Make a bid for a break
If you’re to shy to walk up to reception in a British hotel and haggle a deal on a last-minute booking, a new website is coming to your rescue.
RoomAuction.com has signed up more than 80 hotels, including 20 in the distinguished Old English Inns chain.
Each one makes rooms available on the site at standard rate, inviting bids from travellers keen to try their luck.
“Bids must be at least 40 per cent of the quoted rate”, says RoomAuction.com managing director Bob Drapella. “If a room costs £100 per night, bids must therefore be at least £40”
So far hotels in the scheme are situated in such popular spots as the Lake District, the Cotswolds, Cornwall and London among other places.
Bids can reserve a room for two years ahead, so this isn’t just a ploy by hotels to shift empty rooms on Sunday night, says Mr Drapella.
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