I’ve recently seen two ways to save money on bookings.  I recommend checking for the lowest accommodation prices on the HotelsCombined price comparison site and directly with the hotel before booking. However if Hotels.com are offering competitive prices at the hotel you want to book, then getting an additional 10% off the price is a great [...]

Premier Inn is now offering guests 30 minutes of free WiFi per day in all of their UK hotels.  I phoned Premier Inn to ask if the 30 minutes free WiFi is per room or per guest and they told me it’s per guest and that guests will be given a code on check-in to [...]

If you want to beat airline hand luggage restrictions, then wearing a Rufus Roo jacket could be the solution. While the six-pocket jacket isn’t going to win any fashion awards, the manufacturers say it can hold up to 10kg of luggage. Presently many airlines have a maximum size for hand luggage and a 1okg weight [...]

I stayed for one night at the Travelodge Edinburgh Learmonth in early December 2011 on a complimentary basis. I’ve stayed at this hotel in the past and reviewed the hotel in June 2009. The Travelodge UK budget hotel chain have improved their service to guests by offering free WiFi in their Bar Cafes.  This is [...]

There are £19 rooms on offer in Premier Inn Autumn 2011 Sale. The sale runs until Monday 26 September 2011 for stays between 23rd September 2011 – 29th February 2012 at selected hotels.  I managed to book a couple of £19 rooms in a previous Premier Inn promotion, at Premier Inn Edinburgh Leith and Premier [...]

LateRooms.com are currently running a free nights promotion in selected hotels and locations all over the world for bookings made during September 2011, for stays until the end of November 2011. I checked out some of the UK hotels in the promotion and did find fair availability on the 3 nights for the price of [...]

We’re stayed in Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland on a three night budget Summer UK staycation at the end of July 2011. I managed to book a Travelodge room for £19 a night in early March 2011 by following one of my money saving travel tips of signing up to receive travel companies’ email [...]

UK budget hotel chain Premier Inn, highly rated by Europe a la Carte readers, has some £29 rooms on offer for Sunday night stays, in selected hotels during August 2011, in their Summer Sundays promotion. Below are some of destinations with £29 rooms up for grabs, with links to our tips for things to do [...]

Summary You can save some extra money on purchases using UK cashback sites. In my example below, I could receive a cashback of 12% on an Expedia hotel booking by using TopCashBack. This would be a saving £18.48 on the best rate of £154 per night, found on the HotelsCombined price comparison site.  To me, [...]

Here are my money saving travel tips to how to save on travel. I reckon if you travel regularly you could save some serious cash by using my tips. Avoid Airlines Booking Fees Ryanair seems to be the worst culprit for high card payment (aka admin) fees of £6 per person per flight. Until 30 [...]