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What does 'single occupancy surcharge' mean?

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PavlovtheCat · 07/01/2014 08:57

ok I know that makes me sound a bit dense. But I can't get my head around it, having never gone away on my own before.

I want to book a room that is on offer at £49 per double room. There is a £20 single occupancy surcharge. Does that mean I have to pay another £20 on top of the £49 if I wish to stay there alone? I would want a double room not a single room.

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ISeeYouShiverWithAntici · 07/01/2014 09:02

I would have thought that it would be £49 per person per room, so one person £49 plus £20. two people £49 x 2 = £98

If they are saying the room is £49 and two people staying in it would pay a total of £49 but one person in it must pay £69, that's outrageous!

TanteRose · 07/01/2014 09:02

yes it means you have to pay another 20 quid.

I have never understood why they do that...

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PavlovtheCat · 07/01/2014 21:25

Isee no, it's definitely per room, not per person per night. With a 'single occupancy surcharge' of £20.

tante that is, indeed, outrageous! Shock I thought I must be reading it wrong. Why do they do that? I mean, i will be eating less breakfast to start with, making less mess (not that I don't clean up after myself but still), using less towels, using less water...

Well fuck them. I won't stay there then. It was a lovely location right by the sea for my solitary jaunt for a couple of nights. I was a little Hmm at the buffet breakfast anyway. So I will go somewhere else. Hmmph.

Thanks for the link, I shall go look at it.

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PavlovtheCat · 07/01/2014 21:28

See, although I think it's bloody tight, I can see why, from a business perspective, if you are charging a single person the 'per person rate' and adding on an additional cost, I get that. But, this room is £49 for the room, not per person. So there is so single person loss of profit where the single person is taking a room from a couple and paying less than two people. It simply doesn't make sense.

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ISeeYouShiverWithAntici · 08/01/2014 07:22

One meal instead of 2, 1 lot of drinks instead of 2, according to that article. So they are making single people pay what they would have got had 2 people eaten and drunk there?

Bohemond · 08/01/2014 07:54

Have you phoned them to check?

DullDullard · 08/01/2014 07:57

Can you book sn imaginary friend to keep it at £49?

notthefirstagainstthewall · 08/01/2014 17:02

They usually apply to holidays rather then hotels.

If you look through booking.com for example they will show you all the rates for the rooms available. It is always a cheaper rate if you are single occupancy.
They are trying it or a bit confused. Do they offer meals apart of the deal though (aside from breakfast)?

MillyMollyMama · 08/01/2014 18:13

Usually room rate is quoted and if you are on your own, so be it. It will be the price for the room unless the hotel will not sell than room to a person on their own. Obviously business hotels sell to single people all the time. Purpose built Single rooms are available at some hotels but any room still needs servicing, admin is still the same, but you consume less. Often holidays carry single person supplements, not individual hotels. You just have to consider whether you think £69 is good value or whether you can get a room somewhere cheaper without a supplement. Try a business hotel.

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PavlovtheCat · 08/01/2014 20:14

dull I like that idea. I think they must be confused. I might give them a a call and ask, not done that yet. Good idea bohemond

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PavlovtheCat · 08/01/2014 20:18

milly I certainly didn't consider that it would be cheaper for one person, but not more! I don't want a business hotel as I am going away to enjoy some time alone. My DH thinks I am bonkers, he cannot fathom that anyone would choose to go away on their own, for two nights, with only a book and some wine for company. I can't wait Grin. I don't necessarily need huge luxury, but some little luxuries would be nice, like, not feeling like billy no mates and being charged extra for choosing to be alone, and most business hotels seem to be quite a way from the sea.

I don't even mind it not being a hotel, although a pool and sauna is appealing. A country B&B would do, a little one with a sea view, and a nice cooked breakfast, where they are ok with me eating take-away in the room, with a lovely tub to soak in.

I guess £69 is not unreasonable, but maybe I will go there with DH instead Grin

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MirandaWest · 14/01/2014 10:26

Did you speak to them in the end?

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