Paid Members extacy of farts Posted December 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted December 18, 2014 Double post.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 If you have no interest in going out and exploring the local restaurants, bars and so on, then all-inclusive is great. Â But somewhere like Greece has such great local food, it's a bit of a waste to go over there and then just eat in the hotel for every meal. Â I am a food lover though, so for me that's a big part of my holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenryck Pilchards Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I have had mixed experiences with all-inclusive. My first taste was by accident as my flight home from Turkey was delayed for 16 hours, so the airline put us up in a nearby all inclusive resort. It was a glorified prison! It had a 10 foot fence around the perimeter entire complex, no where near any civilization and food was only served at certain times but my biggest gripe was they tried to make you do exercise! The food was lousy and the beer was awful, it really put me off the idea of going on an all-inclusive holiday. Â Two years later I was persuaded by my wife to go to Mexico all-inclusive for our honeymoon and I was blown away. We stayed about an hour away from Cancun in a place called Riviera Maya and the place was beautiful. The hotel was set in a mangrove and the diversity of creatures we saw was breathtaking. In the first 24 hours I saw a raccoon, a monkey, dozens of iguanas and a couple of parrots. The food was out of this world, there were 8 bistro restaurants which included a rodizio, Mexican, American BBQ, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and seafood. Â The buffet was pretty decent as well, one night they had a whole salmon in a honey mustard crumb which was beautiful. The drinks were decent too. The lager selection was Sol or Dos Equis and the spirits were all known brands (Skyy vodka, Jim Beam and Bacardi) but they had another bar which did more premium spirits (Grey Goose, Jack Daniels and a variety of Scottish Malts) for no extra charge. Â In short do your research. I would probably never do all inclusive in Europe as you will just get shite food and crap drinks unless you are going to an exclusive 5 star resort. In the Caribbean, I think it is a must, but it is so cheap outside the resorts you can afford to eat out on a couple of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted December 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2014 What's the catch with all-inclusive? Icelolly are doing £90 for a week in Barcelona, not including luggage or transfers.  Flights, hotel, all-inclusive for a week for £90? Link, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 https://www.icelolly.com/deal/city/e13f6c90d435c18bc6b2c31579a8c553  It's gone up to £94 now. Based on two sharing as well, I didn't mention that before but I assume everybody goes on holiday with at least one other person anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron&Hermione Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 It would be for 4 nights (Monday to Friday) in New York. I went to a virgin travel woman as for some reason they have it set up at a big tescos. But they are wankers because instead of flying their nice planes, they have a partnership with Delta and sometimes you have to fly Delta planes under the Virgin brand. Delta planes are shockingly bad. Plus they were charging £1,400 for economy for one person.  I think I've found a really good deal in fairness!  For 2 people (Expedia)  B.A flights, 4 nights in the New York Hilton midtown in a deluxe one bed. £1,790 for both of us! (Reduced down from apparently £3,244.)  Now is the reduced thing an actual real savings? Or is it something that's clearly there to make you think you're getting something cheap?  I have never done an all inclusive thing, but I imagine for families and friends who just want to relax (and drink) it being a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted December 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2014 https://www.icelolly.com/deal/city/e13f6c90d435c18bc6b2c31579a8c553  It's gone up to £94 now. Based on two sharing as well, I didn't mention that before but I assume everybody goes on holiday with at least one other person anyway.  That's awesome. Surprised it's so cheap going from London. Usually have to travel to Birmingham or somewhere to fly when it's cheap like that. I will discuss this with the girlfriend when I get home, I've got two weeks off from 2/1/15 and the weather in Barcelona is still up in the high teens/low 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matbro1984 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Some of my recommendations about travel booking. Hope it serves some use to you!  All inclusive  You get what you pay for with all inclusive. Do your homework on Tripadvisor and you should be fine. With Tripadvisor, ignore the 5* and the 1* reviews - all the reviews inbetween will be the ones telling the truth and not exaggerating.  