Meal plan confusion

[rcol]

I am staying at Hotel New York for feb half term and am considering adding a meal plan. My problem is that I am not sure that they represent value for money. Do they always save money? eg. I read on a forum that a person would not have paid full price 28euros for the buffet at Parkside Diner but only would do it with a meal plan but the brochure price for meal plan plus is £26 per adult so there is no difference Am I missing something???

 

[tennisfan]

They used to save money but now they seems to only be useful if you wish to budget for your meals (and have them paid up front) They can save upto 10% but it really depends on what & where you fancy.

 

[DLPdaft]

none of the half board plans save you much, if any, money at all (I can't think of any half board voucher at all that saves you as much as 10% nowadays).

Their only real use is as a budgeting tool, but as you only have a few days until you go to DLP anyway, in my opinion the half board vouchers will do you no good. Just take the money in euros and pay for your meals at the time .

 

[jothp]

If I were you I would also not buy the vouchers at the moment because the exchange rate now is much better than it was when the brochure prices were calculated. The vouchers can save you money if you eat from the set menu in selected restaurants but it is only generally a few Euros per person so the extra Euros you will get per pound on the exchange rate is more than the voucher savings

 

[rcol]

If I were you I would also not buy the vouchers at the moment because the exchange rate now is much better than it was when the brochure prices were calculated. The vouchers can save you money if you eat from the set menu in selected restaurants but it is only generally a few Euros per person so the extra Euros you will get per pound on the exchange rate is more than the voucher savings

Thanks that is really useful to know.