Travel Industry Discounts

Why should Travel Industry professionals miss out?

Trade Gift Subscription to Wanderlust

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This is a little different from what we normally post, but we thought it topical as Christmas is coming up, and they are offering a genuine Trade Discount for subscriptions for yourself or as a gift!

Taken directly from their mailing:

*EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR TRAVEL TRADE*

If you know someone who loves travel, then we have the perfect gift for them…
For only £22 (normally £30) – you can get a bumper gift pack including:

  • A year’s subscription to Wanderlust worth £40! That’s 10 issues of top-quality travel inspiration from across the globe – a gift that lasts all year.
  • A FREE copy of the brand-new Wanderlust 100 Greatest Travel Experiences book worth £20!

To take advantage of this you can call 01753 620426 or order online at Wanderlust Subscription Trade Offer

They do state that you need to order by 14th December to guarantee delivery within the UK by Christmas.

Christmas Shopping? £15 Off December Stays at all Travelodges

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Travelodge is running a 4 day Hotel offer with 15% off stay for travel from 3rd – 29th December.

This is a great opportunity if you’re planning a trip to London for pre-Christmas shopping or to visit relatives!

Do note though that the discount code can only be entered on the Payment Page so you have to go through the hotel selection process before you can check the code applies to your stay – but we have been promised excellent availability (but is not valid on all days at all hotels).

Link: Travelodge Hotels
Details: Enter code CW59437G on the Payment Page
Book by:  Book 10th November – or until code has been redeemed 5000 times.
Eligibility: Travelodge so not offer Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone!
Ease of use: Very simple with excellent availability

Travel Industry Discounts on Facebook – come join us!

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We’ve belatedly launched on Facebook as we start to ramp up our offers! Come like us and share us with your Travel Industry friends.

Travel Industry Discounts on Facebook

Remember we’re not a private company – but a group of experienced travel professionals from the UK looking to share travel deals exclusively for those of us in the industry.

We’re always looking for feedback, suggestions and of course – any Travel Industry Discounts you are happy to share with your peers!

If you’d prefer to e-mail us, or are a Hotel looking to share offers feel free to contact us at [email protected]

 

 

Trip Report – Holiday Inn Brussels–Schuman

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As we’ve just added details of Travel Industry Discounts for IHG, we thought it may be pertinent to offer a trip report of one of their hotels we recently took advantage of a great rate at – the Holiday Inn Brussels–Schuman.

Brussels was not necessarily a destination of choice, more a case that a spare non-working weekend popped up, so thought it would be good to test some of the offers out there.

However, with last minute Eurostar spaces non-existent it came down to finding any destination that had availability using some spare Avios (or the newish term for BA Airmiles). Having recently visited Paris and Amsterdam, the two other options with plenty of availability a promise of frites and beer had us booking up Belgium’s capital. And despite warnings of impending tedium – it turned out to be a fantastic stay memorable of course for the copious frites and frambois beer.

Anyway, with flights booked, and Brussels being primarily a business hub, there were no shortage of last minute industry discounted hotels. However, we plumped for the Holiday Inn Brussels – Schuman – for easy access to the metro, and so it would be re-assuredly quiet over the weekend being in the ‘EU District’ – and with a lovely range of local bars and restaurants nearby.

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A large family room identical to the room we had (without the mess!)

Industry rates rarely include breakfast (which would have been an outrageous E15 a night each), but for the rooms rates were 30% off the best available rates (we paid €60 a night) – for a lovely, large and newly renovated room. The hotel lift wasn’t working for renovation (we’re been prepared having seen a couple of recent Trip Advisor reviews) – but we were on the 1st floor so happy with this.

The area was *deathly* quiet at the weekend, but that was ideal – you could be in the centre of town in under 20 minutes, and yet it was a short stroll to the Cinquantenaire for a lovely Sunday morning walk.

Heartily recommend – especially seeing as outside of EU summits there seem to be consistent availability of industry rates.

