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Advertising of misleading minimum pricing which i scarcely available
 
Advertising of misleading minimum pricing which i scarcely available
Posted by grahame at 08:05, 19th November 2025
 
From The BBC

Adverts by four of Britain's biggest hotel and travel firms have been banned for stating misleading minimum prices for rooms.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints against the Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor over their use of eye-catching so-called "from" prices.

The watchdog found only a small number of rooms actually available to book at the promoted price and concluded the adverts overstated the deals.

My biggest expense when I travel afar is not the train fares (which I manage to research downwards on many occasions), but accommodation costs - but I do sometimes look at adverts for excellent pubic transport fares and all too often find they have very limited availability.  Have others experienced this?

 
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