Save Money On Travel Reservations
By Jay Bauder, Mon Dec 26th

Cheap Reservations without the Hassle

- Plan your vacations on off seasons, Hotel rates, even airlineand car rental rates are lower during this time due to lowerdemand. You can get as much as a 50% discount if you book a roomduring off season, so try and call the hotel if they have offseason discounts and ask them when the discounts will beeffective.

- Some hotels give discounts to certain people like students,military contingents, Senior citizens, honeymooners etc. Ask forthese discounts and what their details, you can save a lot withthese.

- Ask if your kids can stay for free, if you're with yourfamily, sometimes hotels can allow up to two kids for a two bedroom provided that the kids are within the age limit.

- If you're not very particular with hotel locations, you canaccess name-your-price websites for car rentals and hotelreservations. They'll do the haggling for you and you're surenot to over-budget.

- Some hotels and even car rental companies, give "free days" ifyou use their services for more than a week. Ask about thesecertain perks if you're planning a long stay.

- Make sure that the room fees are the only ones you're payingfor. Some hotels have surcharges and extra fees that aren'tmentioned in room rates and then suddenly pop-up on check-out.Before you reserve, ask about



these, and if upon check-out yousuddenly find yourself with fees that you didn't know about,refuse to pay it.

- You can also exchange frequent Flier miles for hotel lodgingsso if you have an expiring miles card, or a miles card thatyou'd just want to get rid of, ask the hotel if they honor theseexchanges.

- Sometimes, hotels provide free airport pick-up you can usethis as bargaining tool. Ask for a free pickup when haggling soyou'll get something extra even if you pay the full price.

- If you're planning to travel during peak season, always callin advance, rates tend to get higher as the season approaches.

- Sometimes, weekend rates are lower than regular fees, or viceversa, ask your agent, or ask the hotel yourself if they havethese, then you can schedule your trip during these times and beable to avail of the discount.

- Always ask for a confirmation number when you reserve a room,so that they can't say that they didn't receive yourreservation.

About the author:

Jay is the web owner of http://www.airline-tickets.biz Discount AirlineTickets, a website that provides information and resourceson vacations, airfare, hotels, and travel. You can visit hiswebsite at: http://www.hotels-in.net Cheap Hotels

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