The HfP chat thread – Saturday 19th June

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• Amy says:

  19 Jun19 June 17:49

  Looking to book a car in Scotland for next month. Have zeroed in on Enterprise Rent-a-Car for a car that suits our needs. Are there any Enterprise Rent-a-Car deals around? Thanks.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    19 Jun19 June 19:53

    You can get 10% off if you have Perks at Work. If you have Hertz Five Star you can match to Gold in their loyalty scheme for some free upgrade coupons too.

  • paulm says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:07

    There is an Amex offer about also if you have that, but only for the next week so you would have to prepay which not suit I appreciate

• Sukes says:

  19 Jun19 June 17:56

  Hi Muhammad I’m awaiting this with interest too in regard to Ireland. I think Ireland is still planning to introduce the EU certification from 19 Jul when intl travel is to be allowed (assuming Delta variant doesn’t trigger delay) but there is no info yet as to how the plentiful number of Irish citizens resident in NI vaccinated under NHS can avail. Unfortunately in NI we don’t even have electronic certificates yet & everyone just has paper cards as their vaccine record.

• Amir says:

  19 Jun19 June 19:48

  Does withdrawing cash on an M&S card via curve go down as a cash transaction? Used curve send and they charged interest.

• Rimmingtown says:

  19 Jun19 June 19:52

  I’m contemplating a walking holiday in Tunisia in August next year to look at old ruined historical sites amongst other activities. Any ercomendations?

  • Anna says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:04

    Many years since we went but the ancient city of Carthage with a superb museum plus Roman baths and Carthaginian/Punic cemetery are well worth a visit. The beach resort we stayed in (Hammamet?) was rather dismal but that’s probably because we got a last minute deal for an allocation on arrival via Teletext 😂

    • Anna says:

      19 Jun19 June 20:05

      It will be extremely hot in August though, I’m not sure I’d want to do a walking holiday at that time of year!

• Swiss Jim says:

  19 Jun19 June 20:10

  Are you sure you mean a cottaging holiday? I thought that was something entirely different… 😱

  • Swiss Jim says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:12

    Me useless. That was in response to Cyclist’s post earlier….

  • Number9 says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:23

    I thought the same 😱 maybe it says more about how our minds think than cyclists!

    • Anna says:

      19 Jun19 June 22:12

      +1, lol.

• Anna says:

  19 Jun19 June 20:10

  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/19/british-airways-revives-plans-abandon-gatwick/

  Not great news for LGW.

  • Memesweeper says:

    19 Jun19 June 21:08

    Can’t read it @Anna — can you post a two line summary? Reliable sources?

    • bill says:

      19 Jun19 June 21:26

      in javascript settings, add it to blocked websites and it will load

      • Anna says:

        19 Jun19 June 21:36

        I have no idea what that means but let me know if it doesn’t work and I will copy and paste the artcile 🤣

      • Ikaz says:

        19 Jun19 June 22:32

        Genius, thanks for that (also works on the economist)

    • Rob says:

      19 Jun19 June 22:37

      IAG has told BA that under no scenario should it let any Heathrow slots go. Only way to fill all slots with reduced fleet is to shut Gatwick.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        19 Jun19 June 23:49

        Upping the pressure on Bojo the moron

  • The cyclist says:

    19 Jun19 June 22:42

    BA leaving LGW would be a real pain in the butt for me, I’d expect the other airlines to plug the gap and fill any remaining slots though.

• rob says:

  19 Jun19 June 20:28

  Pricing Dubai up for 2022 summer time and in 2019 we stayed in the Conrad, Waldorf palm etc.
  Ive checked my old receipts and the new room rates have nearly tripled?
  How can this be possible?
  I just don’t understand how the major hotel chains can justify 3x the price for the same dates and same hotel room, is there so much demand that they think people will pay this amount of money?
  In 2019 when we stayed the hotels were not full and the price was way cheaper so I don’t understand how they think this is going to generate future demand for bookings?
  Does anyone have any info on why the massive increase in prices has happened and also if they think it will be here to stay.

  • Blindman says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:44

    Surely a banker like you can afford it?

    • rob says:

      19 Jun19 June 21:07

      Im not a banker?
      Either way its not about being able to afford the stay it’s about getting value for money.

      • Mike says:

        19 Jun19 June 21:55

        Rob – I think it is cocky rhyming slang not a comment on your job

  • Sandra says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:44

    Have you checked if there is some reason they are high at the particular time you want to go such as an exhibition or maybe the end of Ramadan when there are public holidays and a lot of ex pats working over there often have a long w/e in one of the cities? There’s probably a reason, although no one in their right mind would have a holiday there in the height of summer as it’s too hot and humid.

    • rob says:

      19 Jun19 June 21:09

      I holiday there every year at the same time and have done for the last 8 years barring the covid era.
      Always book way out way in advance and its normally very good value for money.

      • Blindman says:

        19 Jun19 June 21:18

        Wow:- you need to get out more….

        • Rob says:

          19 Jun19 June 22:03

          Lol do I?
          I’ve literally been everywhere else in the world.

  • Yuff says:

    19 Jun19 June 20:48

    When you book so far out prices are always high, they will drop massively in 3-4 months.
    Hilton are notorious for this.

    • Yuff says:

      19 Jun19 June 20:50

      Ps stay at the Atlantis £500 a night rooms at October half term will be £150 a night and you can walk to aquaventure

    • rob says:

      19 Jun19 June 21:10

      Always book way out in advance and its normally very good value.

      • meta says:

        19 Jun19 June 21:26

        Times have changed since 2019 (or 2018 when you booked your 2019 trip). People tend to now book less due to pandemic so the companies put the prices up initially. Then closer to time it’s a rush to get people in.

        For example, I have a stay at IC Ljubljana next month which I booked in October 2020. Since then I have rebooked at least 20 times. It is now half the rate then in October.

        Also bear in mind, that due to pandemic most bookings are now flexible, there are less non-refundable rates and that is reflected in rates.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        19 Jun19 June 23:55

        The issue is everyone is booking for 2022 because 2021 holidays going to be very difficult

  • Tim says:

    19 Jun19 June 22:52

    Given where we are in the pandemic, with 2021 appearing to be a slow reopening of tourism, it wouldn’t surprise me if most tourism related companies are expecting or hoping that there will be huge demand in 2022 as people make up for missed holidays and prices may reflect that.

• Sandra says:

  19 Jun19 June 20:47

  Ramadan ends around April 30th next year if that helps.

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