Not an AIBU but.....

[bitzy12]

Was in town today with dh and as a joke (and it really was a joke!) I said 'why don't we go book a holiday for next year?'

Well that was it, dh took me extremely seriously and the next thing I know, I'm sat at a desk in a travel agents with a lady typing in all my details.

Anyway she found us a pretty reasonable deal tbf however I was not prepared to book! Usually when we book a holiday, we have either all of the majority of the money to put towards it. Right now, all we could afford to pay was the deposit. £3500 to find before February next year.

Now to be fair, we probably could save it and pay it. But the thought makes me uncomfortable AND I want to go away and see if I can find a better deal online, look at holiday reviews etc. I'm not ready to book. Dh is. Doesn't help that we have the woman going on about free child places and how if we don't book it now, they will all go. 'Once they are gone, they're gone'

Also she kept saying 'I can't guarantee I can get you these prices if you come back tomorrow'

So me and dh aren't really speaking now as apparently according to dh, we will of lost that deal and I'm makin a massive deal out of it and it's too stressful....so we are not going anyway now apparently.

So is he right? Do prices really change? Do the free child places run out?

When I've come home, it seems like the free child places don't really make much difference as all they do is bump up the prices of the adult which makes up for the free child place.

I found one holiday where it was £600 each but no free child places. The following week had free child places but the adult price was bumped up to £900 each.

Anyway, whatever the answer is, I don't want to book a holiday without having abit of money to put towards it at least.

I'm the sensible one, dh just does things on impulse.....we are a great match 

Well that was it, dh took me extremely seriously and the next thing I know, I'm sat at a desk in a travel agents with a lady typing in all my details

All you needed to say was 'only joking' and not enter the travel agents?

Why is he such a child? So what if you may have missed out on the deal? There will be others.

He's wrong. Prices don't really change that quickly, except in exceptional circumstances. That was just classic pressure selling tactics. Ignore and note to NEVER use that travel agent.

Don't use a travel agent! Much much cheaper doing it yourself. You are in the right, he is in the wrong.

If you didn’t want to, why go through the whole rigmarole and then say no?
It wasn’t really fair to let it get to that point, with no intention of booking and then pull the plug. Plus it was a massive waste of time for the travel agent too.

Next time, don’t show your partner up in public and just say no if you don’t want to do something.

Because he wanted to go in and I said we could go get some prices and see what we are looking at. To be honest, I've never booked through an actual agent where you go and sit and book before so I was interested to see what kind of prices they give. He agreed it would be a good idea to go in and see not book.

And to be fair, she did find us a good deal. At the moment, I can't find anything cheaper than what she quoted us.

If that price is still the same in a couple of months when we've saved slightly to book, I'll happily do it.

But just not today.

Me and dh both know a holiday is on the cards next year. It's just not right to book now.

Like I say, I can't find anything cheaper which I'm shocked at to be honest. Her price beats them all by about £200. But dh was taking everything this lady was saying as gospel. He's just falling for all her 'got to book it today if you want this price' crap.

Anyway just wondered how often they change the prices. Dh probably would have a point if tomorrow it's gone up by £500. But I can't see that happening.

Go back and ask her if you can take a few grams off of your luggage allowance - that gives you plenty of time to chop his balls off for being such an idiot.

If she's found it cheaper, you'll book in a couple of months anyway and know you can afford it by this time next year, go back tomorrow and book it. I'm very risk and lending averse but you've checked it out and can't beat it

Prices can change quickly ime.

I'm not sure why you actually went into the travel agents tbh. Waste of everyone's time!

DH dithered about booking our holiday this year and the price did start going up.
Tried deleting cookies/ using another PC and still couldn't get the price down to when we first saw it🤦🏻‍♀️

To get an idea of prices! Dh is was in full agreement that we were only getting quotes. Not actually booking. And when we sat down, I made it clear we are just looking not booking. Then when she started giving her 'need to book now' talk, dh wanted to book now. And I understood why as it was quite a good price however I wanted to look at the hotel myself, reviews anyway, with or without looking at different prices.

I even suggested us going for a coffee to discuss (as I didn't really feel comfortable discussing our finances on front of her) and she said 'nope you need to book it now if you want this price'

I don't believe we wasted her time. You don't go and buy a car every time you go into a car dealership. You look at what's available and then go somewhere else and compare.