How Long-Stay and Solo Discounts Work on Offshore Stays

Two separate discounts can apply to a private-room booking on Offshore Stays, and a common question is whether you get whichever one is bigger, or both. The answer is both — they apply one after the other, not as a single combined percentage, which usually works out better for longer solo stays than either discount alone.

The two discounts

Solo discount applies to private rooms booked by a single guest. It doesn't apply to shared/dorm rooms — those are priced per bed already, so the "traveling alone" pricing logic doesn't apply the same way.

Long-stay discount is a promotion a host can configure for stays over a minimum number of nights. It applies to both private and dorm rooms when the stay qualifies — unlike the solo discount, it isn't restricted to private rooms.

How they stack

The two discounts apply sequentially, not by taking the larger one: the solo discount is applied to the base price first, then the long-stay discount is applied to that already-discounted price.

A worked example using real numbers from one of our own listings: a private ensuite room with a 20% solo discount and a long-stay promotion of 15% off for stays of 14+ nights, on a base price of €1500:

1. Start: €1500
2. After 20% solo discount: €1500 × 0.80 = €1200
3. After 15% long-stay discount: €1200 × 0.85 = €1020

That's a combined effective discount of 32% off the original base price — more than either discount alone, because the second discount is calculated on the already-reduced number, not stacked as a flat 35% subtracted from the original.

Why dorm rooms are different

Shared dorm beds never receive the solo discount — there's no "traveling alone" pricing to apply since you're already paying per bed rather than per room. They do still benefit from a long-stay discount when the host has configured one and your stay is long enough to qualify.

What this means when you're planning a stay

If you're traveling solo and considering a longer stay, the private-room math above is worth checking on a specific listing rather than assuming — the exact percentages and minimum-night thresholds are set per property, so they vary from one stay to the next. The listing's live pricing already reflects both discounts once they apply; you don't need to calculate it yourself.

Browse current stays to see live "from" pricing with any active discounts already factored in.