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Booking a hotel
Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:52 pm
When is the best time to book to get the best rate? Months ahead? Weeks? Day of?
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:00 pm to CrawfishElvis
Depends on how in demand the time/place you are picking is. Book a refundable room early and keep checking back.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 8:26 pm to CrawfishElvis
Book a refundable rate as early as possible. As occupancy decreases rates will increase but it's possible that they may run a sale or special after you've initially booked so a lower rate may be possible.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 6:24 am to CrawfishElvis
My wife is a GM of a hotel in one of the major chains. She always says to NEVER book through a third party(Expedia,Booking). Book directly with the hotel. They are seriously handcuffed when you have problems with refunds, reservations and other thing when you go with a third party.
This post was edited on 6/7/23 at 6:25 am
Posted on 6/8/23 at 8:10 am to Edawg
quote:100%
Book directly with the hotel.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 7:08 pm to Edawg
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My wife is a GM of a hotel in one of the major chains. She always says to NEVER book through a third party(Expedia,Booking).
This is great advice. I travel a ton for work and at least 1 or 2 times a month there is someone who booked through a 3rd party standing in the lobby being told that there are no rooms and there is nothing the hotel can do for them.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 7:37 pm to BigBinBR
And those people have absolutely no leverage with the hotel.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:46 am to VABuckeye
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those people have absolutely no leverage with the hotel.
I booked a NY hotel with Chase points. Got there and got a truly crappy room. Fortunately it was a Marriott and I have status so they moved us the next day.
Otherwise we’d have been stuck.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 9:16 am to CrawfishElvis
Book a refundable rate early and then set up an alert with Hotelslash to monitor the price. (Same with car rentals and Autoslash.)
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