Flexie Perks explained

Flexie Perks are discounts at local businesses in Bournemouth that come with every Flexiestays booking. Cafés, delis, activities and other partners each set their own offer, and you use it with them during your stay. There is nothing to buy or sign up for: the partners and their codes are listed at flexiestays.com/perks.

This guide covers how the perks work, how they differ from the booking discount, and how to get the most from them on a short break or a longer stay.

How Flexie Perks work

Each partner business decides its own perk, so the offers vary from a café to a deli to an activity. The perks page lists every current partner with its offer and the code or instruction to use it.

You do not redeem a perk on flexiestays.com. You show or quote the code at the partner, in the café or at the booking desk, the same way you would use any local voucher. The terms of each perk are the partner’s, so if something is unclear, the partner is the one to ask.

Because the list is managed as partners join and leave, the best time to look is a few days before you travel, when you are planning where to eat and what to do.

Perks and the booking discount are separate

It is easy to confuse the two, so here is the difference:

• The discount code takes money off the price of your stay. The current code is shown in the banner at the top of flexiestays.com, and you enter it at checkout.
• Flexie Perks take money off things you do during your stay. They are used with the partner, not at the Flexiestays checkout.

One does not replace the other. The discount code lowers what you pay for the apartment; the perks lower what you spend once you are in Bournemouth. Both are part of what a direct booking includes, set out in why book direct with Flexiestays.

Making them part of the plan

The apartments sit on the West Cliff and around St Michael’s Road, so most of what the perks cover is within walking distance. Guests mention the choice on the doorstep again and again:

“Having so many restaurants nearby made our stay even better.” (Ajay, Trustpilot)

“Very clean, spacious, an immaculate bathroom, and a great location near the coast with lovely restaurants within a 15-minute walk.” (Gordon, Booking.com)

A simple way to use the perks is to check the list against a rough plan for each day:

• Breakfast and coffee. Apartments have a kitchen, so breakfast is not included, and several good cafés are close by. Some are perks partners.
• A day on the beach. West Cliff Beach is below the cliff, reached by the zig-zag paths or the West Cliff Lift. Look for partners near the seafront and the pier.
• Westbourne. The village of independent cafés, delis and boutiques is about ten minutes on foot west of most buildings.
• A wet afternoon. The Oceanarium by the pier and the Russell-Cotes Museum on the East Cliff are the usual plans when the weather turns.

For the full picture of what is nearby, the building pages on this site list walking times from each hotel. Start from the hotels page.

Perks on a longer stay

Perks are worth more the longer you stay. On a month in Bournemouth you eat out, buy coffee and book activities many times over, and a regular discount at the café round the corner adds up. If you are staying for work or while you move house, the perks page is worth a look in your first week, the same way you would find the nearest supermarket. The long stays guides cover the rest of a monthly stay.

Families and groups

For families, the perks page is a useful starting point for rainy-day plans and treats. Check whether an activity’s perk applies per person or per booking before you go, since each partner sets its own terms. Our guide to Bournemouth with children suggests how to plan a family stay around the buildings.

What guests say about the area

Perks work because the location does. Reviews on this site mention the walk to the sand and the town more than almost anything else:

“We also really enjoyed having access to the gym, and the location couldn’t have been better, just a short walk from the sandy beach, making it easy to enjoy the beautiful Bournemouth coastline.” (Ibrahim, Trustpilot)

Read more on the location reviews page.

Four things to remember about Flexie Perks

• Every Flexiestays booking includes Flexie Perks.
• Partners set their own offers, listed with their codes at flexiestays.com/perks.
• You use a perk with the partner, not at the booking checkout.
• Perks are separate from the discount code that comes off the price of the stay.

The Flexiestays help centre explains the direct-booking savings, perks included, under discount codes and direct booking savings.