Hoxton Hotel £1.00 Offer on 24th January:- Genuine!
Jan 17, 2008, 3:35 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 4:31 am
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Thanks for the headsup.
I used to get an email (I'm on their mailing list) with the date they would sell rooms for 1GBP, but didn't receive one this time.
Did you get a special link or something?
Last time, their site was very, very slow.. (overload..)
I used to get an email (I'm on their mailing list) with the date they would sell rooms for 1GBP, but didn't receive one this time.
Did you get a special link or something?
The Hoxton £1 Room Sale 24th Jan 2008
Join our mailing list and be one of the first to get details of how to take part.
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Jan 17, 2008, 5:24 am
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It means that for a limited time on January 24, you will be able to attempt to book rooms online for one pound/night for specified dates in the future.
You will be limited to ONE room reservation for just ONE night at that rate, if they do the same as in the past (violate the rules and all your res will be cancelled). Limited availability, first come first serve, prepaid nonrefundable, etc., etc.
They may offer some other rooms at a higher, but still bargain, rate at the same time.
Anyhow, it's been discussed before. Search this forum using the term "Hoxton" to find out more details about how they ran these things in the past. Maybe it'll be a bit different this time, but no doubt still limited by quotas.
Jan 17, 2008, 5:24 am
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I did not get an email (yet) I just happened to look on the web site.
Jan 18, 2008, 1:32 am
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Patience and persistence may get you a £1.00 room.
I got one last time (third time I'd tried).
Jan 18, 2008, 1:43 am
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Originally Posted by blindman
12 Noon GMT.
Originally Posted by jackthebox
Also, is it realistic to get a room at the advertised GBP 1?
)I have a trip to London coming up in February and I just might try for this! (Already have a hotel booked on points, but can cancel that if needed.)
Jan 18, 2008, 1:46 am
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Jan 22, 2008, 1:51 am
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Got the official email
Good morning,
With rising energy prices, the alleged credit crunch and lots of rain, we thought we would try and brighten up your day by letting you know that our next £1 sale will take place on the 24th January at 12 Noon.
We have 500 rooms at £1 and 500 rooms at £29 available; that’s 5 rooms each night at £1 and 5 rooms at £29 available every day from the 1st February to 30th April 2008.
During our last sale, in October, we made some improvement to our on-line booking system but, sadly, it is still not perfect. Please bear with us – we continue to work with our technology partner to make the system easier to use.
To make the sale as fair as possible, you are only allowed to book one room, for one night at £1. If we find anyone misbehaving, we will cancel all their bookings.
In previous sales, we have had over 200,000 people trying to book these rooms. We are expecting a similar amount of traffic during this sale so you may not be successful. However we still have other bargains available including:
· Rooms for just £79 over the Easter weekend
· All Sundays in June are currently just £30
To help make the process easier and to try and reduce confusion we have provided a clearstep-by-step guide of how to book (click here for the full details.) The quicker you are the luckier you will be...
All the best for 2008.
David Taylor
General Manager
With rising energy prices, the alleged credit crunch and lots of rain, we thought we would try and brighten up your day by letting you know that our next £1 sale will take place on the 24th January at 12 Noon.
We have 500 rooms at £1 and 500 rooms at £29 available; that’s 5 rooms each night at £1 and 5 rooms at £29 available every day from the 1st February to 30th April 2008.
During our last sale, in October, we made some improvement to our on-line booking system but, sadly, it is still not perfect. Please bear with us – we continue to work with our technology partner to make the system easier to use.
To make the sale as fair as possible, you are only allowed to book one room, for one night at £1. If we find anyone misbehaving, we will cancel all their bookings.
In previous sales, we have had over 200,000 people trying to book these rooms. We are expecting a similar amount of traffic during this sale so you may not be successful. However we still have other bargains available including:
· Rooms for just £79 over the Easter weekend
· All Sundays in June are currently just £30
To help make the process easier and to try and reduce confusion we have provided a clearstep-by-step guide of how to book (click here for the full details.) The quicker you are the luckier you will be...
All the best for 2008.
David Taylor
General Manager
Jan 22, 2008, 8:28 am
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I gather that it is one 1GBP rate per customer...
Will the site allow you to make one booking for multiple days - ie book your 1GBP room and book rooms on subsequent nights at varying rates on one reservation - or do you have to make two reservations, one for your 1GBP room and another at other rates?
Thanks for the help...
Will the site allow you to make one booking for multiple days - ie book your 1GBP room and book rooms on subsequent nights at varying rates on one reservation - or do you have to make two reservations, one for your 1GBP room and another at other rates?
Thanks for the help...
Jan 23, 2008, 4:38 am
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Here are a couple of threads on earlier incarnations of this sale last year (2007):
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=706938
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=738320
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=706938
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=738320