When you are booking a holiday, do you pay much attention to the upgrade or luxury options? It’s likely that, unless you are a celebrity, business executive or member of royalty, you don’t. For many people, any holiday can be sufficiently expensive to seem like a luxury. However, you might be surprised to realize that, if you know where to look and what to ask for, you could enjoy more VIP travel and treatment than you had previously realized.
Meet and Greet parking!
Meet and Greet parking, like meet and greet Manchester Airport parking, helps to reduce the typical stress of trying to find airport parking or taking a transfer; it simply involves you driving right up to the terminal doors, handing your keys over to a uniformed chauffeur and heading inside the airport while the chauffeur parks your car at a nearby secure location. Furthermore, it tends to only cost a few pounds more per week than official on-site airport parking.
Work within your budget!
The basic cost of any trip can be broken down into the categories of flights/transport, accommodation, food/drinks and entertainment. Now, consider your budget and what you would most like to do on holiday. What kind of VIP treatment are you really seeking? If, for example, you would like a fancy hotel with great amenities, like spas, restaurants and room service, you may have to forgo shopping and use inexpensive transport. Alternatively, if you are travelling to Las Vegas and seeking to party every night, you may have to spend less on accommodation and food.
Don’t hesitate to ask!
For decades, stories have been heard about people getting upgraded to First Class on a flight or moved into a Premium Suite when they are checking into their hotel – not necessarily because they paid for these upgrades, but because they asked for them. Most people are too shy to ask for such upgrades because, almost every time, they will be turned down. However, that still leaves a small number of occasions when they won’t be.
There are various things that you can do to increase your chances of a favorable response when you ask for a free upgrade, such as dressing well and revealing that your holiday is for an important occasion, like a honeymoon, birthday or wedding anniversary – if, of course, it actually is.
