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We have noticed that on previous holidays with Virgin the room allocation is not always %26#39;the best%26#39;.

When we stayed in the keys we were (as were all the Virgin customers) given a garden room, people that came in off the street, were straight away allocated sea view rooms. The Holiday Inn on Int. Drive you automatically get allocated a tower room. We noticed there are poolside rooms there too.

Do you reckon Virgin pushes the Hoteliers down so much on costing that they only get the basic rooms, and is it cheaper to %26#39;upgrade%26#39; yourself once you get there?

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I don%26#39;t think that the room allocation is specific to Virgin, all Tour operators negotiate the best deals with Hoteliers. We found, that even booking direct with the Hotels was far cheaper, and all room requests were met. Also, booking with the Hotel direct, we didn%26#39;t have to pay the Hotel bill until checkout, so you%26#39;ve got more bargaining power to obtain the room that you want.

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I normally book through virgin, never really had any probs. We recently stayed in sheraton vistana resort in LBV. We did notice that others arriving %26amp; staying around us all had tour operators luggage tags and people in the other bit were all owners, I wasnt disatiffied with my room I actually prefered it. We asked Virgin to request a room with a lift or ground floor (Wheelchair) and one not right next to pool and both of these were granted. The hotel knew about them and told me what they had done for us which was really nice.

You can ask for a room transfer or upgrade when you get there. If your not happy with what your allocated just ask.

For my trips to L.A. and Miami which have been booked through Virgin Holidays i called up both the hotels to see what rooms we have been allocated, and the things i am wanting weren%26#39;t in the rooms they had gave us such as a refrigerator, jacuzzi bathtub, so the hotels offered to do a complementary room upgrades and were more than happy to help. Always worth asking. I didn%26#39;t even ask for an upgrade they just offered:)

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