If you are traveling on business or just for holidays and special occasions like meet-ups, weddings or family gatherings, you should not have to pay through expensive for a nice place to stay. I have spent much of my life traveling alone and with my family for both business and pleasure. I learned a lot of hard lessons along the way and is happy to share them with you. Keep an open mind and if you are new to travelers to avoid the number one issue all new travelers are facing: wishful thinking. That comes from the double-edged sword of excitement about being away for the first time and believe all the hype that hotel and attraction brochures, websites and advertisements trying to create for travelers. Using your head, keep calm and take steps to make any trip you take successfully.
Some simple tips
Anyone who has grown tired of spending great holidays with relatives finally decides to visit one of the premier theme parks or attractions in the United States during these times. In just Orlando alone, which means that an extra will be four to six million people invade the area and visit the Florida mouse house, as well as other well known attractions in the weeks include Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holiday. During these peak times will cost more and it's a lesson for vacationers: visit these places during the off season and save a bundle. Not only will that hotels and other rental choices will be much cheaper, but you will also save on gas, food, tickets to attractions and just about anything else you need to buy or spend money on the road.
Experienced travelers know that hotels charge much more from Friday to Sunday. If you can stay during Monday to Thursday corridor, you will probably get a better price and can benefit from special offers with discounts on food, drinks or other amenities restaurateurs throw in to attract travelers during mid-week slump. Adding these savings by going with loyalty clubs or using a discount card that some hotels give out (stay two days, get one free; Get a free upgrade, and so on).
Check the social media sites for the places where you might want to stay. Get promotion codes and then get on the phone. Call the front desk at the hotel where you are interested to stop and ask for their best or lowest-refundable price. Truckers usually get the best "rack rates" of conversations like these because all most of them care about is a bed and a shower, so hotels can palm of his less then desirable place them without many complaints. Vacationers and business travelers will likely end up with the sane and a higher quality rooms because these travelers expect more and tend to complain when they feel slighted or cheated. Today's restaurateurs fear bad online feedback more than anything else.
Check YELP !, online Better Business Bureau and other similar websites for honest reviews and assessments by the hotel for hotel bedding. If bedbugs mentioned, stay away! Look for other important issues such as excessive or unfair replaced or complaints about credit card fraud. I used to say I would rather give my credit card to a complete stranger than to the front desk hotel clerk because I have been too loaded so many times through the years. For a while I simply paid cash until it became impractical, but I still suggest using cash instead of credit whenever you can. And by the way: Read the room and charges carefully to ensure that they are correct before you sign any final hotel bill at check out. Always check in person, even if it takes some time and question any charges you do not recognize or understand. Contesting them there and then and billing issues resolved before you leave the property. Use automatic check-out is a good way for some features to supercharge your card and many will.
Start every trip with a strict budget if it is possible. Vacationers and new travelers victims often fall for impulse spending on promotions and offers thrown in front of them. Fast talking tour and entertainment sellers often attack travelers stand in line to check in and fast-talking them into all kinds of deals. When you override these types of sellers in kiosks or on the desk in the lobby, keep walking! Save even more and stay smart by learning as much about the places you plan to visit as possible. Sometimes you can save a small fortune, avoid crowd crushes and still get to where you need to go by staying a few blocks or miles away. Also tend to have the additional effect of saving on things like parking and food going for higher prices in the busy and very popular areas.
