ONLINE HOTEL BOOKING GUIDE

The next time you book hotels online make sure you take care of these things:

For many the best part while organizing a trip is booking a hotel. All you have to do is enter the destination and the booking dates and check the prices and book, as simple as that. And that is where they commit the first blunder while booking hotels online. Considering online hotel booking as easy and trivial is one the biggest mistakes that travel experts warn people of committing. The reason being that one small mistake can turn your hotel stay into a nightmare and if your hotel stay wasn’t good, trust me your trip wasn’t a good one. That is why it is advisable to put enough emphasis on booking hotels online rather than taking it for granted.

What are the crucial aspects of online hotel booking?

When I say online hotel, booking isn’t as easy as it seems I surely do not mean it is a taxing job. No sir, it is quite simple but not easy because there are a few aspects which if ignored can rob you off of a good hotel deal. Yes, you do want to grab the cheapest hotel deal available on the Internet, but you surely do not want to stay at a hotel with only one charging point. How would you like a hotel where the washrooms are not adequately functional? These small yet utterly significant aspects go to define your stay at the hotel and consequently your trip.

To get the lowest prices book within their cancellation period

That is one of the oldest tricks in the book. It can turn out to be risky, but the deal is worth the risk. On an average, the cancellation of hotel bookings varies around one or two days in advance which means at that interval of time the hotel rates are the cheapest. So sometimes waiting until the final moment can help you grab a super deal.

Book your flight tickets together with your hotel

 If your trip requires you to fly to your destination, it is always beneficial to book your flight tickets packages with your hotel bookings. A bundled up package can offer you great savings on sides, hotels, and flight. Online hotel booking websites often include packages where they customers can avail a great discount on hotel prices provided they book their flight tickets through their website as well. Wait for those offers and grab them as soon as you can.

Choose loyalty programs of the booking websites

Most of the third-party booking sites, as well as online hotel booking websites, offer loyalty programs to their customers. For example, you can book the hotel for ten nights, and they will give pleasure you by giving one night’s stay free. There are also loyalty programs where you can get discounts on food and beverages from the hotel. Either way, you benefit the most from these loyalty programs, so there is absolutely no reason for you not to avail them.

Check the customer reviews on the hotel before you book

Although most customer reviews are not authentic and put up by members of the website themselves some reviews do spell the truth about the hotel. Do not ever forget to check the reviews before you opt for booking a hotel. Sometimes the reviews give out the actual situation of the hotel which the website tries to conceal. Moreover, it gives you an idea of the package you are interested in and makes your understanding of the deal a lot stronger.

Check their background

This might get a little vexing for you but doing a little background check of the booking website will do you a world of good. Firstly, it will give you an idea about the market position of the site, if they have a stronghold on the tourism market or not. Secondly, it might provide any additional information which might fetch you a little more discount if possible. For example, if they have an app through which you can book your hotel rooms and also get a chance to avail extra discounts, wouldn’t you?

Always prefer booking hotels at new property

Some might advise you not to do so stating that new hotels are hardly reliable, but if you ask me, I’ll say that go for it. New properties often offer lucrative cheap prices to attract customers, and if the booking website is authentic and the user reviews are sufficiently positive, then the property will be up to the mark. Never shy away from them without gaining full information.