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Travelodge Boxing Day Sale – Save 30%

December 27, 2018 By Jon Leave a Comment

A belated Merry Christmas to all TID’ers!

As we know the offers will come through thick and fast through peaks, so here’s a quick 5 day offer from Travelodge – as always with them, first come first served!

Currently good availability – but 30% off most of their hotels for most dates from 01 Jan – 31 March.

You can see a full list of hotels offering the discount and dates here and check availability here

Remember that Travelodge do not offer Travel Industry exclusive rates so these offers are available to all – get in there quick!

Deal At A Glance

Link: Travelodge upto 30% off!
Details: Get 30% off stays from 1st January 2019 until 31st March 2019
Book By: Sale ends midnight on 1st January 2019
Eligibility: Valid for everyone and anyone!
Potential Savings: 30% off Travelodge’s already great prices!
Ease Of Use: Incredibly straightforward – Use code 30OFF at checkout

35% off Travelodge – for 48 Hours Only!

December 3, 2018 By richard Leave a Comment

As we have mentioned Travelodge do not offer Travel Industry Exclusive Rates. However, due to their low cost and spread (over 500 in the UK) it is worth considering them when booking your stays.

And to make them even more enticing, they have launched a 48 hour sale with up to 35% off – for travel from now until 27th March 2019.

But be quick – this offer runs until midnight tomorrow (4th December 2018) only, and as usual will be ‘first come first served’!

Deal At A Glance

Link: Travelodge upto 35% off!
Details: Get 15% off 1 night, 25% off 2 nights, 35% off 3-5 nights on selected stays between 13^th December 2018 and 27^th March 2019.
Book By: Midnight 4th December
Eligibility: Valid for everyone and anyone!
Potential Savings: Get 15% off 1 night, 25% off 2 nights, 35% off 3-5 nights – currently good availability
Ease Of Use: Incredibly straightforward!

Hilton Hotels – Travel Industry Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: Hilton Hotels
Details: Using the link above, you will access the travel industry rates – it is worth having two windows open, one using the above link, one the standard Hilton site you you can compare the prices.
Book By: Ongoing, but you can only book the rate within 90 days of arrival.
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can be requested at check-in. In fact, it was requested for one of our stays, but a Business Card was sufficient proof of ID.
Potential Savings: 50% is possible, though the offers are often only for quieter days.
Ease Of Use: Straightforward, however availability can be limited. Unfortunately, using flexible dates in the search seems to disable offers.

Further Information

Hilton do offer travel industry discount deals, but availability varies greatly by hotel, in many hotels it is often only possible to get a discount on a quieter day (i.e. Sundays).

In some cases, the discounts only seem to be available for hotels within the next 90 days.

However, that’s the negatives out the way. The great advantage of Hilton is that they have such great reach, so many hotels across the globe – more than 500 hotels in 78 countries (at the time of writing). In Europe they tend to focus on larger urban settings, but you will find stunning Hilton hotels in Bora Bora to Miami Beach.

Discounts of up to 50% are available for travel agents or airline employees and it is very straightforward for checking availability.

We find that Hilton are not overly generous in the availability for travel agent rates but there are some great discoveries to be found. For example, the popular Hilton Brighton Metropole seems to be available on Sunday’s only, however there are real savings to be made.

We ran a search and found that a King Guest Room was available with a 30% reduction on the summer sale price and a 52% reduction on the standard internet rate. A suite with a sea view was 49% less than the standard internet rate.

Beat that Trivago.

If the discounted rates are only available for a Sunday but you want the whole weekend you could of course ring the hotel so they can sort everything in one booking, rather than having to much around making two separate bookings online. Who knows, they might even give you an extra discount over the phone.

Deal Recap

Carlson Rezidor (Radisson, Park Plaza/Inn) Travel Industry Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: Radisson, Park Plaza & Park Inn Hotels
Details: Simply enter TVLAGENT in the Promotional Code Box
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Very strictly Travel Industry only rates – You will be required to present ID at check-in
Ease of use: Exceptionally easy to use.

Further details

This is our type of deal – generous and easy to use, savings of 50% are not uncommon.

You may not know Carlson Rezidor – but their brands have over 1,300 hotels in 70 countries (making it the 10^th biggest hotel group).

