written by Nelsonr1974 on 18/04/2016
Had a gift from my partner of a two night hotel break. SOO many restrictions and caveats, that the apparent breadth of choice became no choice at all,(no weekends,winter time only or mid week only).
Wasted a huge amount of time trying to find any availability at a time that was possible but zero joy.My partner and I have NHS shift work to contend with and these offers seemed and are too good to be true.
ENDED UP PAYING to extend the voucher, which stuck in my craw, and was disappointed that my partner's gift ended being a liability rather than a treat.
Hopefully we will get our break away... probably in the depths of winter ( except Christmas or any Bank Holiday or weekend, since these are almost exclusively restricted by the small print).
Oh, of course, you can pay more to increase the range of hotels , or to extend the availability but the extra cost seems to give no more guarantee of success.
Having now read a plethora of similar reviews on several websites, it appears that this is a fairly standard experience.
It may be an Ok gift choice for people who have no restrictions on their time and plenty of time to faff about exploring the user-unfriendly website.( It makes it very easy to buy a voucher but virtually impossible to redeem one).
So, if you are thinking of Buyagift to give that special someone something special... FORGET IT!