subject: Save Money On Online Hotel Bookings [print this page] To help you savemoney on hotels and hotel bookings via the internet you can start with the online hotel sites.
Be careful to place confidence solely on travel web sites.
However. The ones that find the cheapest plane tickets work favorably, but you'll never find the cheapest hotel rooms online. Of course, you probably don't want the cheapest room, but you do want to know what your options are, right?
It seems that the web sites which locate cheap hotels for you only work with those that have a decent marketing budget. Or perhaps they suppose for you what kind of room you want, and so exclude the ones that they don't think are appropriate.
This is conjecture on my part, but what is not disputable is the fact that I have often found cheaper rooms than the ones listed on these web sites. How? By doing the following.
1. Start with sites like www.holidayhotelbooking.net, but don't stop there. This just gives you an idea of what is available - and sometimes you will find a great deal.
2. Find an online phone book for the town you are travelling to. Look up hotels and motels in that, and call them directly.
3. When travelling by car, take the hotel coupon-books available at petrol stations, rest areas and visitor's centers. These will often save you $10 or $20 at hotels you might have stayed at anyhow.
4. Ask for AAA and other discounts that you may qualify for. I saved $15 recently just by showing my business card to get the corporate rate. There are sometimes senior discounts as well.
5. Negotiate. This won't always work , but we occasionally have an owner drop the price when we start to walk away. Also, we have paid cash for several days in advance to get a discount. This negotiating tactic has worked for us.
6. Plan ahead and call ahead. When making a multi-day trip by car, you have some flexibility in where you stop for the night.
Check hotels in various towns online before you leave. Sometimes the rooms in the next town will be $30 less just because there are more hotels.
Why not drive the extra forty minutes today (or tomorrow) to get the cheap hotel rooms? most important of all don't forget to check hotel bookings online sites.
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