More and more often, lately, various hotel catalogs, tour operators and travel agencies have appeared a tempting offer for tourists: promo room. What it is? Let's figure it out and also analyze all the pros and cons of this phenomenon. After all, prices are often very tempting, but many tourists are afraid to buy a pig in a poke. So, what do hotels mean when they offer a promo room?

Why is it called “promo room”?

As a rule, a very ordinary hotel room is hidden under such a sign. This name comes from the English “promotion”, and, based on this, the Samtourist phenomenon should be assessed. First of all, we are talking about a reduced cost per room due to some circumstances. There may be several of them - the hotel offers discounts, this room has disadvantages or shortcomings, the hotel is new and needs promotion, and is also not fully occupied for various reasons. Let's look at them all to understand a lot about the promo room.

What does this mean for the hotel itself?

There are rooms in various hotels that people refuse to stay in. For example, the room is located next to a noisy elevator or in some nook overlooking the courtyard or a construction site. It also happens that we are talking about apartments on the ground floor (everyone knows that tourists often try not to settle in such premises, for example, fearing theft, wanting to have a beautiful panoramic view from the window). Often we are talking about rooms of the smallest size or poor layout, lacking a balcony or facing directly onto a noisy pool or disco. Therefore, hotels try to sell rooms such as promo rooms.

What does this mean for the tourist himself?

What does this mean in low season?

When the flow of tourists subsides and the golden days for the hotel end, the discount period begins. People who freely dispose of their time have a huge choice. Now is when the real hunt for holiday accommodation begins, and this offer can provide quite a service. For example, during promotions, the definition of “standard promo room” may include ordinary rooms, even those with a sea view. And you won’t have to pay an extra ten dollars to the administrator for them. In good hotels, such an offer is available for early booking - and these can often be very good rooms. Such propositions are especially good when traveling to exotic countries that need to be explored rather than sitting in a room. Well, if the hotel is new, then quite often “promotional room” simply means a promotional price during the advertising period.

Room types

The most common room types (graded by capacity)

• DBL room(read: double room) - double room, usually with one large bed
• TWIN room(twin room) - double room, usually with two separate beds
• SNGL room(single room) - single room, inferior in area to the “double room”
• QUAD room(quad room) - quadruple room
• DUS room(double use single double single use) - a double room that is provided to one guest if the hotel does not have single (SNGL) rooms. Usually no different from DBL, it even costs the same.

Types of rooms by comfort level

• STD- Standard room - as a rule, the most common category of rooms, making up the bulk of hotel rooms (exceptions occur in some countries (Thailand for example), in which standards are often called Superior (SUP room), and there is no STD category
• SUP room- superior room. If the hotel has STD class rooms, the SUP room usually has a slightly larger area and may have some additional amenities, such as: bathrobes, slippers, tea or coffee set
• Deluxe room- deluxe room. The next room category after Superior. Most likely there will be even more and with an even wider range of services.
• Junior suite- junior suite.
• Suite- suite. More than a junior suite
• Presidential Suite- usually the largest room in the hotel, where mega-super-duper VIP guests, such as presidents or movie stars, stay.
• ROH(run of the house) - this indicates that the room type is not specified. Those. the hotel will accommodate you in any available room, most likely it will be a standard one, since it is the cheapest.

These are almost all the main types of rooms with one tricky exception. Recently, hotels in Turkey, Egypt and Greece have come up with another category PROMO room(promotional room), which is usually not described on hotel websites or in advertising catalogues. So what is mysterious PROMO room, the cost of which is lower than a standard room?

PROMO ROOM(promotion room) is essentially a standard room, but with some flaw. It could be a basement floor, or it could be a standard floor with a reduced area. It may be with a non-standard small bathroom, with access to the reception or to the kitchen, i.e. noisy, etc.

If you need a room not only to sleep and shower, then I would advise avoiding the promotional room category.

Power types

A great variety of shortened types of nutrition have been invented. Below I will give only the main ones that we encounter every day.

• BB- breakfast (from the English Bed and Breakfast - bed and breakfast)
• ABF- American breakfast, the same as buffet breakfast - i.e. Buffet
• Continental breakfast- usually a modest version consisting of a bun, jam, yoghurt and tea or coffee. A common thing for cheap hotels in European capitals.
• HB- half board (from the English half board). Breakfast and dinner.
• HB+- extended half board. Drinks with dinner are included.
• FB- full board. 3 meals a day. Breakfast lunch dinner
• Fb+- extended full board. The price includes drinks at lunch and dinner.
• A.I.- "all inclusive". 3 main meals a day + snacks and local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks throughout the day.
• UAI- “ultra all inclusive”, imported (or local, but in imported bottles, as they like to cheat in Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia) alcoholic drinks are added to the delights of “all inclusive”. There should also be a wider range of free entertainment.

ATTENTION: in 99% of hotels, when staying on HB and FB, drinks are included in the price only at breakfast. Drinks for dinner are purchased separately.

Views from the window

Many hotels divide the number of rooms not only by room category, but also by the view that opens from the room windows. I will give again the most common options

So, what are these designations following the type of number:

• G.V.- garden view not facing the sea
• IV- inland view - the same as GV
• PV- pool view - rooms overlooking the pool
• SV- sea view. Sea View
• SSV- Side sea view - side view of the sea. Tricky thing. Because in such rooms you sometimes need to go out onto the balcony, stand on a stool, lean over the railing, and only then will you be able to see the sea. Be prepared for this J
• O.V.- ocean view - ocean view
• Sea front or Ocean Front- these are rooms or bungalows with a frontal view or even access to the sea, ocean

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Promo room: what is it?

