Compare our rates to 1800 Hotels

Do you receive faxe campaigns like the one above.

We do and their rates look pretty good.

But as an illustration the savings our members make through our contracted Hotel network - have a look at the rate for 4 nights in a double in July in the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas - looks good doesn't it? - just €506 for four nights in a top 5* hotel!

But it's not that good. Our weekday rate in the Mirage Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is - $109 per double room per night which equates to €268 for 4 nights at the current exchange rate.

Thats a saving of €238 (£193) on these four nights alone.

So using Hotel Express will save you almost 50% when compared to 1800 hotels and you still have a full year of other great savings to make!

Why not give us a call and see what we can do for you.

Call us for free by clicking on the link below:

Ps if you look through this blog you could get a free months trial - no strings attached!

How can I get a 1 month FREE trial of Hotel Express

NEWSFLASH Blog only offer Would you like to try Hotel Express rates and service absolutely free for a month. If you travel and use hotels and have some travel plans coming up you can try our services absolutely free. If not but you know someone who does why not forward this link to them But hurry this offer is only open to the first 50 callers. To get your free months trial of Hotel Express rates and service just call us on +353 1 2130729 and quote code HEI08FTBLOG we'll sign you up for a month absolutely free and you can use all of our rates and all of our services. If at the end of the month you feel you've had value and can see the benefit you may like to consider membership. If not no problem. But we're willing to bet that you will love our rates and will love our service and so we're "putting our money where our mouth is." To get your absolutely FREE months trial: just call us on +353 1 2130729 or call us for free - just click below!: quote code HEI08FTBLOG But hurry we've only got 50 free trials to give away!

What are our Topaz fuel card holders saving?

February savings

Hotel Express/ Topaz Fuel Card Price Comparison	Petrol c/l	Diesel c/l
Topaz /Hotel Express members Fuel Card February Average	113.51	116.77
AA February Average	116.90	117.50
Hotel Express Average Saving in February	3.39	0.73

How do I get a card?

Remember our Topaz Hotel Express Fuel Card is absolultely free. The cost to you 60 seconds filling in the form, the benefits

• Up to 20 days credit on your fuel bill
• One bill for your fuel enabling ease of monitoring and ease of VAT reconcilliation
• 5 half price car wash vouchers (worth €25)
• Discounted fuel at over 300 Shell and Statoil Stations countrywide
• Remember in the unlikely event that the at the pump price is cheaper than our discounted price you automatically get charged the cheaper of the two!

If you would like to benefit from our fantastic Topaz/ Hotel Express members fuel card just call us on 01 2130729 or send us an e mail and we'll get an application form out to you right away

What is the AA Average?

The “AA Average” is used by the Automobile Association to determine an index of the national average price. Conducted on a national basis the calculation is based on a survey of participating stations over two consecutive days in the second week of the surveyed month. We compare the price our Hotel Express Topaz fuel card holders pay in the second week of the month to this price.

News Flash!

Dont forget our special offer for Hotel Express members

Radisson SAS St. Helen’s Dublin

5* luxury
Champagne and Chocolates on arrival.
Bed and Breakfast.
€10 Dundrum shopping centre voucher.

€159 per room
Valid to 7th April '08
Call our reservations line 01-2130729 or drop us an e mail

Dosomethingdifferent.com

We have another brand new member benefit - a 7% discount with Dosomethingdifferent.com.

Dosomethingdifferent.com offers pre-purchase discounts off the "at the door" prices of over 1,000 attractions worldwide. As a hotel express member you can benefit not only from the standard Dosomethingdifferent.com discount but you get an extra 7% discount. That extra 7% is worth up to €300 on some of the more expensive activities.

Dosomethingdifferent.com has something for everybody from the London Eye, to Whale Watching in the Pacific, to West End theatre shows, to paintballing, to jet fighter flights in South Africa - you name it dosomethingdifferent.com has it and their prices are cheaper than paying at the door!

