All Inclusive Holidays – What’s Really Included? – FAQ Fridays

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Welcome to another edition of Travelstart’s FAQ Friday with me, Nick Paul. With the festive season fast approaching, many of you are looking for packages for your holiday over that time and it can get a little confusing as to what’s included in all the different rates.

Room only

This is usually the cheapest option and it just includes a room for the night. The rate is just for the room so it’s regardless of how many occupants. Anything else that you purchase (breakfast, drinks, etc) will be charged to your own account.

Bed and breakfast

This is the most common rate in South Africa and Europe and includes breakfast, coffee, tea, and juice.

Half-board

This rate is usually found in resorts around the world, particularly in Mauritius and Zanzibar. It includes breakfast and dinner but all extra drinks like soft drinks and alcoholic drinks will be charged to your own account.

Full-board

This is an alternative to the Half-Board option. It’s operated at resorts which have a lunchtime restaurant. It includes breakfast, lunch and dinner and drinks like soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are charged to your own account.

All inclusive

Your priciest rate is going to be the all inclusive rate. Typically this includes three meals per day plus all your alcoholic drinks and soft drinks. The drinks range is usually pretty generous but will include local soft drinks and local beers, wines and spirits. There may be a time limit which the hotel imposes on ordering alcoholic drinks so just be aware of that when you’re checking in.

Hopefully that clarified for you the different meal options that are included in the packages so that it makes a little bit more sense when you’re looking at the different rates next time.So that’s it from for this week on FAQ Friday. If you have any travel-related questions, please ask them in the comments section below and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.

Our Readers Comments

  1. HI Ayesha,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    That is correct. If there are 2 people sharing a room and you receive a quote: R1000 per person sharing. This means each person will pay R1000

  2. Hi

    The questions above are not being answered… I refer to Gabriel’s comment above…

    “i still dont understand the “per person sharing” lets say the charge is R1000 per person sharing, does it means if there are two of us sharing a room it will cost R2000?
    please clarify”

  3. Hi Gabriel,

    Thanks for getting in touch.

    The hotel will sell a room at a certain rate. Example a double occupancy for a room can be R1000 per night where as a single supplement could be R750 per night.

    Every hotel is difference.

  4. Hi
    i still dont understand the “per person sharing” lets say the charge is R1000 per person sharing, does it means if there are two of us sharing a room it will cost R2000?
    please clarify

    Regards

  5. Hi there,

    Thanks for the interesting question.

    It would be the same as renting. A single person rent a flat for example: R5000 would be paying more then 2 people sharing (each person paying R2500)

    The hotel needs to cover their costs. So a room goes for a certain rate example: R1000 Single occupancy
    If 2 people share they will charge R650 per person sharing. Making it R1300 for the room (and that extra made on that room would go for water, electricity, extra towels used etc)

  6. Good day,
    What is the rationally of a single person to pay more for a room as compared to two people sharing paying less rates? I am talking about what is called “per person sharing”.
    My thinking is that obviously one person will spend less water and electricity as compared to two people sharing a room.

  7. Hi there,

    Thanks for contacting us.

    What package quote are you referring too.

    All our packages we advertise we give a breakdown of what all is included.

    If you click on our link: https://www.travelstart.co.za/lp/promotions-specials/holiday-packages It will take you through to our: Travelstart Live Holiday Packages. Here we give a list of all our holiday package. Click on the “More Info” tab of the package deal you are interested in and here we give a breakdown of what woudl be included.

  8. Hi,
    I saw a place on the website and they are asking for 12k per person sharing, what does this mean exactly?

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