HELL-IDAY
I took a gamble on a Wowcher mystery holiday and it was a fail – the room was ‘vile’ & I had to spend £1.2k for 2 NIGHTS
Scroll down to find out how to book a Wowcher mystery holiday
A WOMAN has been left fuming after she took a gamble and booked a Wowcher mystery holiday.
Sarah-Jayne Cullen explained that not only did she end up having to spend £1,200 of her own money on what was meant to be a £99 trip, but she was also hugely disappointed when she arrived in Alicante, Spain.
2
2
The woman claimed that not only was the room ‘basic’, but the toilet was ‘vile’ and ‘rusty’.
Sarah-Jayne took to social media to share her experience of the mystery holiday, which is advertised at £99 online.
With this holiday deal - you could win yourself a trip to a variety of fabulous locations, including the Maldives, Dubai, Egypt or New York, just to name a few.
Even if you don't get the best options, you could still be given a two-night holiday with destinations across Europe including Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy.
A Disneyland Paris trip or a Northern Lights tour are also on offer.
There are 2,000 holidays in the offer and they all include return flights from London airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
But Sarah-Jayne was left gobsmacked at her hotel in Alicante, as she claimed: “Ok, this is your sign not to book a Wowcher mystery holiday deal.”
She revealed that she and her partner hired a car from the airport which they drove down to their hotel, but the pair were horrified when they checked in and had a look around their room.
Most read in Fabulous
Sarah-Jayne added: “This was the room that we got - the toilet, it was vile, the bidet and the radiators were rusty, the bath was rusty, all around the shower was disgusting, you wouldn't even have put your dog in the room.”
Not only did she describe the room as “so basic”, but she also claimed that the “massive duck egg blue hotel” looked “absolutely horrendous.”
Sneaky hack to get better £99 Mystery Holiday destination – WITHOUT paying for it
And it wasn’t just the room that she didn’t like, as she also wasn’t impressed with the hotels’ surroundings either.
She claimed: “So this is what the hotel looked onto - a desert, basically - no bars, restaurants, nothing in sight.”
You wouldn't even have put your dog in the room
Sarah-Jayne Cullen
The content creator revealed that there was “not one English person in sight” and as a result, the couple ended up booking another hotel.
Using their hired car, the couple drove to Benidorm and checked into a new, luxury hotel, which of course, they had to pay extra for.
The holiday did not cost us £99! They rang and said we needed to pay an extra £189 each
Sarah-Jayne Cullen
Sarah-Jayne explained that the couple were “greeted with champagne” and hailed it “absolutely amazing.”
The woman then shared: “We had to pay an extra £450 for two nights in a different hotel, but thankfully there were bars, restaurants, and the view was absolutely amazing.
“We paid a bit extra to go to luxury because the other hotel that we ended up in was absolutely disgusting.”
Wowcher's Mystery Holiday
WOWCHER has launched its popular £99 Mystery Holiday deal - and destinations in Italy, Greece, Barbados, Thailand and Malta are on the list.
Customers for £99 and they are then entered into a draw, where they are matched with one of 100 potential worldwide locations, with long-haul, beach and city break options available.
Beach holidays include Croatia, Corfu, Crete, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Costa Brava, Costa Blanca, Costa Del Sol, Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Zante, Lake Garda, Lake Como, the Algarve and Malta.
Long haul destinations include New York, Thailand and Barbados.
During your getaway, you'll slumber down in 3*+ accommodation, each with its own private room with ensuite.
All short haul flights are direct to destination from UK.
HOW TO REDEEM:
Buy your Wowcher Mystery Holiday
Receive your code via email, then redeem the code online
Input your preferred details
Your Mystery holiday destination is revealed
Merchant will contact you in 72 hours
£99 Wowcher Mystery Holiday - book
Sarah-Jayne later took to the comments to reveal more, as she explained that the Wowcher cost £1,200 in total for just two nights as she wrote: “Please note the holiday did not cost us £99!
“They rang and said we needed to pay an extra £189 each..then had to add on our own luggage £80 and then to guarantee seats together on the flight they were also an extra add on!
“Thank god we hired a car or we would have been stuck in the first hotel!
“It cost me £1,200.”
BIG DIVIDE
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 143,200 views.
Social media users were stunned at the clip, but many didn’t think it was as “bad” as Sarah-Jayne claimed.
What do you expect for a £99 holiday
TIkTok user
One person said: “It wasn’t that bad.”
Another added: “Why did you book with Wowcher if you wanted a luxury hotel?”
A third commented: “What do you expect for a £99 holiday, to me it wasn’t even that bad as long as the bed sheets are clean.”
NOT ALL BAD
Meanwhile, others were keen to share their positive Wowcher mystery holiday experiences.
One woman beamed: “We got Verona, had a lovely time!”
A second chimed in: “I got Venice and it was brilliant.”
READ MORE SUN STORIES
Wowcher has been contacted for comment.
Fabulous will pay for your exclusive stories. Just email: [email protected] and pop EXCLUSIVE in the subject line.
Topics