HostelBookers Is The Price Leader For Hostels And Budget Accommodation
Released
on: September 25, 2009, 7:58 am
Author: HostelBookers
Industry: Travel
The
study, conducted by Reed
Business Insight, compared over 900 hostels
worldwide, with HostelBookers offering the lowest prices in 90
per cent of cases. On average HostelBookers were found to be 5.1
per cent cheaper than Hostelworld.
For example, customers booking
a two-night stay for two people in a double en suite room at the
Welcome Inn Backpackers hostel in Singapore will save £112.52
with HostelBookers. On average hostels in Singapore are 17 per
cent cheaper with HostelBookers than Hostelworld.
Other destinations where HostelBookers
offered significant savings compared to Hostelworld prices, were
Belgrade at 12 per cent, Bucharest at 13 per cent, Moscow at 14
per cent and Lima at 15 per cent.
Individual
hostels that offer the most significant savings included the
Funnytime Hotel, Bucharest, at 62 per cent; the Peravel Beach
Holiday Home, Goa, at 53 per cent; the City Center hostel in Belgrade
at 53 per cent and Auckland’s Frienz.com Backpackers Accommodation
at 53 per cent. Budget-conscious travellers can now book these
properties through HostelBookers’ newly revamped website.
David Smith, chief operating officer
at HostelBookers, said, “We are experiencing a phenomenal
year in 2009, thanks to our cheap prices. The fact that HostelBookers
works so closely with all our travel partners to negotiate the
lowest price and doesn’t charge a booking fee, means that
we’re able to pass these savings on to our ever-growing
customer base.
“We’re delighted to
be able to say with research-backed certainty that we are offering
the best value in the budget sector of the travel industry, which
is becoming more and more popular with consumers”, Smith
added.
HostelBookers
has now been confirmed as the leader of the pack when it comes
to low cost accommodation, and to celebrate they are launching
a 10 Day Free
Holiday Giveaway. The prize draw will be open for participation
from 1st to 10th October 2009 inclusive. Anyone booking a hostel,
hotel or room will be entered into a prize draw, and one lucky
person per day will get their entire accommodation costs refunded.
HostelBookers features 14,000
hostels in over 3,000 destinations and is the only website in
the industry not to charge a booking fee.
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For
further information please contact: Troy on 020 7406 1805 or email
Troy.Munns@Hostelbookers.com
NOTE TO EDITORS
About
HostelBookers.com: Great Hostels. Free Booking. No Worries.
HostelBookers.com – launched in March 2004 – is a
leading UK-based budget accommodation website. It offers a range
of budget accommodation including youth
hostels, hotels, B&Bs and apartments in over 3,000 destinations
worldwide.
In
November 2008 HostelBookers.com also received the UK’s Best
Youth Product award at the British Youth Travel Awards (BYTA)
run by BETA (British Educational Travel Association). The awards,
are designed to provide a platform to celebrate and reward high
achievers, gain recognition, and raise the profile of the work
and individual successes of organisations engaged in youth, student
and educational travel, to from and within the UK. HostelBookers.com’s
properties are reviewed and rated by customers and it remains
the only major company in its sector to offer its services with
no booking fees. HostelBookers.com also provides a range of free
travel guides, travel news and worldwide events information
If
you would like to be a Hostelbookers partner, you can do so by
joining our affiliate program directly by emailing
HostelBookers or through the TradeDoubler and AffiliateFuture
networks.