You can log on to see Hotel Express extra 7% discounted prices here.

Better still there's a competition when you first log on and if you can identify what the additional discount for Hotel Express members is you can win fantastic dosomethingdifferent.com prizes! You can get additional entries into the competition by giving us the names and e mail adresses of some friends or colleagues who you think might benefit from Hotel Express membership.

Remember an average member saves €825 (£651) per annum so recommending them to Hotel Express might just be the best gift you have ever given them.

PS here's a hint the answer to the question to win your dosomethingdifferent.com prize is 7%

Our Average Member saves €825 (£650) per annum

What does our "average" client save?

Of course this is hard to say as all of our clients are, of course, individuals. But our booking systems are efficient and we can say!

We have clients who travel regularly to South Africa, clients who travel regularly to Asia, clients who travel within the UK and Ireland. Some who travel weekly and some who travel monthly and some who travel only occasionally.

Variety is the spice of life!

We monitor our client savings on a daily basis and for the first two months of this year, our bookings into our contracted hotels have saved our clients of €58 per night when compared to the best Internet prices.

Sometimes we save more, sometimes we save less but an average saving of €58 per night.

But we decided to expand a little more on our "average member" and if our "average member" booked 12 nights per year with us (and got the average discount just 80% of the time - conservative is our middle name), rented a car twice per year for 4 days, stayed in a holiday home for 5 days and used our fuel discount occasionally and used the Gatwick and Heathrow express once - our average member would save:

€825 (£651) per annum

Now that's not bad for an annual membership fee of just €169 (£119).

Spend €169(£119) and save €825 (£651) and benefit additionally from

• payment on check out not upfront - travel plans change, no problem, cancel without penalty


• the time saving convenience of our full free booking service - no more hours spent trawling the internet searching for those elusive great deals!


• all our additional fantastic extra member benefits

If you would like to be our "average member" and save €825 (£651) and also save lots of time these year why not contact us. Send us an e mail or give us a call on +353 1 2130729.

But don't worry nobody is average in our eyes - try us and see.

We would love to hear from you and if you contact us we'll be delighted to send you an online copy of our guide to finding the cheapest flights. We might just save you money on your flights as well!

Related stories:

Testimonials and other good stuff

Some recent member's savings

Happy Easter!

Our office will be closed for the Easter Break from Thursday the 20th of March 5:00pm and will reopen for bookings on Tuesday 25th March 9:00am.

Happy Easter to all our friends and clients from all of us at Hotel Express.

Happy Faces Day

I was speaking with my friend Dermot Byrne, the award winning professional photographer (you can see some of his work at http://www.dermotbyrnephoto.ie/) and that's one of Dermot's award winning shots on the left.

Dermot mentioned to me that this years Happy Faces day run by the Irish Professional Photographers association takes place on the 1st of April this year - Aprils Fools Day.

You can have your picture taken on April Fool's Day by your local Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) member, for just a € 35 donation, which this year will benefit the charity Angels Quest.

Angels Quest is a wonderful charity which provides purpose designed respite care facilities for children and young adults with intellectual and physical disabilities. A welcoming, reliable home-from-home which gives families a much needed break, with peace of mind, from the continuous demands of caring at home for their 'angel' with special needs.

Dermot is based in Bray and you can contact him and have your photo taken and support Angels Quest. Alternately just contact your local Irish Professional Photographers Association member and see if they are particpating and have your photo taken there.

A professional portrait photo in a presentation folder with all proceeds going to charity for jsut €35!

100% of every donation will go to Angels Quest.

The full press release is below:

1st April?

- no longer April Fools Day – but “IPPA Happy Faces Day!”

· Wicklow photographers click for charity!


