[EXPIRED] LastMinuteTravel.com - $10/night Hotel Stays

[iahphx]

Originally Posted by davem4

Last promotion these guys did, they change the T&C after the purchases were completed to say that no ... you did not buy these, but you won these.

Thus they were treated as winnings & thus were taxable.

Be aware of this.

That can be very "dangerous" in travel, as flyertalkers are used to paying pennies on the dollar for travel, and if you're taxed at 30 or 35%, "winning" might not be worth it.

Odd that you can "win" something that you paid for, but who wants the IRS headache?

[MrHalliday]

Originally Posted by iahphx

That can be very "dangerous" in travel, as flyertalkers are used to paying pennies on the dollar for travel, and if you're taxed at 30 or 35%, "winning" might not be worth it. Odd that you can "win" something that you paid for, but who wants the IRS headache?

I think it was just the opposite.
In the original LMT fiasco one did NOT pay the $1 they originally advertised.
They changed the rules to define it as a contest.
But the weeks that many "won" at spectacular properties was usually worth the tax.

This $10 deal is not likely going to $0, so no need to worry about taxes.
I just worry if I really want to stay in these low-end properties.

[lo2e]

New zones added today:

1* New York City Midtown
3.5* Orlando I-Drive/Universal Area
3.5* Cancun Hotel Zone
4.5* Cancun Hotel Zone
4* Brussels Ixelles

[MrHalliday]

Looks like the 4.5 star Cancun is the Hilton Golf and Spa Resort.
4* Brussels is probably Holiday Inn City Center.

Haven't yet found any $10 dates though.
Seems LMT advertises the deal before loading $10 inventory.

[lo2e]

Sorry, MrHallliday, I should have put in my post that I already figured out all of the new hotels and put them in Post #1. Didn't mean to have you go through that duplicate effort.

[MrHalliday]

Originally Posted by lo2e

Sorry, MrHallliday, I should have put in my post that I already figured out all of the new hotels and put them in Post #1. Didn't mean to have you go through that duplicate effort.

No apology needed. It is good practice !
You are very good about updating that post #1. Thanks !

Now if we could actually see some $10 days.....
OK, even $-8.18 will do.

[swag]

You don't have to Google or to guess to determine what the mystery hotels are.

LastMinuteTravel is owned by a Florida company called Tourico Holidays. Tourico has their own site that exposes the hotel ID's, which are the same across sites.

So, for example, when you click on LMT for the 2* Kissamee deal, you go to a page with this URL:

http://www.lastminutetravel.com/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=1739&provider=localTgsProvider

Note the Hotel ID is 1739.

Now, plug it into this URL

http://www.touricoholidays.com/en/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=____&provider=localTgsProvider

replacing the underscores with the ID from above. In my example, that's:

http://www.touricoholidays.com/en/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=1739&provider=localTgsProvider

It's exposed as the Howard Johnson of Kissamee. This should work for all the deals, and any other LMT "undercover" hotel.

[lo2e]

Originally Posted by MrHalliday

No apology needed. It is good practice !
You are very good about updating that post #1. Thanks !
Now if we could actually see some $10 days.....
OK, even $-8.18 will do.

You're welcome, and glad that you have a sense of humor about it.
I would take anything less than the $60+/night in Cancun they're showing right now, not that it's a bad price either...

Originally Posted by swag

You don't have to Google or to guess to determine what the mystery hotels are.

I didn't google or guess either, but my method was slightly more rigorous than yours. I just looked at the number of rooms in the $10/night property and compared that to room numbers for the hotels that come up when you search for vacation packages in the same area and quality level. To each his/her own I guess!

[eSurfer]

The new hotels have been taken off, and I wonder whether that is because they are all "taken", or that LMT just changed their mind?

[lo2e]

Originally Posted by eSurfer

The new hotels have been taken off, and I wonder whether that is because they are all "taken", or that LMT just changed their mind?

Well, considering I couldn't find any $10 or below rates at any of the new places, I would assume they changed their mind. Doesn't surprise me...

[xanthuos]

I don't know if I would have paid even $10 for the Hotel Carter.

[MileageAddict]

Originally Posted by xanthuos

I don't know if I would have paid even $10 for the Hotel Carter.

#1 on the list of Dirtiest Hotels in America. Ewwww!

[gottaluvNW]

Originally Posted by swag

You don't have to Google or to guess to determine what the mystery hotels are.

LastMinuteTravel is owned by a Florida company called Tourico Holidays. Tourico has their own site that exposes the hotel ID's, which are the same across sites.

So, for example, when you click on LMT for the 2* Kissamee deal, you go to a page with this URL:

http://www.lastminutetravel.com/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=1739&provider=localTgsProvider

Note the Hotel ID is 1739.

Now, plug it into this URL

http://www.touricoholidays.com/en/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=____&provider=localTgsProvider

replacing the underscores with the ID from above. In my example, that's:

http://www.touricoholidays.com/en/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=1739&provider=localTgsProvider

It's exposed as the Howard Johnson of Kissamee. This should work for all the deals, and any other LMT "undercover" hotel.

Swag: this is brilliant info.

Sadly, LMT is still screwing its users. Booked a Hotwire purchase for $39+ taxes and the same hotel shows here for $110.

[roadtripman]

Originally Posted by MileageAddict

#1 on the list of Dirtiest Hotels in America. Ewwww!

I'm surprised the Knights Inn Las Vegas Airport didn't make that list. I had the following "perks" in my hotel room:

- Feces smeared on the bathroom walls
- Semen stains on the lazy chair
- Half of a bedsheet (visibly cut with scissors)
- Three massive holes in the walls & bathroom door
- Carpet soiled with mud and other obscure substances
- Thermostat hanging off the wall by its wiring
- Black Mold covering every crevasse of the bathtub

To address my concerns, the hotel staff issued me a $15 credit against the room rate. Yay

[lo2e]

Kissimmee and Houston have now bit the dust as well and I have updated post #1 as such. Again, I have a hard time believing they "sold out" of those cities since they made it so difficult to find applicable dates.