How to save money when traveling and how to book a hotel?

When traveling, you can definitely feel that the most expensive thing is accommodation. The following small series will tell you how to book a hotel when traveling or traveling. Let's take a look.

Hotel reservation is divided into the following parts.

What is the cheapest platform for booking a hotel? -Detailed description of the booking platforms of major hotels.

If you want to stay in a five-star hotel, what are the benefits of registering as a member? -The game of Gaoxing Hotel Group is not that difficult.

I heard that homestay is the key to parent-child travel? -AIRBNB is an advanced gameplay for free travel.

So today, Bian Xiao will answer your first question. Which platform is the cheapest hotel?

For free travellers, machine wine is the two biggest expenses in travel, so how to find the most cost-effective hotel is a key to saving money. To put it simply, from the perspective of price comparison and professionalism, there are two ways to book hotels: professional hotel booking platforms (Booking, agoda, etc. ) and OTA platform (Ctrip, Flying Pig, etc. ).

Professional hotel reservation platform 1. book

Booking, as a global professional hotel booking platform, has a wide coverage and sufficient housing, from ultra-luxury hotels to youth travel, and even some very small hotels provide reservations.

For Xiaobai, booking membership is a very good entry attempt, because its threshold is very low. As long as you book five times, you can get a talented member for life. For members with low thresholds, the preferential strength will not be too great. But it's still friendly for beginners.

Genius membership benefits:

Book some hotels and enjoy a 10% discount; The list of hotels in this part is still rising. As more and more hotels join the reservation, the list will become richer and richer.

Some hotels offer: extra discounts for designated rooms, early check-in and late check-out, free parking and other services;

The best way to play the reservation game:

To win booking's wool, it must be "recommending friends to earn rewards". According to the quantity and level of your reservation, the website will provide you with different amounts of rewards. As long as you share your exclusive invitation link with your friends, both of them will get corresponding bonuses after your friends complete their stay. If it is a couple tour, you can get double bonus in this way. This is a little wool worth catching.

Bian Xiao tip

A talented member who makes an appointment can get it after five appointments. Note that it is not five nights. If you stay in the same hotel, it can only be counted once.

Hotel groups such as IHG and Marriott do not participate in the 10% discount hotel list because of the price guarantee policy; If you want to stay in these hotels, you'd better book from official website.

Booking can be cancelled free of charge within the specified time, which is very convenient for travelers who wait and see the price. You can change hotels at any time according to the price before traveling.

Third-party platforms will have strong regionality, and booking hotels in Europe will be more advantageous;

2. Agoda (Nkoda)

Professional hotel reservation platform similar to reservation.

Agoda Play 1: Book a room and get a gift certificate.

Many hotels in Agoda offer gift certificates of different amounts, which can be seen by searching.

Gift certificates can be used in different time ranges, among which the speed gift certificate can be used within 24 hours. If you stay for more than one night, you can deduct it with a gift certificate when you check out.

Agoda play 2: Today's discount

On the home page, you can search for today's discount and get the discount code. You can get the discount by entering the corresponding discount code when booking.

Agoda Play 3: Win Air Miles

Now that the hotel has been booked, it is better that the same expenditure can generate more discounts. Agoda's pointsMAX project must be understood. In short, you can use this function to earn specified air miles when you book a hotel.

Agoda provided a list of airlines to choose from:

Select the airline that you want to accumulate mileage and then search for the hotel, and you can see the mileage earned by booking the hotel. The most popular saying is that the higher the house price, the higher the mileage earned.

In addition, Agoda also provides a "preferential price guarantee", which may not be necessary for Xiaobai, but as long as you know this policy, friends who are willing to bonus hunter can open a powerful search function. If the appeal is successful, they can stay in the hotel at the lowest price you find, so be sure to compare several hotels when searching for hotel prices!

Bian Xiao tip

Geographically, it will be more advantageous to book hotels in Asia with Agoda;

Agoda booking rooms can also be cancelled free of charge within the specified time, and the policy is similar to booking;

Agoda has more payment methods than booking, especially Alipay and WeChat payment. This is more friendly to many student parties, because many student parties are still unable to apply for credit cards, and the payment methods of Alipay and WeChat will be more convenient.

OTA platform 1. Ctrip.com

As a local brand, Ctrip's biggest feature is that it is fully booked and completed in one stop. In particular, the hotel reservation in Greater China has obvious price advantage and belongs to the leading position in China. It's very convenient to see Ctrip when traveling in China, Hong Kong and Macao.

Cash back activities:

Booking hotel cashback is a major feature of Ctrip, and it is also a very grounded demand. In short, you can get a certain cash back after booking successfully, which is equivalent to giving a discount price, which is a real money discount.

However, the cashback activity is deeply hidden, and there is no direct entrance, which can only be seen on the hotel details page. Therefore, if you must book a hotel that can be cashed back, you need to look at several hotels to compare. Wool doesn't tear so easily! )

In addition, it should be noted that you need to go to the payment page to confirm the final cash back amount, which is subject to the order page. If the reservation and check-in are successful, you can get the corresponding cashback within 3 working days after the order is closed.

The cash back will be displayed in Ctrip wallet, which can be used at the next booking or withdrawn into the bank card.

PointsPLUS program:

In order to expand its business scope, Ctrip has also opened an international station. Of course, there is still a gap between reservation and agoda in quantity and price. Now Ctrip International Station has launched PointsPLUS.

Planning, similar to agoda's PointsMAX, is a plan to book hotels to earn air miles. After successfully booking the hotel and completing the check-in, you can get airline mileage points.

At present, there are 8 cooperative airlines, although the number is far less than that of agoda, mainly foreign airlines, but I believe it will definitely increase in the future.

2. Flying pig

Flying Pig is a rising star of comprehensive tourism website, relying on Ma's strong background and rich resources.

Optimal rights and interests of flying pigs:

F2 and F3 members are entitled to enjoy the annual reservation of Gaoxing Hotel. F2 members can book twice a year, and F3 members can book four times.

You can get a discount when booking a hotel on Thursday.

Members who use Flying Pig F2 and F3 can enjoy luxury hotels with high prices and it is difficult to book lower prices.

For example:

Banyan Tree in Xixi, Hangzhou, the usual market price is 3k+/ night, and the flying pig offers 2 199 yuan +500 points to book;

Shanghai Peace Hotel, the usual market price is 2k+/ night, and the flying pig is quoted at 1400 yuan +500 points.

Don't forget the price comparison website Tripadvisor.

Tripadvisor is also a global tourism comprehensive website, which can be used as a price comparison website when booking hotels.

Tripadvisor provides price comparison of several OTA platforms, including booking, Haoshu.com, Ctrip, agoda, E Long, etc., and can reach the most favorable platform with one click.