Four Wicklow photographers are inviting local people to put on a Happy Face for charity on 1st April! On that day, Dermot Byrne (Bray), Garrett Byrne (Arklow), Aisling Madden (Bray) and Frank Murphy (Baltinglass) will take professional portrait photos for a donation of just €35 per photo - and all the money raised will go to the Irish children’s charity, Angels Quest. Nearly 100 photographers nationwide – all members of the Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) - are taking part in “IPPA Happy Faces Day” on 1st April.

Some IPPA members will be hosting the photography sessions at their studios while others will set up events at local centres, hotels or clubs - those interested should log ontowww.irishphotographers.com or check for details on the Wicklow events with: Dermot Byrne (01 282 9560, Dermot@dermotbyrne.ie); Garrett Byrne (0402 39583, gbyrnephotography@eircom.net); Aisling Madden (01 282 2047, info@aislingmadden.com) or Frank Murphy (058 648 1899, murphyphoto@esatbiz.com).

This is the third successive year of the “IPPA Happy Faces Day” fundraising event which has raised more than €95,000 for charity in its first two years. Portraits are a single sitting of individuals aged from 4 to infinity and each participant will receive a 5x7” photograph in a presentation photo.

Angels Quest is a charity founded in 1996 by Deirdre Kelly to provide care for special needs children from the ages of two to sixteen all over Ireland. It builds respite care homes and to date has three homes in Glenageary, Tallaght and Clane, with a fourth in Donabate, County Dublin under construction. All of the funds raised on Happy Faces Day 2008 will go towards the final completion of this home. The charity receives no government funding and relies solely on the goodwill and donations of the general public. The homes provide children with care and stimulation and allow parents to have a well earned break.

Deirdre Kelly comments, “Angels Quest is extremely grateful to be the benefactor of IPPA Happy Faces Day 2008”.

The Irish Professional Photographers Association (the IPPA) has been serving the interests of professional photographers and dedicating itself to the improvement of standards in Ireland since it’s inception in 1949. With a membership of over 300 practising professionals nationwide, IPPA members as individuals are regularly involved with their communities in all manner of charitable activities. In 2006 it was decided to harness the goodwill and the photographic skills of IPPA members for the benefit of a nationally based charity and Angel’s Quest was chosen to be the beneficiary in 2008, the third IPPA Happy Faces Day.
For further information on the charity, log onto www.angelsquest.ie

To find details of times and locations of events in the local area or to obtain further details of the IPPA Happy Faces Day, log on to www.irishphotographers.com


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Happy St. Patricks day

Our office is based in Ireland and Monday the 17th is a National Holiday, St. Patrick's day.

Our office will be closed on all day Monday, but of course we will reopen for business on Tuesday the 18th at 9:00am.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Expedia £50 off voucher

are currently running a £50 off offer. To avail of the offer all you need to know is the secret voucher code:

That Code is AFF50A

The terms and conditions are:

• The promotion runs to 31st March 2008.
• Qualifying purchase: Tailor Made package (just select your own tailor made package - flight plus hotel / flight plus car hire / flight plus hotel plus car hire). Of course to get the best possible hotel rates you should use Hotel Express, but we'll forgive you this once so you can get the £50 off!
• Voucher Value: £50
• Booking Period: Must purchase before 31st March
• Travel Period: Valid for travel up to 31st August 2008
• Minimum Purchase Amount: £600

So to avail of this £50 off log on to Expedia, tailor make your package of flight plus car / flight plus hotel / flight plus car plus hotel enter your secret voucher code
AFF50A. Enjoy your £50 off.

For the best hotel rates worldwide look no further than Hotel Express. Just give us a call (+ 353 1 2130729) and see what we can do for you!

Fantastic new member benefit - 10% off Trident Holiday Homes

We are delighted to announce a brand new member benefit for Hotel Express members with Trident Holiday Homes.

Hotel Express members will receive a discount of 10% off all accommodation throughout Ireland managed by Trident Holiday Homes*.

With over 700 properties, Trident has something somewhere for everybody. So if you fancy a weekend, a week or a fortnight away in Ireland – book with Trident and enjoy your discount.

