What the money actually buys.
Offers from the board, written up as pieces rather than pitches — the maths behind the rate, the fine print that decides it, who the trip suits and who should leave it alone.
Each one is a different shape on purpose: a full argument for a single offer, a check on whether a saving is real, a plain read on suitability, a brief on the place itself. One rule holds across all of them — every figure traces back to the operator’s own listing.
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