The cost of staying away

[Pale Rider]

Has the cost of overnight accommodation risen sharply in the last few years?

Brother is currently touring Ireland with a mate.

His hotel booking was for two rooms, six nights, no food.

The cost was a startling (to me) £2,350.

He told me he also considered Scotland and found all the prices to be much the same.

I don't know the quality of the hotel, but I get the impression it's decent, but certainly not flash.

Seems a big pile of wedge to me - best part of £200 a night - although even I was aware you can easily pay £100 a night these days.

What's your experience of hotel/bed and breakfast prices?

 

[Drago]

Yep, hotels are getting pricier too.

 

[fossyant]

You are looking north of £100 for many, unless you do early bird Premier Inn etc.

For the Pennine Bridleway ride, we've rooms in nice pubs which are about £150ish per night with breakfast. - Weekend rates are dearer.

 

[Beebo]

Yep. A weekend away is just about manageable but a week in a UK hotel is very expensive.
Hotels aren’t set up for a family booking for a week.

 

[DCLane]

I've recently booked four trips in Ireland/Scotland/England and prices are about 50% higher than a year ago.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Air b&b used to regularly return prices of 75-90 in and around Cornwall. Some as low as 55. But doing a search yesterday they were mostly 120 and up. Everyone has cashed in on the energy crisis, Ukraine war, bregsit and other excuses to put prices up. We paid £185 for a night in a double room in Grasmere a few weekends ago, that was quite steep but the location and quality of the room was very good and breakfast was included.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Used to book Premier/Travel/Ibis etc. overnight normally a Saturday for car shows 10 years ago, rarely paid more than £30 a night, was looking the other day for some out of the wayish type place an in not in centre of a town & they were wanting £160 a night.

 

[Drago]

I steer clear of Premier Inn. You get fed up bumping into Lenny Henry after a while.

 

[Pale Rider]

Hotels aren’t set up for a family booking for a week.

Seems to be the case.

Brother told me several places couldn't/wouldn't take the booking even though he was flexible on arrival dates.

I suppose now is peak season, so presumably there will be more space and cheaper prices later in the year.

 

[Alex321]

Well we have twice had a night in a hotel in the UK in the last year. Each of them was less than £100 for two of us in a double romm, bed & breakfast.

One was in a Holiday Inn in Aylesbury (which was actually very decent, I'd be very happy to stay there again), the other was an independent hotel/pub on the Gower.

 

[dicko]

One week In Llandudno, me and Mrs, big breakfast included, £805 in a boutique hotel.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Been looking at the costs of hotels for my company. We've had to raise the guidelines from £70 a night to £90 a night and even then, in some areas that doesn't get close. If I'm going to Inverness I tend to stay in Elgin 40 miles away.

That's for 1 night next Wed for 1 person.

 

[biggs682]

Certainly has

 

[ianrauk]

the costs of holiday stays both in the UK and abroad has risen hugely compared to pre covid

 

[MontyVeda]

Has the cost of overnight accommodation risen sharply in the last few years?

Brother is currently touring Ireland with a mate.

His hotel booking was for two rooms, six nights, no food.

The cost was a startling (to me) £2,350.

He told me he also considered Scotland and found all the prices to be much the same.

I don't know the quality of the hotel, but I get the impression it's decent, but certainly not flash.

Seems a big pile of wedge to me - best part of £200 a night - although even I was aware you can easily pay £100 a night these days.

What's your experience of hotel/bed and breakfast prices?

£120 a night at the Inveraray Inn in mid-January... so definitely low season. It did include breakfast though.