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:Very strictly Travel Industry Only rates – proof of employment (business card, or letter on your company letterhead) required, and this is normally checked.
Ease of use: Once you’ve gone through the process of registering it’s very simple.

Limited time London Hotel Offers

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London is a difficult place to get really good hotels, but here are two great options.

Travelodge – 20% off London stays for bookings until 11th October
As it says in the headline! These are not exclusive for Travel Industry staff, but can often be the cheapest with locations throughout London.

Link: Travelodge Hotel London Sales
Details: Enter code LONDON20 for 20% off Flexi and Saver rates
Book by: 11th October for stays 01st November to 31st January.
Eligibility: No Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone!
Ease of use: The code can only be used when checking out – so makes hunting for available hotels a little harder

New Hilton London Bankside
Hilton’s new London Bankside hotel opens October 12th – great location for the Tate Modern and Borough Market – and as a result has great Travel Agent availability. Normally Hilton availability is sketchy – or limited to Sundays only. The Bankside has great availability by comparison and is easily searched and booked, and on most days is 50% off (from £97 per room per night, but £125 is fairly typical).

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Hilton London Bankside (copyright Hilton Hotels)

Travel Industry Rates are Room Only – so have a look at the Executive Rooms with Lounge Access as an upgrade that includes breakfast)

Link: http://www.hilton.com
Details: Enter ‘AL’ in the Promotion Code Box
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.
Ease Of Use: Straightforward if you click ‘flexible dates’ as availability at some hotels can be minimal.

Heathrow Express – One way from £6.99!

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Britain’s most expensive railway has finally realised that with Heathrow Connect, impending Crossrail links to Heathrow that their exorbitant fares will no longer be tolerated. So they have now released a series of advance purchase fares which reduced the possible one way fares from £26.50 (buy on board) to £6.99 (buy 90 days in advance) – which drops to £5.50 each way when bought as a return.

Although you do have to commit to the exact day of departure, if you buy a return ticket you can use the return leg any day within one month of the outbound leg.

So, if you’ve already booked your flight tickets from Heathrow, get your Express tickets booked for not much more than the tediously slow Piccadilly Line tube journey…

NEW ADVANCE PRICES

90 Day Advance Express Saver   Single    6.99        Return 11.90
30 Day Advance Express Saver   Single    10.75     Return 17.50
7 Day Advance Express Saver     Single    16.10    Return 26.25

Also please note children aged under 15 travel free of charge.

But do we get a travel industry discount?

We’ve heard rumours, but checking with Heathrow Express staff at Paddington revealed that only airport employees receive any kind of discount, although if you’ve heard differently – please let us know!

Link: Only available directly online at Heathrow Express
Book By: No expiry date, but this is a ‘promotion’ so it could finish at any point.
Eligibility: Anyone at all!
Ease Of Use: A doddle

Last minute industry offers for the 5* Datai, Langkawi!

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We’ve been alerted to a last minute travel industry offer at the very 5* Langkawi in Datai!

For this offer at this stunning property on one of Malaysia’s most incredible beaches, contact the hotel direct for bookings, but please note that Travel Industry ID will need to be provided at check-in.

As a comparison, the best available rate booking direct is MYR 1050 including taxes.

 

We are pleased to announce on behalf of The Datai in Langkawi their revised industry rates.

The offer is open to all travel and airline staff and can be used for both business and personal breaks.

Prices start from MYR 780 Nett in a Deluxe Room and MYR 1200 Nett in a Superior Villa.

Rates include the following:

Daily Signature Breakfast
Guided morning or evening nature walks led by our Resident Naturalist
15% discount off spa treatments (excluding packages)
Complimentary use of non-motorized water sports equipment
Welcome beverage and cold towel upon arrival and in-room welcome amenity
Complimentary Wi-Fi

Terms and Conditions

Rates are per room per night and valid until 31st October 2015.

Valid for travel industry personnel only and valid company ID to be presented upon check-in.

Not valid in conjunction with any other promotions, groups and existing bookings.

Rates quoted are non-commissionable.

