All inclusive holidays. How on earth do they make money
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 14:58 Quote |
I am seriously impressed by my first all inclusive holiday - I am currently in Turkey. I have just worked out that I am paying £32 per head Per night for a 5* hotel, with swimming pool and kids waterslides, 3 seriously good meals per day, plus all day snack bars and an open bar. I cannot for the life of me work out how they are making money on this. It is also obvious that the three all inclusive hotels built around here have decimated the other restaurants and bars locally. Seriously impressive value and quality. |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:05 Quote |
Have to agree, we're off soon for 2 weeks all inclusive for the four of us for not much more than £1500, cheaper than staying at home almost!! I'd guess that not everyone gets those prices and someone who booked ages ago through a top travel company may be in effect subsidising you. Or a good job you're a veggie Stef as the meat dishes may not be what they appear! |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:21 Quote |
This rocks |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:21 Quote |
Good to hear. We've never been all inclusive, mainly following hearing a few horror stories where the only inclusive restaurant serves a buffet of gruel! |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:34 Quote |
Went Cancun, Mexico last year. You could buy a case of 24 corona for $20, if you kept the box and all 24 empty bottles, you could trade it for a new case for $1, this blew my mind.
So that's 336 bottles of Corona for $33.. |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:43 Quote |
How they make money? Purchasing power parity. (PPP)
UK US$ 37,000 (per capita) |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:56 Quote |
Economies of scale. Filling rooms. Known staffing costs. Loads of reasons why it makes sense. |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:57 Quote |
Economy of scale. |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 15:57 Quote |
ah crap he beat me to it.... |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 16:01 Quote |
It helps if there are more T totallers in the mix - my family and friends tend to hit the profit margins!! |
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2012 - 19:22 Quote |
I have a client in this niche, AllInclusive.co.uk - buy his stuff! They just signed up a month or so ago. Seriously, well worth a check - they offer great packages and the owner is a genuinely good guy. As for how he makes his money? Well, I'm sworn to secrecy.... |
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Posted: 4th Aug 2012 - 05:34 Quote |
There is a little group of people employed here to try to sell you other stuff, beauty treatments, hairdressing, photography and the whole point of the pool party last night was to sell drinks that aren't on the all inclusive list. It is also very noticeable that anyone selling anything prefers to be paid in £Sterling rather than Lire. |
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Posted: 4th Aug 2012 - 05:49 Quote |
Yes, Ive often wondered why but never really investigated further because Ive always been gorging myself on what was available ;-) Undoubtably a combination of "stack it high sell it cheap", coupled with a lower standard of living giving them cheaper outlays and a thriving up sell of the extras around it!
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Posted: 4th Aug 2012 - 07:47 Quote |
roll on Golden Coral Buffet in the US in a couple of weeks.. I think the gorging pace slows down after the initial first few days pace setting. So day 1 consumption would be greatest slowing down throughout stay. |
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Posted: 4th Aug 2012 - 11:21 Quote |
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Good to hear. We've never been all inclusive, mainly following hearing a few horror stories where the only inclusive restaurant serves a buffet of gruel!
This.
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