£10/£15 YHA beds this December. Crunch Buster Sale
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10 and 15 pounds beds at over 60 (!) YHAs this December, including
London. Check out the YHA website for details.
Offer is subject to availability. For stays between 1st and 27th
December 2008.
Wots the bet they will do the same in January!
Graham B
For all those YHA members not in the know, Northern England Regional Council
is meeting at Arnside YH on Saturday 6th December (10am start) and visitors
are welcome. This date should be on the YHA website but whoever is
responsible for maintaining this information has not amended the listing!
I've had a look at a few of the locations on offer at £10 or £15 and I'm
confused! Does this offer mean that the price is the same for each night of
December or does it mean from that price...? Whitby declares prices as from
£13.95 but the cheapest beds are at the offer price of £15, York has a range
of prices through December, Hartington declares prices from £13.95 but like
York has a range of prices. Thurlby is already offering beds at £9.95 during
its winter opening, does this latest offer override it thereby increasing
the prices by 5p?
Shouldn't the prices be coming down across all the YHA network following the
VAT reduction?
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Nigel
wrote:
>
>I've had a look at a few of the locations on offer at £10 or £15 and I'm
>confused! Does this offer mean that the price is the same for each night of
>December or does it mean from that price...? Whitby declares prices as from
>£13.95 but the cheapest beds are at the offer price of £15, York has a range
>of prices through December, Hartington declares prices from £13.95 but like
>York has a range of prices. Thurlby is already offering beds at £9.95 during
>its winter opening, does this latest offer override it thereby increasing
>the prices by 5p?
>
It's £10 or £15. Although it's not necessarily every night during
December. The list of hostels included is on
http://www.yha.org.uk/special-offers/Crunch_Buster_Sale.aspx
And you can check each individual hostel by clicking on the check
availability button on the hostel home page.
>Shouldn't the prices be coming down across all the YHA network following the
>VAT reduction?
>
HMRC deem the tax point for VAT to be the time the booking was made so
any bookings made and paid for before today YHA will still have to pay
17.5% on. Today and onwards YHA wil only have to pay 15%. Whether
this saving will be passed on remains to be seen but to put it into
context on a £10 overnight the difference is 19p and for a £24.95 stay
(going to the other end of the scale) it's 46p.
Nigel
replace SPAMHATER with n and t*sc*li with totalise
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<quote>
The Government’s decision to cut VAT from December 1st 2008 gives a
much needed boost to YHA and will now enable us to freeze our price
bands at 2008 levels throughout 2009.
Like many businesses in the UK we face a number of inflationary
pressures and without the VAT reduction we would have had to increase
prices. So the great news is our guests can continue to pay the lowest
prices possible for fantastic value for money breaks in some of the
most stunning locations in the UK.
<quote ends>
<my view>
Basically overnight prices in 2008 are unchanged. YHA is pocketing the
2.5% now but keep in mind there is now an 'offer' on anyway. Graham B
makes an interesting point, as the £10/£15 beds seem to be in a mix of
other prices anyway for most given hostels. I'm confused to be honest.
In 2009 the price 'bands' will be the same as 2008 but flexible demand
related pricing within those bands remains an unchanged policy. So
much for 'transparent pricing' eh!? But it does mean the price band
maximums are not going up, so peak nights will be cheaper in 2009 than
in 2008 given inflation etc.
<my view ends>
Nigel
wrote:
>Basically overnight prices in 2008 are unchanged. YHA is pocketing the
>2.5% now but keep in mind there is now an 'offer' on anyway. Graham B
>makes an interesting point, as the £10/£15 beds seem to be in a mix of
>other prices anyway for most given hostels. I'm confused to be honest.
>In 2009 the price 'bands' will be the same as 2008 but flexible demand
>related pricing within those bands remains an unchanged policy. So
>much for 'transparent pricing' eh!?
I think that means that what you piad for any particular night in 2008
won't be the same on the corressponding night in 2009. But I agree
this is a very opaque piece of writing!
> But it does mean the price band
>maximums are not going up, so peak nights will be cheaper in 2009 than
>in 2008 given inflation etc.
Looks like it. Next question, what about membership fees for 2009 -
frozen too?
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>
> Next question, what about membership fees for 2009 -
> frozen too?
>
> Nigel
Hi Nigel,
I've been told (by my secret source) that 2009 membership fees have
been frozen (for the 4th year in a row!).
Regards,
Mr X