Tips for business travelers and hotels

For a business person who often travels around, a safe, comfortable hotel with complete supporting services is not only a place to stay and relax, but also a place to show your identity and work efficiency. How you "stay" will also have a very important impact on the entire trip. The factor that troubles hotels, guesthouses and guests is the "price" issue. On the one hand, tourists want to stay in higher-level hotels at low prices. On the other hand, hotels have to adjust the price appropriately while striving for a stable customer source. Concession, based on the reporter’s years of hotel experience and the “troubles” disclosed by the bosses of major hotels, we have discovered many tips for “high-quality and low-priced” hotels.

★The first step is to lock in the "itinerary" and arrange the travel date

For business travelers, there are generally strict regulations on the fees that the parent company can pay, usually 250 yuan. - Between 700 yuan and occupancy standards between three and five stars. In many companies and groups, the administrative department basically assumes the main task of booking rooms and tickets. However, most units do not make long-term business travel plans and use flexible check-in. Mainly, it brings a lot of burden to the company. Based on past experience, we might as well list the business trip plans of the company's main business personnel for this year and each month. For destination cities with a high frequency of stay, we can target a certain hotel and negotiate with its marketing department. Generally, we can get better prices. , because there is the so-called "eight-eight principle" in the hotel business philosophy, that is, 20% of the guests bring profits, and 80% of the guests bring stable room openings and income. For example, the total number of guests staying in Guangzhou every year by a company is distributed in each month. If the number of nights reaches 100, if you only choose to stay in one room, the price discount you will get will be less than 30% or 20% off, and the hotel will be "reluctant" to welcome these guests, especially for travel agencies.

★The second trick is to become a group guest

The hotel’s frequent flyer program includes a principle in selecting target hotels, that is, accumulating nights and becoming a group guest will be a factor in daily economic activities. There is a saying in the book that "big stores bully customers", that is, for individual customers, but for group customers, intensive consumption is concentrated in time, the amount is relatively large, and it is easier to occupy it in negotiations with the hotel. Advantages: According to the marketing director of a hotel in Guangzhou, the discounts obtained by some international companies in Guangzhou with large booking volumes are much lower than those of many booking centers. This is also true based on the reporter’s experience in a large-scale ordering fair of a certain company in the past. Due to the tight time and large number of rooms, the price offered by a five-star hotel in Guangzhou was reduced to more than 300 yuan. These international Enterprises with extensive domestic business networks have benefited a lot, but some small and medium-sized companies may wish to join forces, select target hotels in target cities, and negotiate as a group. Generally speaking, both "stores" and "guests" will achieve a win-win result. .

★The third step is to look for differentiation

In terms of hotel business positioning, whether it is a tourist hotel or a business hotel, there are so-called off-peak and peak seasons every year, and there are also so-called "peak seasons" every week. "Barometer", in some hotels that mainly serve business customers, the number of room reservations is generally smaller on weekends, and for some tourist hotels, the number of room reservations on Sundays is generally the lowest.

General business trips will avoid staying out for too many days, but if planned carefully and communicated properly, weekend business gatherings and activities will sometimes be more efficient. If you need to go on Monday or Tuesday If you go to Beijing to do business, you must stay one night, so you might as well choose to leave on Sunday, stay overnight in Beijing, concentrate on work on Monday, and rush back in the evening, or arrange the Friday meeting on Sunday and return on Monday, which will save a lot of money. For travelers who can avoid the peak tourist season or the peak hotel season in a certain place, call friends and set off in a group, and they can also get noble hospitality under the premise of economic benefits, why not?

In addition, when traveling and vacationing, especially in large resorts, there are usually independent villas and standard guest rooms.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the price of villas is high, but this is not the case. For example, when the reporter stayed at a resort on the seaside of Zhuhai, the price of a standard room on weekends was around 500 yuan, and it only had two beds, while ordinary villas can accommodate eight people. There is also a hall where parties can be held, and the room service is the same as that of a standard room. There is also a spacious garage, and the price is only about 1,000 yuan. This is also a tip for group tourists or the whole family traveling together. , which is both economical and able to enjoy "Continental classics" that will definitely make you forget to return.

★The fourth step is to buy a timeshare hotel

A timeshare hotel is the so-called "timeshare vacation". This vacation method has been popular in Europe and the United States for half a century. It is now being implemented one after another. Last month, the world-famous Bath Hotel also officially announced in Beijing that it would join the ranks of Shiquan Hotels in mainland China. The principle of Shiquan Hotels is that after you purchase the right to live in a hotel room, no one but yourself Vacation or business stays can also be exchanged for the right of residence in hotels in other areas, so that you can enjoy the fun of business travel as a fixed asset owner. Although it is still in its infancy in China, the economic benefits brought by this method will surely be Accepted by many group customers.

No matter which method or hotel you choose, safety, comfort, convenience and moderate price are always the first choice of consumers, and "good quality and low price" is always the "payer" "The pursuit of travel will definitely be more exciting if you choose the right way.