I stay in London once or twice a month - usually in Bloomsbury and usually over the weekend. But this is the first time I’ve ever come across this :
Notice the ‘One Night Sat Supplement’ of £10 there ? What the hell is this charge and what is it for.
The thing about hotel prices in London and most major cities is that they are reduced over the weekend in order to attract real visitors and not just expense account businessmen.
Put simply - hotel prices on the weekend are cheaper than the weekday. So, just why the hell do SuperBreak think they can charge a ’supplement’ for staying on a weekend.
And it really is just them.
I usually book hotels through a company called DiscountCityHotels.net and they don’t gouge their customers by adding some random £10 charge for the privilege of staying on the least popular day of the week.
In fact, I’m very tired of travel and hotel sites with their disingenuous pricing and offers. SuperBreak are one of the worst for it as well. Despite the fact that London hotels charge by the room, not by the person, all the prices listed on SuperBreak are made to appear artificially low by showing a ‘per person’ price rather than the cost of the room.
And that’s without random ‘Saturday supplements’.
This is another reason why - despite the fact that their website is kinda mediocre in terms of design, Discount City Hotels are a refreshing alternative to most hotel booking sites. You see a price …that’s the actual price you will pay. Isn’t that how it is supposed to be?
Essentially, you can take your supplements and, um, shove ‘em.