This group includes Radisson – largely luxury city based hotels in the US, Radisson Blu – the Radisson hotels based in Europe, Asia and Africa and Blu Edwardian Hotels which are 14 luxury hotels in the UK.

The mid range Park Plaza & Park Inn have hotels throughout the world – and frequently have agent rates for as little as £27.50 a night.

If you join their loyalty scheme Look to Book you can also earn award nights on most of their agent rates.

Most importantly – searching for agent rates is simple, with flexible searches and excellent availability. We just did a quick check for discounts in London in two month’s time and found savings at every hotel, with most in the 30 to 40% range.

Deal Recap

Premier Inn – Travel Industry Discount Rates

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: Premier Inn Hotels
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: As no Travel Agent Discounts, Premier Inn’s best rates are available to all
Ease of use: Very simple

Further Information

With over 700 hotels Premier Inn are amongst one of the largest hotel groups in the UK.

First and foremost – Premier Inn have confirmed that they do not off Travel Industry Rates – however, the range & price of hotels mean you should consider them in any of your UK Searches.

Increasingly Premier Inn has become a leading business hotel – which means many of their best deals are for weekend stays. They frequently run sales and the website is exceedingly easy to use – and very easy to check flexible dates and nearby options.

And of course for those of us about to go on our holidays, Premier Inn have a range of airport hotels, including a great option at Heathrow Terminal 5 for those of you off on British Airways flights.

It should be noted that the vast majority of Premier Inn hotels only have doubled bedded rooms – but unusually most have great family rooms. An interesting note for those of us with kids is that if they do not have Family Rooms in your chosen hotel – you can book a 2^nd room for 2 children under 15 at a 50% discount – although only on Friday, Saturday & Sundays – and you’d have to call the hotel directly to confirm this.

We’ll keep you in the loop with any specials that come up.

Deal Recap

Link: Premier Inn Hotels
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: As no Travel Agent Discounts, Premier Inn’s best rates are available to all
Ease of use: Very simple

Marriott Hotels – Travel Industry Agent Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: www.marriott.co.uk
Details: Enter code ‘’TVL’ under ‘Corporate/promotional code’
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Available to active travel agents, wholesale/tour operators, incentive company, commercial airline (an airline that is in the business of transporting passengers, not packages), and Hertz employees. Staff ID will be checked – check your ‘Rate Rules’ for appropriate ID.
Potential savings: Up to 50%
Ease of use: Very simple

Further Information

The Marriott group is a global brand with more than 500 hotels (50 of which are in the UK) and locations as varied as Aruba, Armenia, Vietnam and Virgin Islands.

Marriott is also renowned for its agent friendly approach to agent rates, with generally great availability, and a simple to use agent discount search.

Discounts offered vary from 15%-50%. We ran numerous searches on the site and found good availability and many discounts approaching that magical 50% figure. Popular locations at busy times are unlikely to get that level of discount, but 20 to 30% is still common.

Deal Recap

Travelodge – Travel Industry Discounts Rates

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: Travelodge Hotels
Details: No special codes, but keep an eye out for ‘regular £19 per room’ deals
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: No Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone
Ease of use: Very simple with excellent availability

Further Information

Travelodge might not offer travel industry discount rates, but their rates are so competitive to start with they should still be considered.

As the UK’s first budget hotel brand launched in 1985, Travelodge now has over 35,000 rooms in the UK as well as 11 hotels in Ireland and 6 in Spain.

Locations are spread across city centres, off main roads, and of course, near airports. With most Travelodge hotels recently renovated, the key thing to note is that most importantly the value – with sale prices frequently starting at incredibly low rates the hotels can offer be better value even that a competitor offering a heavily discounted rate.

Although Travelodge hotels are exclusively double bedded, they do offer family rooms with separate roll-out sofa beds.

For those shooting off on their holidays, Travelodge has an amazing range of airport hotels and if the hotels are not within walking distance of the terminal they will offer shuttle buses.

Deal Recap

Link: Travelodge Hotels
Details: No special codes, but keep an eye out for ‘regular £19 per room’ deals
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: No Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone!
Ease of use: Very simple with excellent availability

Starwood Hotels – Travel Industry Discount Rates

November 1, 2018 By Anna 2 Comments

Deal At A Glance

Link: www.spg.com/pro to join
Details: You must join, log-in, complete the first learning module, then find the ‘PROLEARNING’ link at the bottom, then you will find the ‘Book Starpro Rates link’ – or if you are logged in – just click here
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Must present proper identification as detailed above when booking and upon check-in
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease of use: Fairly straightforward once you have registered and jumped through the initial hoops and know where to find the link…
Note: There is a separate ‘Travel Professional Rate’, however this serves up smaller discounts as outlined below.

