If you are like any other sane person, you want to get away – travel to
beautiful places and stay in beautiful hotels. But like any sane person –
you’d prefer not to pay! Obviously, the chances of finding a five star hotel
that is free is like finding free money just laying around, it just doesn’t
happen. So then the question becomes…How can I find the cheapest hotels,
with the cheapest flights? If you can find these elusive deals, then you
will be traveling in style – and not paying an arm and a leg!
We at TraveLocation know how overwhelming the internet can be. Where do you
look? For how long? How do you know if you’ve found a great deal, or one
that is just ‘ok’?
Below we’ve compiled the top ten best ways to find the cheapest hotels and
the cheapest flights anywhere in the world.
1. Shop Around – If you are booking the first hotel or flight
that you’ve seen, then you’re probably paying too much; many great hotel and
flight deals take some browsing to find. If you don’t like browsing for your
travel accommodations, there are still some great alternatives like our
‘Save Rate’ hotels that guarantee you the cheapest prices on these
contracted hotels. We can guarantee you the cheapest price, because we have
these hotels sign contracts that guarantee us the cheapest price!
2. Shop Online - Almost always, your cheapest hotel and flight
prices will be found online. When you shop online, there is no ‘middle-man’
or customer service agent that has to get paid. You do the work, so nobody
else has to get paid – with your money! As unbelievable as this may sound,
the online prices are so cheap that even student travel agents that boast
heavily discounted student rates can be up to 30% or more expensive than
booking your hotel and flight online.
3. Check back often – Believe it or not, the prices on travel
websites are updated continuously. They change very frequently due to
variations in the number of rooms available in a hotel or according to the
number of seats available on a flight. By checking back to TraveLocation.com
every couple of days, you can track how the prices change. Soon enough you
will find a great price and you’ll know to grab it, because you’ve been
shopping around and checking back often.
4. Save Rate Hotels – Many hotels want to partner up with
websites that sell their hotel rooms. TraveLocation is able to guarantee the
cheapest prices online for many hotels because we leverage contracts with
these hotels to allow us to guarantee you that the hotel will not sell their
rooms to anyone else at a lower price! Save Rate hotels are convenient if
you need to book ahead and don’t have the time to shop around. At least you
are guaranteed that the room that you’re booking is the cheapest available
online.
5. Try different dates – If you are somewhat flexible on your
travel dates, you can check prices for starting or ending your trip on
different dates. You’d be amazed that sometimes moving your trip one day
ahead could save you hundreds of dollars. The TraveLocation hotel and flight
booking engine allows you to search using flexible dates to see if moving
your dates could help you save money. We want you to save money when booking
through TraveLocation.com. Then tell your friends!
6. Book Hotel and Flight Together – If you haven’t considered
this yet, now is the time. If you book your hotel and flight at the same
time, the package price can save you hundreds of dollars on average. We can
offer you such a discount, because when you book both your hotel and flight
at the same time, we can package them together to reduce our costs. This
means that you get the cheapest hotel and flight to your dream destination
and you can do it all with the least amount of hassle. One transaction, one
trip.
7. Check for coupons - Many sites (including
TraveLocation.com) offer incentives to help you get a great deal on their
website. Have you ever bought something from the grocery store because you
had a coupon that gave you a great deal? Well now you can find something
similar online! On travel websites, these ‘coupons’ are called ‘coupon
codes’. They are just some numbers and letters that you enter into a special
box when you go to book your hotel or flight. TraveLocation occasionally
posts coupon codes on the top of our website for all of our visitors to use
on ‘Save Rate’ hotels. Yes, this means that not only are we guaranteeing you
that you are already paying the cheapest rate on the hotel room that you are
about to book, but to boot, we are giving you extra savings just so you’ll
feel great about the deal!
8. Travel during the ‘low’ season – We all want to get away to
our paradise of choice, but if we all do this at the same time, then there
is competition for those hotels and flights. If you want to save a bundle,
try traveling during times of the year that aren’t peak travel times. If you
travel during the ‘low’ season, you will normally find dramatically reduced
hotel and flight prices, trying to entice you to travel when others are not.
This is by far one of the best ways to find the cheapest hotel and flight
prices – not to mention that you’ll have an easier time getting time off
work, since everyone else will be trying to book time off during the ‘high’
season. One word of caution here is that certain destinations are actually
completely different in terms of climate during their low season, so
obviously make sure to do some research before making your plans – that way
you won’t be disappointed and you’ll be happy that you saved a bundle.
9. Book good hotels, not expensive hotels – When booking your
hotel, there are normally many great hotels in great locations that are not
necessarily the most expensive hotels. More unbelievable is that many of the
most expensive hotels can actually not be much better that a little cheaper
hotel. The best way to get the cheapest hotel, yet still get a great
experience, is to ALWAYS read the customer reviews that are available on
each hotel at TraveLocation. Customer reviews are continually updated and
provide insight as to the condition of the hotel and the type of service
that you can expect. Also, customers are quite candid about the location and
their general feeling of their stay. Often these customer reviews can
persuade you to stay at a cheaper hotel, because there are actually better
reviews than for the five star hotels next to it. You save money, get the
cheapest hotel and still get your dream vacation!
10. Group bookings – If you truly want the CHEAPEST hotels or
flights, group booking your event or gathering can dramatically reduce your
costs. Why have everyone who is attending the same hotel book separately.
Why get treated like you are booking one room, when really you are bringing
in tons of business to a hotel? Now with TraveLocation group bookings, you
can reserve a group of rooms, have each guest login and pay for their rooms
on their own credit card, and everyone can save a bundle. Group bookings can
definitely save you a lot of money and ensure that you find you cheapest
hotels.
Now with your new found know how, it is our hope that you find the cheapest
hotels and flights to take amazing trips that will leave money in your bank
account for other things. So, why not take the first step towards your dream
vacation and get started today!
