How to book a cost-effective hotel during the trip? Booking a hotel is the most important part of a trip, and there are many skills to save money. Here are some simple points to grasp.

1. Travel agency group purchase

If there are a large number of people, we can contact some travel agencies to get higher preferential prices than app or on-site.

When traveling with parents, family or friends, you need to book more than 5 rooms. I will choose to book from a travel agency. Usually in this case, travel agencies can get more discounts and concessions than online.

Book in advance

Booking in advance will definitely enjoy a higher discount than on-site purchase, especially in major festivals or tourist seasons. Generally speaking, the earlier you book, the more cost-effective.

In addition, different applications sometimes offer different discounts. For example, I planned to go to Hong Kong half a month ago. When I made an appointment in advance, I also browsed the discount in the app, and found that the highest discount was 4.8% for the activities they held in May, so I only spent 240R to buy a room with the original price of 600+R.

3. Online price comparison

In different travel applications, you can search the room price for about one month. And the price of each app is different. We can compare prices in various applications, but we should also avoid ordering in the same application all the time, so as not to be marked by big data and lead to price increases.

My personal experience is that if you search for the same room type in an app for more than 3 times, if you search for the same room type again the next day, the price will rise immediately, and we should also see if the room type can be returned before checking in.

Check and evaluate

Customer's evaluation of the hotel is also very important. Some hotels are old and have outdated facilities, but they have high star ratings. There will be a situation where the price does not match the environment. At this time, we can check the customer's comments in different travel apps and then decide to buy.

Select a location

Different locations also determine the price of hotels. For example, the price difference between hotels in scenic spots and hotels near hotels may reach 100%. If you are not a traveler with a very tight schedule, it is generally recommended to choose a hotel within 2 kilometers of your destination, which will save time and not be too expensive.

If the local traffic is developed, such as subway coverage, I also like to choose hotels along the subway, generally within the range of 10 station, which is very convenient for travel. When I visited Hong Kong Disneyland, I stayed in a hotel on the Tianma Line, which cost only 340 pounds per night. If I stay in a Disney hotel directly, it will cost about 1600 RMB per night. The price difference even exceeds 1000r. Therefore, we can reasonably avoid scenic spots or places near scenic spots to find hotels with higher cost performance. Of course, this also requires us to do an online strategy in advance.

6. Official activities

In the off-season, many hotel officials will offer some special offers. If we have a specific destination, we can get a discount by paying attention to the official information of the hotel.

In addition to the above methods, I usually avoid some tourist peak seasons, such as May Day, National Day, winter and summer vacations, etc. During these periods, hotels will become very expensive, and there is no cost performance at all. And because of the high turnover rate, even hygiene and cleaning will not be in place.