For more information or reservations please contact +60 4 9500 500, [email protected] or visit www.thedatai.com.

Datai Beach Datai Room

What would you like to see at TID? Get in touch and tell us!

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We’ve a huge amount we’re planning to add over the coming months over all aspects of Travel Industry Discounts. We’ve plenty of exclusive hotel deals and discounts, a focus on the best car hire options, insurance, how to get your flights on BA for peanuts (and the wonderful world of Avios!) and many other things.

One of the things we’re most often asked concerns airport hotels – so we’ve planned a series looking at all major UK airports – and the discounts they offer. Of course we’ll be looking at the Tour Operators that specialise in Travel Industry deals (like Touchdown) or have a healthy range of offers as a sideline (like Superbreaks and Holiday Extras).

And of course, we’ve a few reviews of hotels that have been particularly agent friendly – a lovely stay at the Hilton Brighton will be coming next week!

However, we’d love to hear from you regarding what you would like to see us feature, or aspects of your holiday you may be struggling to find discounted rates for?

You can leave comments, e-mail us at [email protected] or tweet us at @tidiscounts

Remember that we’re not selling anything, we just collate and share information (yes this is just a sideline from our travel day jobs!) – so your input and shared deals will only help your peers in this wonderful industry of ours!

As ever, thanks for reading.

Anna & Richard

The Elysian Bali – Fancy a private pool villa in uber-trendy Seminyak?

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One of Bali’s top all-private pool villa hotels, The Elysian has launched an agent rate of US$195 (+ tax) for travel from now until 26th December (yes Christmas is currently available!).

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Your One Bed Private Pool Villa

Set in Seminyak (home of most of Bali’s trendiest bars and restaurants) the Elysian is only a short walk from Seminyak beach (a great place to learn to surf), and a wonderful luxurious base to explore the rest of Bali.

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Seminyak Beach – a wonderful sunset spot

Current consumer rates are US$406.56 (including tax) so US$235.95 (including tax) is a wonderful saving.

Have a look at Trip Advisor to see how highly rated the Elysian is: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g469404-Seminyak_Bali-Hotels.html

Link: www.theelysian.com
Details: E-mail the hotel at [email protected] directly quoting TE-IN (say you came from T.I Discounts)
Book by: Travel by 26th December 2014
Eligibility: Available to ‘Industry Travel Friends’ – a copy of your staff ID, like a business card should be attached to the booking (to be made from your work e-mail address).
Ease of use: Could not be easier!

Malaysia Airlines Industry Fares

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We all need to show a bit of love to Malaysia Airlines – quite simply one of the best airlines you can fly with for service and smiles, but they have faced obvious recent setbacks. With British Airways also recently announcing daily flights to Kuala Lumpur, there will be challenges ahead, but MH remains one of our favourite airlines to fly in the meantime, and we encourage you to take advantage of these great fares!

They have recently announced Industry Fares for travel until 28th May 2015 (excluding peak seasons like Christmas & Easter) to Asia, Australia & New Zealand with fares starting from £378 to Kuala Lumpur and £645 to Sydney (both including tax).

These flights have to be booked directly with Malaysia Airlines so will be carefully vetted, but there is a wide range of eligibility:

“All travel agents (IATA/ATOL), Hoteliers, Tourism Board who have 12 months service, their spouse or companion (maximum 3) and children. Eligible staff are only those in permanent employment with a minimum of 12 months service. Employee and companion must travel together on all sectors. “

You should also note that it is valid on days 1, 2, 3, 4  only LHR-KUL-LHR, and not on MH 2. You can check availability in your GDS first as this books into O Class, and this MUST be booked by 30 Sep 2014.

We’re aware that amazing industry flight deals may attract attention from those not valid to book, so please note you will need to book this using your work e-mail, and ID will be checked upon boarding (and you could be denied boarding if you fail to show it).

With this in mind and to prevent abuse of the offer, for further details simply e-mail us at [email protected] from your work e-mail address and we will forward further details on how you can book directly with the airline.