It is undoubtedly one of the most frequently asked questions regarding travel, and it is that hotels are usually an important part of a travel budget. In this post, we are going to talk about the best tricks to find cheap hotels and not die trying. Once again, we’re going to be discussing how to keep the budget down, not finding the best one. For that you can see the list of the best hotels in the world.
What is the cheapest website to book hotels?
I wish I could take out the crystal ball and tell you, but the reality is that it depends on A LOT of things like the destination, the time you travel or the type of hotel you are looking for, so the best, as we always say, is that you compare on some popular websites.
When to book a hotel to make it cheaper?
Although obviously, this is not mathematics, the best way to find cheap hotels is to make a reservation either well in advance or at the last minute. We leave you below some data from a TripAdvisor study on when is the best time to book to find cheap hotels:
– In Europe, by booking between 3 and 5 months in advance, you can save 23% on hotel reservations.
– In the United States, prices remain stable and you only get 7% savings on the hotel by booking about 2 months in advance.
– In Asia, the conditions are similar to Europe: 3 to 5 months for 23% savings, although, two weeks before, good offers are found again.
– 4 months in Latin America for a 20% savings, with more savings in recent weeks.
– 5 months in Africa for 21% savings, although prices drop again with 2 weeks to go.
– 5 months for Oceania to achieve hotel savings of 19% or more.
The key
The key to finding cheap hotels is to search WELL on all online hotel booking websites. We always use websites like this one because it is one of the largest on the market with the largest number of accommodations: you can find both large hotel chains and small family hotels and B&Bs. Most reservations usually have free cancellation, you pay directly to the hotel in most cases and their customer service is quite efficient.
Once you have selected your destination, the dates of the trip, and the number of rooms you need, you can order the results by distance from the center, price, stars awarded, customer rating, type of accommodation, and facilities. This will help you find cheap hotels in the easiest way.
Keep in mind the holidays of the place you are traveling to
In a normal situation, holidays or special events/events greatly affect the price of hotels in the area. For example, we went to Hiroshima in the middle of one of the most important festivals in the city (we didn’t know it when we planned the route), and 6 months before it was already difficult to find accommodation at a decent price.
In the low season it is much easier to find cheap hotels
It is always like this. Nobody pays pesetas, so if you want to pay less for hotels on your trip you will have to give up going to the best beach in the middle of August. You can still go in May or at the end of September. Perhaps the weather will not be the same, but of course, the hotels will cost you less than in the high season.
Hotels are not always more expensive on weekends
We have that false belief, but it doesn’t always have to be that way. Normally, Sunday nights are the cheapest, since the weekend tourists have already left and the people who go to the place for business the following week have not yet arrived. Friday night is always the most expensive, so it’s best to avoid it if you can.
Got some ideas? Ready to book a cheap hotel?
