Just checked my prices...

[T16GEM]

I know I shouldn't do this (but I also know that we all do!) but I've just been on VH's site to check the prices on the package that we booked last month.
We paid £3750 - it's now £5052!!!!!

I just cannot understand why! I can only think that these companies are trying to recoup the money that they lost from the ash cloud in April.

So glad we booked when we did though.

 

[2Tiggies]

We all do it. My package I booked, with flights, through Disney UK last May was not a BAD deal at the time but I knew I could have done better. By Christmas I was thinking of cancelling and rebooking DIY as the same holiday even with loss of deposit would have cost me a couple of hundres £££ less. It was the cost of the flights that made it more expensive. Shortly after that (I didn't cancel) flight prices went off the wall and suddenly it looked like I had a bargain. I still got a good deal all in all, save for a small window when I could have bettered it, but with some inconvenience. I was also engaged in a dispute with Disney at the time regarding some policies and T&Cs and it settled around this time so I ended up with very good deal indeed. It is impossible not to check.

 

[j9000]

the daily mail online posted a chart showing the drop in holiday costs today due to the economy/ash cloud etc. most were drecrasing in cost by a few hundred pounds, Orlando was the only one increasing in price on the list!

i booked my trip a few months ago and a week or two later checked it (WHY!) and it had gone down in price £70
its now about he same price again, but with indirect flights (my flight adds a few hundred)

 

[David & Jane]

Its worth keeping an eye on the prices as they seem to move up & down quite a lot.

 

[Laurafoster]

Im terrible for always checking my flight prices after i have booked! We booked our flights just before Megan was born and then added her later. We paid £420pp fopr our flight, the same flight is now showing at £919pp!! Completely mad!

 

[tiring_day]

I just can't help checking either, I was so happy when our trip had gone up by £700. That is equivalent to our 14 day Disney passes.

steve

 

[Scarboro-red]

Flight prices have gone mad this year. We paid £503 now £1575 total madness.

 

[wayneg]

Just checked our flights for next month, paid £1,170pp(total for 3 £3,510)
Now, Roundtrip: £2,675.50 avg/person (£8,026.50 total) - Expedia Special Fare

Dread to think how much if it wasn't a special fare, a rise of £4,516

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Always only check these kind of things if you can deal with whatever difference since having booked. Incl. if it got cheaper. Not that flights getting cheaper is a thing that happens much since the ash-cloud.


I recently changed my flight from eco to business. Those prices are nuts already. That same business ticket was about €1.000,- cheaper at the time of booking my eco ticket. "Thank you" UA for taking over our beloved CO. (CO prices for business have been priced out of the market to favor UA). About an hour after I needed some info, which at that point I could find easiest by pricing it out again. Sure enough; price is up another €850,- since I booked. Turns out I got the last discounted business fare on the way over. Smart move not waiting any longer.