Just thought I'd post some info on my latest booking (a 'last minute' to Jamaica as the VS UC fare round trip was under £500 above the Economy fare round trip - I simply couldn't resist!).
Used to be that if you hit the Flight+Hotel on the VS website it effectively took you to the VH website and there was no real difference over going direct to the VH website in the first place. Now it takes you to the travelplus section of the VS website which gives different prices (usually cheaper) compared to the VH website.
One difference to note is that VH bookings (at least to Carib destinations) do include a shared transfer to/from the hotel at the carib end whereas VS Flight+Hotel do not include a transfer BUT if you do book the private car transfer with VS Flight+Hotel it costs the same as upgrading the VH shared transfer to a private car transfer anyway.
For website pricing - ignoring any extra VS Flying Club or Virgin Holidays Frequent discounts that you would get with a telephone booking - the two routes give prices of VS Flight+Hotel £3208.28 compared to VH £3431.09 for the flights, private car transfers in resort and the 14N in the hotel (Secrets Wild Orchid for me this trip). So a nice couple of hundred quid extra saved
The other interesting thing is the travelplus part of the VS website FINALLY accepts the new FC numbers at time of booking.
Used to be that if you hit the Flight+Hotel on the VS website it effectively took you to the VH website and there was no real difference over going direct to the VH website in the first place. Now it takes you to the travelplus section of the VS website which gives different prices (usually cheaper) compared to the VH website.
One difference to note is that VH bookings (at least to Carib destinations) do include a shared transfer to/from the hotel at the carib end whereas VS Flight+Hotel do not include a transfer BUT if you do book the private car transfer with VS Flight+Hotel it costs the same as upgrading the VH shared transfer to a private car transfer anyway.
For website pricing - ignoring any extra VS Flying Club or Virgin Holidays Frequent discounts that you would get with a telephone booking - the two routes give prices of VS Flight+Hotel £3208.28 compared to VH £3431.09 for the flights, private car transfers in resort and the 14N in the hotel (Secrets Wild Orchid for me this trip). So a nice couple of hundred quid extra saved
The other interesting thing is the travelplus part of the VS website FINALLY accepts the new FC numbers at time of booking.
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