January 25, 2014

More and more often, lately, various hotel catalogs, tour operators and travel agencies have appeared a tempting offer for tourists: promo room. What it is? Let's figure it out and also analyze all the pros and cons of this phenomenon. After all, prices are often very tempting, but many tourists are afraid to buy a pig in a poke. So, what do hotels mean when they offer a promo room?

Why is it called “promo room”?

As a rule, a very ordinary hotel room is hidden under such a sign. This name comes from the English “promotion”, and, based on this, the Samtourist phenomenon should be assessed. First of all, we are talking about a reduced cost per room due to some circumstances. There may be several of them - the hotel offers discounts, this room has disadvantages or shortcomings, the hotel is new and needs promotion, and is also not fully occupied for various reasons. Let's look at them all to understand a lot about the promo room.

What does this mean for the hotel itself?

There are rooms in various hotels that people refuse to stay in. For example, the room is located next to a noisy elevator or in some nook overlooking the courtyard or a construction site. It also happens that we are talking about apartments on the ground floor (everyone knows that tourists often try not to settle in such premises, for example, fearing theft, wanting to have a beautiful panoramic view from the window). Often we are talking about rooms of the smallest size or poor layout, lacking a balcony or facing directly onto a noisy pool or disco. Therefore, hotels try to sell rooms such as promo rooms.

What does this mean for the tourist himself?

What does this mean in low season?

When the flow of tourists subsides and the golden days for the hotel end, the discount period begins. People who freely dispose of their time have a huge choice. Now is when the real hunt for holiday accommodation begins, and this offer can provide quite a service. For example, during promotions, the definition of “standard promo room” may include ordinary rooms, even those with a sea view. And you won’t have to pay an extra ten dollars to the administrator for them. In good hotels, such an offer is available for early booking - and these can often be very good rooms. Such propositions are especially good when traveling to exotic countries that need to be explored rather than sitting in a room. Well, if the hotel is new, then quite often “promotional room” simply means a promotional price during the advertising period.

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More and more often, lately, various hotel catalogs, tour operators and travel agencies have appeared a tempting offer for tourists: promo room. What it is? Let's figure it out and also analyze all the pros and cons of this phenomenon. After all, prices are often very tempting, but many tourists are afraid to buy a pig in a poke. So, what do hotels mean when they offer a promo room?

Why is it called “promo room”?

As a rule, a very ordinary hotel room is hidden under such a sign. This name comes from the English “promotion”, and, based on this, the Samtourist phenomenon should be assessed. First of all, we are talking about a reduced cost per room due to some circumstances. There may be several of them - the hotel offers discounts, this room has disadvantages or shortcomings, the hotel is new and needs promotion, and is also not fully occupied for various reasons. Let's look at them all to understand a lot about the promo room.

What does this mean for the hotel itself?

There are rooms in various hotels that people refuse to stay in. For example, the room is located next to a noisy elevator or in some nook overlooking the courtyard or a construction site. It also happens that we are talking about apartments on the ground floor (everyone knows that tourists often try not to settle in such premises, for example, fearing theft, wanting to have a beautiful panoramic view from the window). Often we are talking about rooms of the smallest size or poor layout, lacking a balcony or facing directly onto a noisy pool or disco. Therefore, hotels try to sell rooms such as promo rooms.

What does this mean for the tourist himself?

What does this mean during low season?

When the flow of tourists subsides and the golden days for the hotel end, the discount period begins. People who freely dispose of their time have a huge choice. Now is when the real hunt for holiday accommodation begins, and this offer can provide quite a service. For example, during promotions, the definition of “standard promo room” may include ordinary rooms, even those with a sea view. And you won’t have to pay an extra ten dollars to the administrator for them. In good hotels, such an offer is available for early booking - and these can often be very good rooms. Such propositions are especially good when traveling to exotic countries that need to be explored rather than sitting in a room. Well, if the hotel is new, then quite often “promotional room” simply means a promotional price during the advertising period.

More and more often, lately, various hotel catalogs, tour operators and travel agencies have appeared a tempting offer for tourists: promo room. What it is? Let's figure it out and also analyze all the pros and cons of this phenomenon. After all, prices are often very tempting, but many tourists are afraid to buy a pig in a poke. So, what do hotels mean when they offer a promo room?

Why is it called “promo room”?

As a rule, a very ordinary hotel room is hidden under such a sign. This name comes from the English “promotion”, and, based on this, the Samtourist phenomenon should be assessed. First of all, we are talking about a reduced cost per room due to some circumstances. There may be several of them - the hotel offers discounts, this room has disadvantages or shortcomings, the hotel is new and needs promotion, and is also not fully occupied for various reasons. Let's look at them all to understand a lot about the promo room.

What does this mean for the hotel itself?

There are rooms in various hotels that people refuse to stay in. For example, the room is located next to a noisy elevator or in some nook overlooking the courtyard or a construction site. It also happens that we are talking about apartments on the ground floor (everyone knows that tourists often try not to settle in such premises, for example, fearing theft, wanting to have a beautiful panoramic view from the window). Often we are talking about rooms of the smallest size or poor layout, lacking a balcony or facing directly onto a noisy pool or disco. Therefore, hotels try to sell rooms such as promo rooms.

What does this mean for the tourist himself?