: Took my trip that included a booking using a GBP20 voucher and it worked like a charm. The hotel treated it as a prepaid booking. They still wanted a credit card imprint for incidentals, etc., but I didn't have any and there was no balance at check-out.

Looks like problems with "server errors" or people not receiving anything but having their e-mail addresses counted as referred are fixed, at least for now.

Smile I have a few vouchers.... who wants them?
please PM me or send me email to bestprixatgmail.com so I can refer you as a friend so you can enjoy the 20 pounds voucher for your stay, even for one night!

Would appreciate a code if you have one! My email is lllaaavvv@yahoo.com

Further positive results in Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys this weekend in using the vouchers.

Also used the freakish $10 lastminutetravel.com deal to stay at the 3.5-star Hotel Midtown in midtown Atlanta the night before flying out. Didn't have a car (parking would've been a steep $12/day), and hotel was 2 blocks away from a MARTA station with a train headed straight to the airport. Good that that deal went through with no strings attached.

Don't forget...on the Expedia UK vouchers, you can book all the way up to March 30. If your plans are fairly firm and/or the hotel is inexpensive enough, it's better to get that booking nailed down early. If the offer gets pulled or significantly restricted, you don't want to be holding onto just codes.

As always, PM with e-mail address if you want a GBP20 code sent to u. One code per e-mail address.

Please email a code to keerok2000@yahoo.com . Thanks in advance.

PM me with e-mail address and mention that you want an Expedia.fr code and I'll be glad to get a 20-euro voucher over to that address. The e-mail address cannot have received any 20GBP vouchers from the UK promotion. It'll reject any of those as duplicates. It must be a fresh e-mail address (though those are not difficult to obtain).

20 euros is not worth as much as 20 pounds and the site is in French (though it doesn't seem hard to fake your way through). I haven't road-tested re-using a credit card on that site that was used on the UK site for a single GBP20/GBP40 voucher (if you could do that, then it would have some added value for bookings, but odds might well be against). Also need to look more to see if there's much difference with the hotel databases other than pricing in euros.

Am still also gladly doing 20GBP referrals for the UK site; PM me with e-mail address if you want a code on that. Unless you mention you want a 20 euro code on the .fr site I'll assume you want a 20GBP one for the UK site, as that's still more user-friendly for most people here and a better choice if you're new to this deal.

Please email a code: pianistat@gmail.com
Thanks!^

I can email you a voucher for 20 pounds on your hotel purchase... email me or PM me your name and email address to pianistat at google dotcom...;)

I've some unused coupons left.

B4HT-DMWS-XH3K-XR75
CBSS-K5JQ-MLXR-RNCL
C56W-ZPER-CPHE-230T
8RMN-C2T5-SZ4T-9TP9
8D34-FQTJ-FF1F-LJQK

Enjoy!

Do note: Codes posted here won't get you a referral bonus. The e-mail the code was sent to and the primary e-mail used to register the new Expedia account (on which the GBP20 booking was made) must match.

Hello everybody.

I have already used one code and it worked. I need too book many nights (can switch hotels everyday) here in Thailand and Vietnam. I can create many emails and expedia accounts, but I need to know if this deal is 1 voucher per credit card, or I can use many vouchers for many nights but with the same credit card each time.

I ask this because I have only 1 credit card I can use on this trip, thanks!

Please let me know soon,
Philippe

It appears to be an amazing deal. I am unable to find the exact code for the deal. Can you please help?

Hello everybody.

I have already used one code and it worked. I need too book many nights (can switch hotels everyday) here in Thailand and Vietnam. I can create many emails and expedia accounts, but I need to know if this deal is 1 voucher per credit card, or I can use many vouchers for many nights but with the same credit card each time.

I ask this because I have only 1 credit card I can use on this trip, thanks!

Please let me know soon,
Philippe

It's one GBP20 and one GBP40 voucher per e-mail, Expedia account and credit card number. If you try to re-use a credit card number for a second voucher it'll generate a "that voucher has already been used" error after the credit card number is entered, even though the voucher hasn't really been used (i.e. the error message is in error) and even though it was fine with things up until that point.

Others have reported work-arounds on the credit card number thing, though. Citibank (the AA-miles card issuer) and PayPal have facilities to generate single-use virtual card numbers. Discover does as well, but Expedia UK doesn't take Discover. Chase, OTOH, doesn't.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this a tremendous if "bug-ridden" deal. In case you missed it in the Hotel Deals thread, they've been imposing a GBP200 minimum-purchase requirement for the GBP20 vouchers, and a GBP300 for the GBP40 vouchers, going forward. Hard to imagine them getting many takers when it becomes only a 10% or 16% effective discount.

So far the old vouchers are being honored under old terms (at least insofar as no minimum purchase), but how long that'll last is uncertain. If your plans have any degree of firmness, go ahead & use 'em if you have 'em.