OFFERS: Get a good deal with Groupon Travel

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• R says:

  9 Aug9 August 05:13

  The holidays raffle thing is a bit weird – I might not want 6 nights, and 2 nights in many of these places is one night too short. If it was guaranteed exactly 3 nights it would be great.

• The Original David says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:09

  I like the idea of the mystery holiday, but it seems you buy it thinking you could get a week in the Maldives, and you’ll most likely end up with a 6am Ryanair from Luton for a 2 night break in an Ibis Budget on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Dusseldorf. Have I misunderstood?

  • R001 says:

    9 Aug9 August 07:15

    I’ve got a warehouse on the outskirts of Dusseldorf. Could be quite handy (Luton aside)

  • NigelHamilton says:

    9 Aug9 August 07:58

    I very seriously considered setting up a mystery holiday company (thankfully I didn’t because COVID would have bankrupted me!) All the market research said people would do it for a 2-3 night break in Europe (actually, 2-3 nights in Duesseldorf would be a great trip, check out ‘ The Fritz’ boutique hotel). As you can have a good time in any city if you’re adventurous enough to accept your don’t choose the destination. But a 7 night holiday is too long to leave it in someone else’s hands – if you didn’t like the location, it’s a lot of money to drop.

• Alan says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:44

  The lounge discount is a faff and not the cheapest. For Heathrow T5 Plaza Premium. You can get entry for 2 via get your guide for £72 and via BA get 9 Avios per pound. The price with this site is £94 before discount so take off £22.50 add on the £2 group on charge and £73.50.

  Maybe it works out differently elsewhere or different dates.

• BJ says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:51

  Sign up or buy anything via Groupon and your email account will be all but destroyed IME

  • Andrew. says:

    9 Aug9 August 09:27

    They are quite persistent with their attention seeking, but just set up a separate folder/sub folders for Groupon content. They are very consistent with the email addresses they use. I’ve got my UK, USA, and Canada folders.

    Given the content, I do wonder if there’s a market for opening up a Brazilian waxing salon inside a Jiffy Lube station in the USA, especially if you could pick-up a memory foam mattress at the same time.

    • Alex Sm says:

      9 Aug9 August 09:43

      💯

      • occasionalranter says:

        9 Aug9 August 10:35

        This. The only lasting impression Groupon has made on my consciousness is “broken links to unsubscribe”

• daveinitalia says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:53

  Last time I looked you also got Avios for buying stuff in Groupon from the BA shopping portal and probably other similar portals run on behalf of VS, IB, EI and others

• Gordon says:

  9 Aug9 August 07:53

  I would dive into the mystery holiday raffle, if these were J seats?

  • memesweeper says:

    9 Aug9 August 08:10

    I suspect in a Venn diagram of “people who spend money on business seats for leisure” and “people who will take a random holiday at a 2/3* hotel anywhere due to very low pricing” the overlapping area is very small.

    • Gordon says:

      9 Aug9 August 08:28

      Agreed yes, but it was a tongue in cheek comment?

      • Peter K says:

        9 Aug9 August 09:10

        Was it? Sounded like you were genuinely interested if they were J seats.

        • Gordon says:

          9 Aug9 August 09:37

          Yes it was, sounded? I didn’t speak a word? I’m a seasoned traveler, so even I know that that would not be possible at the price?

• Erico1875 says:

  9 Aug9 August 08:45

  My nephew did one of these mystery trips. Was Toulouse.
  They arrived at 11pm on the Friday and return was around 7 AM on the Sunday, so they basically got 1 day in the city, with an early bedtime.

  Using Skyscanner, i think you could put something better together if you can be flexibke

  • TGLoyalty says:

    9 Aug9 August 10:23

    Was thinking that for 3 nights in Dubai

    You’ll basically land at 11pm on night 1 and probably leave at 9am after night 3 get 2 days in the suburbs 30 mins from a beach … great way to spend 14 hours in economy

• Alex Sm says:

  9 Aug9 August 09:45

  If something sounds too good to be true it is likely to be so 🤓

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