Booking Sandos Hotels direct

To continue my little series of looking at booking direct with the lesser known hotel brands, today I am looking at Sandos Hotels. Sandos Hotels and Resorts have all inclusive hotels in Lanzarote, Benidorm and Mexico (Riviera Maya near Cancun). They are certainly good hotels, that I know from my time working in Mexico for Thomson.



On the booking form there is an option for holiday bookings including flights, but don't use this is only for Americans booking from USA to Mexico. The booking form after the initial page is actually quite nice - you get to see photos as well as a description of the rooms you are booking so there is less confusion about "what is a junior suite" for example. When I was working for a tour operator, confusion over the room type was one of the biggest factors that led to customer complaints.

The booking is initially quoted in Euros but you can convert this so you can the see the GBP equivalent. They accept Visa, Mastercard and Amex. Tip : There is a drop down menu for rate type of which on my test bookings there was a few, just go through them all to see the price. Best available rate isn't always the cheapest!

The Sandos Hotels website is worth a look if you are thinking of booking a holiday to one of Sandos hotel's destinations - to compare prices with a package - but don't forget that by booking with a tour operator you have more financial protection if the airline that you book flights with should cease operations.