Another travel question

[redbird]

It looks as though an airfare-plus-hotel package for a hotel not really handy to London might be cheaper than just the round-trip airfare. Are there likely to be problems, like weird extra charges or losing my return ticket, if I pay in advance for a round-trip ticket and hotel room, and just never turn up at the hotel? (I'm not going to challenge a hotel bill for the amount agreed and charged in advance; I just wonder whether this is like airlines cancelling your return ticket if you don't use the outbound flight.)

Comments

[carbonel]

I've done this with airfare-plus-car rental and didn't pick up the car, and there was no problem.

I think you'll be fine -- the right hand doesn't care about the left hand.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Or you could ask if anyone wants to hotel room. You do know people in Britain and not in London who possibly might.

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely check the small print on that. It sounds as if the hotel may be offering rock-bottom room rates in the expectation of making money on food, alcohol etc, so there may be a cancellation charge or minimum service charge hidden in there somewhere to cover that.