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What should I do with this hotel booking?

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TheLostDiadem · 22/02/2021 23:05

For Christmas 2019 my husband booked a 2 night stay in a posh hotel where we stayed for our wedding night for April 2020 which would have been our 10th wedding anniversary. In Jan 2020 we split up and then CV happened so the booking was postponed anyway.

I’d completely forgotten about it until a couple of hours ago when the hotel called me as they were rearranging all their cancelled guests before taking any new booking now that they know when they can reopen again. I’ve rebooked it for the last weekend in April as they wouldn’t refund only rebook or offer vouchers to spend in the hotel restaurant/ spa.

What would you do with it? At the moment I guess my options are -
let exdh have the booking as he was the one that paid for it
go by myself which I’d sort of like but as it includes dinner I’d probably feel a bit of a tit sat in the restaurant on my own eating a 5 course meal
Try and sell it on eBay/ local selling sites
Ask boyfriend who I’ve been seeing for 6 months to come with me but it might be a bit weird as I know the room booked is the one where Dh and I spent our wedding night.

Wwyd? Are there any other options that I haven’t considered?

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Solasum · 22/02/2021 23:09

Ask the hotel to give you another room and take the boyfriend

PawPawNoodle · 22/02/2021 23:18

I'd probably ask for the room to be converted to a voucher for the spa and take my mum, or my child if I had one, rather than stay there. That's only because I'm sentimental about this sort of thing and wouldn't be able to stay there, let alone with a new boyfriend, but would be open to using the facilities.

Mosaic123 · 23/02/2021 02:34

Take a friend who has had a hard time/lost their job?

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AtlasPine · 23/02/2021 02:37

I’d relish a stay in a nice spa hotel on my own. Take a good book into dinner with you and enjoy!

wellthatsunusual · 23/02/2021 02:46

I'd ask the hotel to change you to another room and either take your boyfriend or a friend. The hotel will probably be happy to do it as that's most likely one of their nicest rooms so they can sell it again at a higher price. A good outcome for both of you.

StarlightLady · 23/02/2021 08:16

Take boyfriend and ask for different room.

If boyfriend still feels awkward, take another friend.

TheLostDiadem · 23/02/2021 08:50

It’s about a 3 hour drive from home so not really practical to just have a spa and meal there.

I hadn’t thought about asking for a different room stupidly enough. I think I’ll do that and ask boyfriend to come with me. I don’t feel awkward about it as I’m not a very sentimental person. Hopefully boyfriend won’t either.

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minniemoocher · 23/02/2021 08:57

If you are in the U.K. you will find they cannot open , you are entitled to a refund, or rather he is if he booked it. Hospitality isn't opening until may

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