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Old 10 Oct 19, 01:23 PM  
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Is this a good price -Should I book or wait ?!

Hello All,

I have been looking for a while now to book for September/October next year and just wondering if I should wait for October holiday prices to come out- will they get any cheaper than September as per below?

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15th Sept to Sun 27th(12 Nights) is £1,041.00/pp

Staying at the Adevntura in Universal.


Many thanks
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Old 10 Oct 19, 01:25 PM  
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Outside school holidays. Even with the hotel seems expensive to me but I don’t know if there is a premium to fly from Edinburgh
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Old 10 Oct 19, 01:37 PM  
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The closer to school holidays you get then generally everything gets more expensive. Not sure when Scottish schools have their half term but in England its usually last 2 weeks of October so from the second week of October the prices start to increase.

I'm not sure if that's a good price or not as have no experience of BA or flying from Edinburgh... Staying onsite doesn't come in cheap either though. Maybe price the hotel on it's own & look at the difference in the two prices to see if you feel you are getting a good deal with flight included
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Old 10 Oct 19, 01:59 PM  
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Flights are around 500-600 worst case and the hotel is 120/ night so it's still around 500 cheaper than booking by itself .

To be honest I've never had an experience in Orlando where booking separately has ever been cheaper , there is just the two of us going . I think booking as a family there seems to be discounts but I can't seem to find much cheaper
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I think it’s too dear for dates out with school holidays. I would want that for no more than £850 pp for me indirect from Edinburgh and that hotel.
Still too far out to get the best prices.
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Old 10 Oct 19, 02:38 PM  
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I've just priced up roughly for your dates and if you did it separately I got flights with BA through Netflights for £381 each and then again Hotel only with Netflights was £1200 so per person it would be roughly £981 each which is slightly cheaper. Funnily enough though if I did hotel and flight together with them it came in at £1059 each!

We have just returned 18th-28th so 10 days rather than 12 at Aventura and from Gatwick and we paid £645 each. We booked about 3 months before travelling and it was with Thomas Cook which obviously didn't end well but we have always managed a good deal in September. I would wait personally but know a lot of people like to have it booked.

This was the first time I had booked a package for several years as it was such a good price but don't think I will do it again...lol...

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I think it’s too dear for dates out with school holidays. I would want that for no more than £850 pp for me indirect from Edinburgh and that hotel.
Still too far out to get the best prices.

Thanks for your input . Would would you recommend booking for best possible price ? I don't mind waiting at all . FYI we paid 1089 with tui two years ago staying at the adventura flying direct from Glasgow .

Would love to get nearer the 850 mark but wasn't sure I could get it that cheap with it being on site ? Thanks 😊
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Originally Posted by loopylaura View Post
I've just priced up roughly for your dates and if you did it separately I got flights with BA through Netflights for £381 each and then again Hotel only with Netflights was £1200 so per person it would be roughly £981 each which is slightly cheaper. Funnily enough though if I did hotel and flight together with them it came in at £1059 each!

We have just returned 18th-28th so 10 days rather than 12 at Aventura and from Gatwick and we paid £645 each. We booked about 3 months before travelling and it was with Thomas Cook which obviously didn't end well but we have always managed a good deal in September. I would wait personally but know a lot of people like to have it booked.

This was the first time I had booked a package for several years as it was such a good price but don't think I will do it again...lol...
Yeah I know Gatwick is much cheaper than flying from Scotland . That is a total steal of a price though -645 wow . Did you just book dates off and hope the prices were low ? As I've asked before do the prices generally get much lower the longer you wait , I usually book before the end of December each year for the following September
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We lived in Moray for 20 odd years so know the pain of trying to find a good price from Scotland...….we moved back to Devon a couple of years ago so we are enjoying getting better prices lol...

My DH works offshore so have to take holiday on his time off. I booked off holiday from work and we just looked for a good price within the two weeks I had booked off. We like 10 days as we have been a lot so just do the Universal Parks now as we have AP.

I definitely think you will get a better price if you waited. I know now what a good price is for mid May and mid September when we usually go and I wouldn't want to pay over a £1000 each. As I said I usually book 3/4 months before we want to go but I do constantly check prices and then book if a deal comes along. I tend to use Travelbag a lot for hotel only as their Universal Hotel prices are usually pretty good. Netflights I have used for flights quite a few times or direct with the Airline - whoever is cheapest to be honest.

I know Scottish October holidays are usually first week in October onwards so would definitely go mid September if it is just the two of you. I will only get more expensive for October. Good luck with finding a deal!
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We paid £1050 each last year for flights, villa & car for 14 nights in August school holidays. Just in case you want something to compare it to.
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