Further Information

One of our most requested hotel chains is Starwood – perhaps not by name, but by one of the myriad of largely luxury brands they own.

You’ll probably know their brands – Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, the luxury boutique W Hotels brand, St. Regis, Le Méridien and an upcoming range of mid-priced properties such as Aloft, Four Points by Sheraton and the first environmentally friendly chain – Element by Westin.

With 25% of the 1,200 hotels under the Starwood brand being in the United States, they are a great place to explore Travel Industry rates – which fortunately are relative straightforward to find – once you’ve signed up.

Starwood operates a SPG Pro Programme where you are expected to join Starwoods Frequent Traveller Programme. You also (as per most US Centric Programmes) expected to enter an IATA/TIDS/ARC/TRUE/CLIA number. With the majority of these being irrelevant to us in the UK – enter your IATA, or some people have entered that of their Consolidators if they do not have their own. Always carry ID on check-in (business cards / letter of employment on headed notepaper).

After signing up – head to the Pro Learning Section where you must pass the straightforward Loyalty and Brands section – this is essential to get access to StarPro rates.

And it’s well worth it. For example – we found the W Hotel in Leicester Square at a 40% saving.

It should also be mentioned that Starwood also offers a secondary ‘Travel Professional Rate’, but this was vastly inferior in price and availability compared to the Star Pro rates in every case we examined – so we recommend you spend a bit more time going through the Starwood training programme to access the better rates.

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NH Hotels – Travel Industry Discounts in Spain, Italy and more

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: http://www.nh-hotels.com/travel-agents/signup
Details: Dedicated Travel Industry Page allowing straightforward online booking of Industry Rates. However you much register in advance.
Book by: Ongoing.
Eligibility: This rate can only be booked by Travel Industry Employees and identification will be checked.
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease Of Use: Straightforward once registered.

Further Information

NH Hotels are one of the world’s largest hotel chains with 363 hotels worldwide – predominantly in the Americas and Europe. Most are 3* & 4* Urban hotels.

The majority of the hotels are in Spain, Italy & Germany, with some interesting properties in Argentina and Mexico.

However they are also worth checking out for their single property countries – with the NH London Kensington and Jolly Madison Towers in New York, and the stand out NH Lord Charles in the wine country just outside Cape Town.

To take advantage of travel industry savings you register in advance – but once you approved, the travel agents section of their website makes booking very simple. Discounts of 40% are common – and they handily place the agent rate against normal rates so you can see you are making a genuine saving.

It’s worth registering in advance even if you do not have a trip planned as it can take up to seven days to be approved.

Deal Recap

IHG Hotel Group – Travel Industry Discounts on 5,000 global hotels

October 20, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: IHG Agent Website
Details: Once registered there is a separate Travel Industry part of the website where you can easily check available industry rates
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Travel Industry Only rates – proof of employment (business card, or letter on your company letterhead) required.
Potential savings: 50%
Ease of use: Once you’ve gone through the process of registering it’s very simple.

Further Information

The IHG (Intercontinental Hotel Group) have close to 5,000 hotels in more than 100 countries, given they also offer generous discounts to those of us employed in the travel industry they are one of the hotel groups you need to check out before booking any trip.

Their brands include: Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental, Staybridge Suites with a couple of luxury hotel brands in the pipeline.

Most importantly to us – they have excellent availability of travel industry discounts. As you expect though, they do have strict requirements – and require you to pre-register, and provide proof of ID at check-in.

One of the most important things to note is that IHG Industry Rates can be cancelled without penalty as long as it is cancelled by 6pm on the day of arrival – giving you greater flexibility to pre-book a couple of weekend breaks when you spot good rates. You even get IHG Reward Club Points (in almost all other situations you will never get loyalty points for industry rates).

The only thing to note is that you need to book at least 24 hours in advance. When you register you are asked for “IATA, CLIA, TIDS, TRUE, OSSN or similar number” – which implies that your ATOL or ABTA number can be used.

Rates are a ‘minimum of 35% off’ – but we’ve found plenty of hotels offering 50% discounts.