Hotel and Training Course prices - the effect of the VAT rise on 4th January 2011
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2010-12-26 12:15:15 - Graham EllisOur training course rates for 2011 will remain (net) unaltered from 2010 - although the VAT increase from 17.5% to 20% means that invoice totals will rise slightly. Most of our customers can reclaim VAT. Hotel rates - quoted inclusive of VAT - rise slightly to reflect the extra tax - £85.00 double room as single occupancy, £95.00 double room / double occupancy, and £72.00 delegate rate. All rates include superior continental breakfast.
We are ... doubtful ... as to whether British commerce and industry as a whole will simply amend their prices to reflect the new VAT rate, or whether a whole lot of them will take advantage of the need to change prices to sneak in a rise in the next (pre-tax) price too, leading to inflationary pressures. So our formal quotation pages will only tell you that our new prices are valid for bookings confirmed by 31st March. I really hope that I can extend them at that point to June, September and then the end of the year, but at this point there is an unpredictability, and no need to make a decision we could regret.
It's at times like this that I'm really thankful that our website is largely parametrized, and that I've been able to make the changes in just a few placed to have the show up all through the sites. You should find prices correct and consistent for 2011 across the board at our main sites ...
Well House Manor, home page - [here]
Well House Manor, room by room - [here]
(and the change is reflected by template into the rest of the site!)
Secure hotel bookings - [here]
Well House Consultants, Company Details - [here]
Well House Consultants, staff reference page - [here] - we see more detail when logged in!
Secure course bookings - [here]
As always, the "devil is in the detail", and there is talk of prices in our Wiki, and I have mentioned them quite often in the blog. So I've ended up taking much longer that the work above took in order to make sure that people don't get old prices offered to them appearing to be current, while at the same time maintaining the archive nature of many of the blog articles - and that required individual updates at times!
Here are links to just *some* of the pages I have updated this morning:
• Bargain return visits for past delegates - [here]
• A Friendly hotel - [here]
• Previous VAT change effects - [here]
• Hotel prices for a new decade (2010) - [here]
• Customer review - [here]
• Do we have a night porter - [here]
• Comparison of our training to other suppliers - [here]
• Pictures of hotel rooms - [here]
• Winter Weekend Special - [here]
• Prices as they were in 2009 - [here]
• How we handle phone calls - [here] (really a staff page)
• How we handle walkins - [here] (really a staff page)