Accommodation provider emails: They boy who cried wolf??

[dajop]

Over the years somehow I've found myself onto a large number of mailing lists for accommodation providers - either hotels direct or various agents. Mainly because I have made online bookings with them at some stage.

Whilst I still get value out of airline "specials" emails (at least for full service carriers) I find many of the accommodation "specials", once you dig beneath the surface, quite a waste of time even reading. Great deals get 20% off or something, but off what? Dates are limited, pricing so variable that I don't even bother until I have firm dates in mind. Sometimes you miss a gem (such as Accor $50 deals) but then there are others I am mega-signed up to (Hilton springs to mind) that the only place I notice really good specials (eg Winter sale) on their website.

Worst ones I am aware of are Stamford and their annoying emails and accomline/dreamclub.

Net result, I am steadily unsubscribing from hotel offer type emails.

Do others feel the same way, or am I being a tad cynical?

 

[QF WP]

Oh yes, I had the same trouble with the Amari Hotel (next to BKK).

Stayed there 1 night in 2003, between flights (BNE/BKK and BKK/HKT). Of course completing the guest card, they had my email.

Wouldn't stay there again, for many and varied reasons.

Until I finally got a decent spam filter, they were emailing me. I kept filling out unsubscribe options (I think), emailing them back every time etc...

 

[samh004]

I find having an email (or alias) solely for getting those sorts of emails works best, and when I arrive at a new hotel and have to fill out the guest details, they don’t get my email. Never had anywhere insist… and if they did I’d make something up.

 

[clifford]

Do others feel the same way, or am I being a tad cynical?

Wot?

(Or to keep the system happy, because it doesn't like 3 character messages, wot?)

You know where the delete key is, and maybe, every now and then, they will throw a bone your way... (they have for me at least).