This discount applies to all Trident managed Holiday Homes* year round and that discount is worth €65 - €195 per week in high season.

To order a Trident Holiday homes brochure just click here - Brochure Request. You can download brochures or request a brochure by post.

To obtain your discount couldn’t be simpler

• Select the property you wish to book online or from your brochure


• Check availability either online or by phone on +353 1 201 8440.


• To book just call Trident Holiday Homes on +353 1 201 844.


• Identify yourself as a Hotel Express member and give your card number and expiry date


• Enjoy your 10% discount.

*The discount does not apply to the following locations Moyvalley Holiday Homes, Mount Falcon, Castle Oaks, Mount Wolseley, Belerne River Village, Doolin Holiday Village, Tir Gan Ean,
Coolreagh, Cronbeg Aprtments, Fisherman’s Lodges, Faithlegg Holiday Homes, The Park Hotel Dungarvan Holiday Homes, Fota Resort, Barnabrow, Ballylickey, Knightsbrook,Courtown Forest Park, Sean Og, Woodstock Demesne, Dublinshortlets and Cottage Collection Ireland.

These properties are associate properties and the Hotel Express discount does not apply, but don’t worry the discount applies to all other properties, year round, and there are no tricky terms and conditions – you just need to be a valid Hotel Express member! Enjoy your savings!

Sky Europe 50% off sale - runs to the 7th of March

Sky Europe that newly launched European airline which we mentioned in earlier posts is running a 50% off sale. The sale runs untill the 7th of March and you must fly between the 27th of March and the 17th of June. There is a special promotional code that you must enter and that code is easter50.

Sky Europe advertise as a full service airline with all inclusive prices and they fly from Ireland and the UK to Eastern Europe (and back).

So if you have an Eastern European destination scheduled have a look at the Sky Europe site and save yourself 50%

Apologies for the short notice but we only became aware of the offer today!

Previous posts about Sky Europe:
Want a free flight from Sky Europe?
Sky Europe

If you want to reduce your hotel expenditure whilst travelling why not contact us and see what Hotel Express can do for you. We save our clients lots of money and lots of time. Have a look at our testimonials. E mail us or just give us a call on +353 1 2130729, we'ld love to hear from you and show you what we can do for you and your hotel bills!

Testimonials and other good stuff

"M3 medical have 3 staff that regularly stay overnight in hotels throughout Ireland. We Joined Hotel Express in November 2007 and though dubious at first we have actually saved significantly since we joined. Our fee was repaid in savings in the first two months. We also can book a hotel by contacting one number while we are travelling and all the necessary arrangements are made and texted to us. This removes all the hassle of contacting directory enquiries getting the number of the hotel; contacting reservations and trying to negotiate their best prices. I, as a general rule, do not put my name to an endorsement of a service but have to say that everyone should be using Hotel Express."

Aidan Mulloy, m³ Medical, Sandyford, Dublin 18 3rd March 2008

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"I joined Hotel express 2/3 years ago and have never had a problem getting a hotel since. I travel alot and need to book hotels at the last minute. I ring hotelexpress with my request and with in minutes they have a room available for me. When travelling no matter what part of the world you are in,the only tel.no. you need is hotelexpress. Their hotels are excellent and are up to 1/2 price -what more can I say. "

Noel Hanna, 7Summits2Seallevel.com, Feb. 08

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"I have nothing but praise for your company. The reservation service is uncomplicated and smooth. The hotels is Belfast are superb with significant savings on the standard rate. I haven’t taken advantage as yet of the additional member benefits so I can’t comment as yet. "

Peter Gravestock, MMB Associates, Wiltshire UK, Feb. 08

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"Its great being able to deal with you personally rather than anyone in the organization. This is a real bonus in this day and age. It feels like a personalized service.
Thanks"

Steve Hoggar, Multi-Wing Ltd., Leicester, UK. Feb. 08

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