Purple Travel and Teletext Holidays are good for package deals, but most of the prices quoted include a shit budget airline unless you phone up and ask for the holiday to be priced up with a proper airline. It will be extra cost, but you'll actually depart on time and be seated together by default without being prompted to pay £120 extra. I speak from painful experience. (Fuck you, Thomas Cook!)  If you're looking for a luxury all inclusive (top end Caribbean or Indian Ocean) then the best strategy is to go to a specialist travel agent, get a quotation, and go to another agent to see if they can either match it, or throw in perks for the same price. For example they might use a special 'honeymooners' rate to get you into an upgraded room, throw in free seaplane transfers, that sort of thing. Forget Kuoni or A&K though - they won't play along for this.  City breaks / short haul  For city breaks / Europe, just go direct to an airline and price it all through them. BA.com frequently has good deals.  Long haul  For further afield, I find it's best to price up flights and hotels separately. Fly.com and Skyscanner are good for flight comparisons. Travel Supermarket, Booking.com and Trivago are good for hotel comparisons. Expedia has become shit in recent years. The variation in cost for the same room in the same hotel on different website is mental.  If you are looking for a hotel in North America (and most large world cities), and you fancy a gamble, there is a US site called Priceline.com which lets you name your own price for a hotel room, specifying some parameters (area of city, hotel star rating), and submit the request. I've had some great successes with that site but be warned you are charged immediately if successful. No refunds. Examples: When I booked Wrestlemania 28 we managed to secure a room for $35 a night for a 4 star; the going rate when booking direct was $195 a night. One failure though - when I used it to book a hotel in Seattle I was careless about which areas of the city I was agreeing to potentially stay in. Result - we got a bargain but it was ages away from downtown.  Deals  Travelzoo is alright for deals, but you've got to be careful you've got the full specs before booking. You often get pinged for supplements for flying out of different airports, indirect flights with loads of changes or at silly hours. DealChecker.co.uk is much the same. Travelbird.co.uk is not one I've used personally, but the offers seem good value. It's basically Groupon for travel, or so I gather. Hot UK deals - http://www.hotukdeals.com/travel/deals/hot- occasionally have good travel packages too.  Day trips / activities / excursions  Viator.com is my go-to for booking stuff when I'm abroad. It also lets you check out reviews (albeit with names of the tour company removed), rather than relying on the hotel staff to recommend the best companies (when they're usually just recommending who bribes them the most).  Failing this, the 'attractions' area on Tripadvisor usually ranks local tour companies too, so you can find a good one and book direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That's awesome. Surprised it's so cheap going from London. Usually have to travel to Birmingham or somewhere to fly when it's cheap like that. I will discuss this with the girlfriend when I get home, I've got two weeks off from 2/1/15 and the weather in Barcelona is still up in the high teens/low 20s. Did you go for it? I'm curious what the total costs are with the necessary add-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted December 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2014 No. The girlfriend wouldn't go for it as she's back at uni at the time we'd be going. FML tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Are the price of PS4s likely to go down after Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 No idea, it seems like it would've been more prudent to drop the prices before Christmas like the Xbone did. They might drop them in the sales to get back to #1 in sales though. Â No. The girlfriend wouldn't go for it as she's back at uni at the time we'd be going. FML tbh. Â I'll go with you. Ring up and find out the prices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted December 22, 2014 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2014 I can't see it dropping before March. A retailer like Argos or Amazon are likely to offer a stunning bundle come Christmas Eve though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Bear Promotions Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 A question of help?  I'm doing some research into what marketing channels influenced gift buying at xmas, any help would be much appreciated as i need about 370 extra responses before Friday. There's a £50 prize draw included - https://mmubusiness.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3CxuDhQMULbBdqt  Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Apologies if this is a really dumb question! Â In short: I have an iPod classic, which is pretty much on it's last legs. I'm looking to replace it, with a MP3 player that has a large capacity, rather than having stuff playing from the cloud. Do generic non-Apple products work with iTunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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