Why should Travel Industry professionals miss out?
The Mode Sathorn Hotel has released a Travel Industry Promotion.
The rate is bookable from now until end of 2016.
Please note that the promotion is not available and not bookable on the hotel website.
Your booking can be made directly with the hotel Reservation Department at email: [email protected] only
This is fairly straightforward – unless you work at the airport or for a train company you can’t get discounts on the Gatwick Express.
It is the quickest and comfiest way to reach Gatwick from London Victoria, but remember that Southern Railways also goes from London Victoria, and Thameslink from many stations in the City – both for at least a 1/3 saving if you book in advance.
However, if you do want to book Gatwick Express Tickets, the cheapest way is via their own website as they offer online discounts, and occasional special offers.
Apologies for the delays in updating www.tidiscounts.com – but like most of you, we’ve been busy in our day jobs! We’re working through a series of posts and new offers, and of course, updating old posts to ensure you have all the information you need. Keep a look out for a series of posts soon!
It’s been an fun filled couple of months as we’ve got to grips with what you’ve wanted us to find out – and in 2016 we’ll be working towards more unique deals and offers.
We’re always open to hearing about offers we may have missed, or if you have any particular requests.
And in January of course we’ll be inundated with offers and perks for you wonderful people working in the greatest (if underpaid!) industry.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and trust you’ll be inundated with enquiries in January!
Most airlines are slowing starting to offer user friendly agent sites – many rather bland and lacking real interest, but we do recommend Cathay Pacific’s CXAgents.com Agent Website.
Firstly, they are offering a place on a Mega Fam next May that is ‘open to all UK & Ireland travel agents who complete the Cathay Pacific Airways Online Training Course before 31 January 2016 achieving the required pass rate of 80% or above’.
Secondly, they do have frequent agent offers and competitions.
And thirdly, and of most importance to us – they frequently offer Travel Industry Special Offers (none-currently) that are advertised here first. Most recently they had some amazing Business Class offers to Australia & Asia, but a very short booking period, so we reckon it’s worth signing up quickly.
Link: CXAgents.com
We will be covering Hotel Du Vin in length over the coming weeks with regards to Industry Discounts– however a quick offer has flashed up that we think would appeal to those of you planning a pre-Christmas getaway.
This extremely elegant English hotel group is offering a ‘Week before Christmas’ special – at £99 per room per night – including continental breakfast, and a 2 course celebration dinner. Those of you fortunate enough to have eaten at one of the Hotel Du Vin’s before will know they are renowned for their excellent food.
As for value? A quick check of the prices for the Wimbledon hotel on December 23rd shows how great this offer is – the next cheapest price is for a Room Only rate at £174.
Valid at the following Hotel Du Vin hotels: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Henley, Newcastle, Poole, St Andrews, Tunbridge Wells, Wimbledon, Winchester & York
Link: Hotel Du Vin ‘Week Before Christmas’
Details: Valid for stays at selected hotels from 20th-23rd December
Book by: Book by 29th November
Eligibility: Excellent consumer offer so open to all
Ease of use: Very easy
Well, we’d all prefer to be jetting off somewhere hot, but let’s face – except for weekends away, we’re unlikely to let out the office in January!
If you do need to escape – then Travelodge have released a 30% off code for stays from Sat 02 January to Thursday 11 Feb 2016.
Yes, there are some exclusions and blackouts, but availability seemed to be pretty good when we were searching – and found plenty of £24 hotel nights that discounted to £16.80.
Link: Travelodge Hotels
Details: Enter code BOOKJAN4 on the Payment Page
Book by: Book by Wednesday 2nd December
Eligibility: Travelodge do not offer Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone!
Ease of use: Very simple with excellent availability
Accor hotels (Mercure, Pullman, Ibis & Novotel) has been running secret ‘Happy Monday’ offers that actually run on Tuesdays as well, for offers at a variety of their hotels across the UK & Dublin for stays the same weekend (Friday, Saturday & Sundays) from £25 – £40 per room per night (room only).
Availability is exceptional – this Friday 25 hotels in London have offers – rising to 35 this Sunday night. On Saturday you can book a number of London Ibis Hotels (including the ones at Excel, Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airports) for £25. Other notable deals include the Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel from £40 (notable as Brighton hotels often have a minimum stay – not so with this offer). You are supposed to be a subscriber to their newsletter, or a member of Le ClubAccor – which is worth joining anyway, but you can access the availability and book without this.
Link: Accor Happy Mondays
Details: Valid for stays this Friday, Saturday & Sunday only, for selected hotels in the UK & Dublin only.
Book by: Tuesday – or until available rooms run out!
Eligibility: Available for all
Ease of use: Very easy!
Just a quick offer that has popped up – but excellent value for those of you with last minute holiday time to use up. The beachfront 5* Sofitel Nusa Dua in Bali is offering trade rates of Indonesia Rupiah 1,300,000 a night – which equates to about £65. This is 30%-60% cheaper than what the hotel is offering direct on their website.
If you would like to stay after November, have a look at the Accor Industry Rates Page and see if you can get a deal: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/accor-hotels/
For flights, we notice www.touchdown.co.uk has an offer with Malaysia Airlines for £399 to Kuala Lumpur – check with them for extensions to Bali, or look at Air Asia for cheap add-ons.
Or have a scour with Skyscanner – they let you search by the entire month with a variety of departure airports – currently showing Bali from £430 on Garuda Indonesia (an excellent airline onboard) from London Gatwick. Tip – Skyscanner can be excellent for searching for cheap long haul flights for your clients too before booking in your GDS – it’s got great ‘flexible’ search tools.
Worth noting that Indonesia has dropped their US$25 visa fee for UK Passport Holders, but do check you have 6 months validity left upon returning to the UK (yes they are very strict on this).
Touchdown Link: www.touchdown.co.uk
Skyscanner Link: www.skyscanner.net
Hotel Details: To make a reservation, e-mail [email protected] or call +62 361 849 2888 quoting “SPECIAL OFFER for Travel Agent Employees”
Book by: ASAP – for stays in November only
Eligibility: Very strictly Travel Industry only rates – You will be required to present ID with both Sofitel and Touchdown.
Ease of use: Straightforward, as long as you get moving!