Typically after having researched cheap travel options and purchasing cheap airplane tickets the next challenge is finding discount hotel rooms.
The following are ways to save money on your hotel room:
Depending on your destination, hotel guests can save as much as 50 percent off peak hotel rates when visiting during the off season. Hotel rates in places like Hawaii are usually much cheaper in the spring and fall than winter when many tourists want to vacation somewhere warm.
Often you will find that you can pay less for a hotel room depending on the day of the week. At many business hotels weekend prices fall while the prices at some leisure hotels drop midweek.
Hotels often offer special package rates where prices are reduced via free nights or hotel perks.
Trip packages that combine airfare and hotel or airfare, hotel, and a car rental tend to make overall trips much more affordable. While hotels are often reluctant to significantly discount their normal room rates, they frequently offer much lower rates when they are able to mask their discounts as part of a total vacation package. Major travel Internet sites including Cheapfares, Expedia, and Orbitz are great places to find outstanding vacation package prices.
If you are staying at a hotel that is part of a chain, make certain you join a chains frequent guest club. Signing up is free and guests who are members of frequent visitors clubs are rewarded over time with discounts, perks, and upgrades.
Consider signing up for a hotel rewards credit cards. Usually bonus points are awarded for using such cards to pay for hotel rooms and accumulated points can be redeemed for free hotel rooms and sometimes for purchases in general.
When considering where to stay, look closely at the amenities different hotels are offering. Free parking, gym privileges, Internet access and breakfast can add up to significant savings.
Visitors can also save a lot of meal money when staying at hotels that offer kitchens or even just refrigerators and microwaves. www.cheapfares.com