Six Ways To Save Money On Hotels

T o save money on hotels,          there. This just gives you an      you can start with the          idea of what is available - and    internet. Be careful            sometimes you will find a great    relying solely on travel web          deal.                              sites, however. The ones that                                            find the cheapest plane tickets       2. Find a online phone book for    work pretty well, but you'll          the town you are traveling to.     never find the cheapest hotel         Look up hotels and motels in       rooms online. Of course, you          that, and call them directly.      probably don't want the cheapest                                         room, but you do want to know         3. When traveling by car, take     what your options are, right?         the hotel coupon-books available                                         at gas stations, rest areas and    It seems that the web sites which     visitor's centers. These will      locate cheap hotels for you only      often save you $10 or $20 at       work with those that have a           hotels you might have stayed at    decent marketing budget. Or           anyhow.                            perhaps they assume for you what                                         kind of room you want, and so         4. Ask for AAA and other           exclude the ones that they don't      discounts that you may qualify     think are appropriate. This is        for. I saved $15 recently just by  speculation on my part, but what      showing my business card to get    is not speculative is the fact        the corporate rate. There are      that I have often found cheaper       sometimes senior discounts as      rooms than the ones listed on         well.                              these web sites. How? By doing                                           the following.                        5. Negotiate. This won't always                                          work in the United States, but we  1. Start with sites like              occasionally have an owner drop    cheaptickets.com, but don't stop      the price when we start to walk    away. Also, we have paid cash for     where you stop for the night.      several days in advance to get a      Check hotels in various towns      discount. This negotiating tactic     online before you leave.           has worked for my wife and I from     Sometimes the rooms in the next    Ecuador to Montana and                town will be $30 less just         California.                           because there are more hotels.                                           Why not drive the extra forty      6. Plan ahead and call ahead.         minutes today (or tomorrow) to     When making a multi-day trip by       get the cheap hotel rooms?         car, you have some flexibility in      About the Author: Copyright Steve Gillman. Want to know the "secret words" that save you even more on hotels? Go get your free Travel Secrets Ebook, as well as travel stories and tips, at http://www.everythingabouttravel.com Published At: www.Isnare.com