Hi Doe

No i booked the holiday as soon as i came off the other(a year ago)

as usual on a B & B basis and paid just a little over £500, that included the £28 pp for the upgrade to the huge rooms.
I always went b & b as you are aware by now.
Then just before christmas we had a letter from thomson/portland saying that the hotel (SBR and SC) are forefeiting B & B now and are only doing A1.
I was worried we were going to be charged more, but on the letter it stated that the price would be the same
For travellers who just book the holiday as normal, and didnt book like we did a year ago, they would have to pay around £900-£1100 for two weeks. But if they had booked before the hotel changed, they would automatically receive the free upgrade.
Another factor was my daughter wasnt even coming on our holiday, she was going to cyprus with her b/f, but after a year they broke up, so my daughter is coming with us, i asked thomson how much it was going to be to stay in our huge room and it was basically the same price as us, so she didnt have to pay any extra, so was very lucky.
At the end of the day, sometimes it pays to pay earlier for holidays, so if there are any changes, you come off better.
Michelle x
sonesta beach resort queen