Lastminute.ie hotel for €5..

Diamond_Ninja

So I went on to lastminute.ie (.com), looking for hotels in Dublin in November, put in for two nights and searched with prices from low to high, up pops the Hilton in Kilmainham for €5.61 incl taxes for a double or twin room for the two nights.. Bit dodge, I thought.. So I went and booked it, got an error message but the money was taken from my account, sent a strongly worded email, etc. However, a good few people have said on Facebook that they booked it and got confirmation emails and everything!

Glitch? Thinking maybe they lure you in with cheap rooms and then charge you €300 to park your car or something..

calledforduty

worth a shot.....nice1

ssimples09

Wow that's one hell of a deal if its for real!

Diamond_Ninja

Yeah I hope I get a confirmation and not just my €5.61 back..

ssimples09

Diamond_Ninja wrote: »

Yeah I hope I get a confirmation and not just my €5.61 back..

If it works out I'll be looking for that deal for sure!

shakedown

Seems like a glitch... €5.11 for 2 nights in December. Let's hope they don't invoke the cancellation fee:

In the event that the hotel booking needs to be cancelled, for whatever reason, you are liable to pay an administration fee of €15. This will be in addition to any cancellation charge our hotels may impose.

Diamond_Ninja

shakedown wrote: »

Seems like a glitch... €5.11 for 2 nights in December. Let's hope they don't invoke the cancellation fee:

In the event that the hotel booking needs to be cancelled, for whatever reason, you are liable to pay an administration fee of €15. This will be in addition to any cancellation charge our hotels may impose.

Are they allowed to be like 'Oh, we don't like the price we charged you, pay more money!'?

calledforduty

not only double rooms.......king size suits with breakfast......twin rooms and family rooms....wow
pity i dont have the cash on the card

calledforduty

woohoo......just booked 2 nights in a king room with city views for 7.22 yoyos
cheaper than a pack of smokes......
woohoo ninja ya diamond....:D

Youssef Chippo

3 nights booked for November, only €7.67. Thanks OP.

Diamond_Ninja

Did yee get confirmations and everything? Not too shabby..

calledforduty

yea got it in an email.......nice1

Diamond_Ninja

Class, maybe I got an error cos I used a laser card, although the feckers still took me fiver.. Very tempted to book again..

calledforduty

other treads are saying that if ya book it in december first week
ya get a night for under 3 yoyos

Diamond_Ninja

My friend just booked 5 twin rooms for the 17th of November.. This is gonna be gas!

denmar

Just booked deluxe suite with breakfast. Unbelievable ... hope it's not too good to be true. I'm really afraid they will slap an additional charge on when we go to check in though. Can they do that ?

calledforduty

no hope.......not wen couple of hundred boards.ie's turn up.....:D

joxers25

denmar wrote: »

Just booked deluxe suite with breakfast. Unbelievable ... hope it's not too good to be true. I'm really afraid they will slap an additional charge on when we go to check in though. Can they do that ?

have to check this acknowledgement:

Taxes and fees
■ In exceptional cases some hotels may need to apply specific charges or local taxes, which may not be included in the above price, but must be paid at the hotel

Diamond_Ninja

denmar wrote: »

Just booked deluxe suite with breakfast. Unbelievable ... hope it's not too good to be true. I'm really afraid they will slap an additional charge on when we go to check in though. Can they do that ?

I dunno it says in exceptional circumstances they may have to charge local fees or taxes but I think that's standard with most hotels! I hope anyway!

Youssef Chippo

Going to be Boards.ie central in the Hilton in early December

denmar

joxers25 wrote: »

have to check this acknowledgement:

Taxes and fees
■ In exceptional cases some hotels may need to apply specific charges or local taxes, which may not be included in the above price, but must be paid at the hotel

Yea I saw that and that's why I'm worried.

denmar

Youssef Chippo wrote: »

Going to be Boards.ie central in the Hilton in early December

And November !!

Diamond_Ninja

Oh jesus lads ill be killed if yee get slapped with a €300 toilet fee or something :S

Tom_Cruise

This is to good to be true id say.....

I checked the hotels website, all the rooms are full price. I know lastminute.ie does do cheap rooms as i have booked with them many times, but 2 nights in a Dublin 4 star for a fiver?

Anyway i booked a room in December......fingers crossed

keysersoze0330

They won't have an empty room for years:D

joxers25

I've booked aswell, worst case we'll get our money back, this is from their t&c's:

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and availability, some errors might still occur. Once aware of such incidents we will make all reasonable effort to advise you within 48 business hours of the booking being made. We reserve the right to cancel the reservation and refund all monies paid, but this of course will be without any liability to you.

ssimples09

The cheap rates apply for October,November & December....fantastic find Diamond_Ninja!!!

joxers25

Diamond_Ninja wrote: »

up pops the Hilton in Kilmainham for €5.61 incl taxes for a double or twin room for the two nights.. Bit dodge, I thought.. So I went and booked it

Made me laugh

triple-M

just booked new years in king hilton room with breakfast for 3.85,fingers crossed

robbiebrazil

Is it fixed...cany get a deal on any dates...... in Nov/Dec/Jan

SCOOP 64

Not happening now, must have been corrected.

keysersoze0330

Wonder what way this will pan out. Anyone have any experience of what happens in this situation

SCOOP 64

All the above posts, who got the deal let us know!

Singercruiser

nig1 wrote: »

All the above posts, who got the deal let us know!

I got the deal. They are not honouring it and all bookings have been cancelled.

It was a price error by the hotel and not last minute.com so I've been told.
When I checked for other dates it was also for Feb and April next year.

Also if I had not of called lastminute.com myself I would of been very upset on arriving to the hotel after they cancelled all bookings.

Refunds are now been processed

Diamond_Ninja

Got a cancellation email and my money back.. It was worth a try!