How can I book the most cost-effective hotel when traveling abroad?

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 master.

1. Travel agency group purchase

If there are a large number of people, you 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 is sure to enjoy a higher discount than on-site purchase, especially in major festivals or tourist seasons. Generally speaking, it is definitely more cost-effective to book earlier.

Moreover, different apps 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 discounts in the app, and found that the highest discount for their activities in May was 4.8%, so I bought a room with the original price of 600+R for only 240 R.

3. Online price comparison

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

My personal experience is that I searched for the same room type in an app for more than 3 times on the same day, and then searched for the same room type the next day, and its price went up immediately. We should also check whether the room type can be returned before placing an order.

Check and evaluate

Customer's evaluation of the hotel is also very important. Some hotels have old facilities because of their age, but they have high stars. There will be a mismatch between price and environment. At this time, you can look at the customer's evaluation in different travel apps before deciding to buy.

Select a location

Different locations also determine the level of hotel prices, such as hotels in scenic spots and hotels near hotels, and the price difference may reach 100%. If you are not a traveler with a very tight schedule, generally recommend a hotel within 2 kilometers of your destination, which can 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 was visiting Hong Kong Disneyland, I stayed at the hotel on Tianma Line, only 340r/ night. If I stay in a Disney hotel directly, it will be about every night 1600r. The price difference even exceeds 1000r. So we can find a cost-effective hotel by reasonably avoiding scenic spots or places near scenic spots. Of course, this also requires us to make online strategies 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 seasons, such as May Day, National Day, winter and summer vacations. Hotels will become very expensive in these periods, and there is no cost performance at all. And because of the high turnover rate, even the cleaning will not be in place.