{"id":31678,"date":"2014-02-17T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/?p=31678"},"modified":"2015-03-11T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T06:15:59","slug":"why-you-should-book-a-secrethotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/why-you-should-book-a-secrethotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should book a Secret Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div class=\"pinkLinks\">There are two things that I love: bargains and surprises.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pinkLinks\"><!--more-->Naturally then, when it comes to planning a domestic or international break, I\u2019m all for booking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/hotels\/secret-hotels?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\">Secret Hotel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And apparently I\u2019m not alone: 40% of lastminute.com.au\u2019s customers have swayed in favour of adding a little mystery to their stay.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-room-e1392251598589.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31682 size-full\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-room-e1392251598589.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Of those secret-lovers, 88% have said that saving big bucks is their favourite thing about Secret Hotels, with the promise of a quality hotel coming close second. The results are in \u2013 Secret Hotels are officially cool!<\/p>\n<p>But what\u2019s a Secret Hotel, you ask? Well, read on because believe me, it\u2019s a game-changer.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-secret-e1392251627480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31683 size-full\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-secret-e1392251627480.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the big Secret?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you book a Secret Hotel, you could nab a 5 star hotel at a 3 star price. How? It\u2019s all in the name \u2013 or lack of. We won\u2019t tell you the name of the hotel, or the exact location until you\u2019ve made a booking.<\/p>\n<p>And because it\u2019s a mystery, big shot hotels can drop their rates all the way down to save you money for the more important things \u2013 like turning your weekend escape into a week-long getaway. Priorities, right?<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-pool-e1392251651221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31681 size-full\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-pool-e1392251651221.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Making a Secret Hotel booking is super simple.<\/p>\n<p>1. Head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/hotels\/secret-hotels?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> Secret Hotels<\/a> page and choose the destination you\u2019d like to stay<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on a hotel and read the description. We may drop some hints! If you like what you see, then choose your dates and hit \u2018Book\u2019<\/p>\n<p>3. Once your booking is processed, we\u2019ll send you a confirmation with the hotel\u2019s name<\/p>\n<p>4. Surprise! You\u2019re all set &#8211; enjoy your stay!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31680\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-couple-e1392251674442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31680\" class=\"wp-image-31680 size-full\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Secret-Hotels-couple-e1392251674442.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;ll be laughing too<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Keep me in the loop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With such hot deals, you don\u2019t want to miss out! Make sure you do these two things:<\/p>\n<p>1. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lastminute.com.au?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lastminute_au?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+lastminutecomau?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> Google+<\/a>. We\u2019ll give you a heads up when new deals are loaded or on sale.<\/p>\n<p>2. Sign up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/newsletter?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> lastminute.com.au newsletter<\/a> for some weekly inbox loving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"pinkLinks\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>What are you waiting for? Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/hotels\/secret-hotels?cid=social=blog:lmau:retail::SM09:\"> booking<\/a> and start saving now.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two things that I love: bargains and surprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":31688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[2657,78,597,1512,1041],"acf":{"credits":[{"name":"","label":"","full_url":""}],"enable_review_score":false},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38768,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31678\/revisions\/38768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}