Hotel rates, which one does a normal person pick?
Hotel Rates
James P asked:
This hotel that tells you to make ur reservations online has three different rates, ill name them in order of price from lowest to highest, Manager Special Rate, Corporate Rate, Rack Corporate Rate. Im just a normal guy stayin for pleasure, which one do i pick?
Luis
This hotel that tells you to make ur reservations online has three different rates, ill name them in order of price from lowest to highest, Manager Special Rate, Corporate Rate, Rack Corporate Rate. Im just a normal guy stayin for pleasure, which one do i pick?
Luis
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
priceline.com
choose your own rate
September 25th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
If you are rich, then go for the best = highest price.
If not, then go for the cheapest. You will probably be just as comfortable and if not, you can always request an upgrade when you get there.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Managers Special rate. You are not staying on Business so you don’t need a corporate rate and Rack rates are usually higher. Before you try the hotels website, try those travel.com (expedia and travelocity) websites to see if you can get a better rate then what they offer you. I work for a hotel so I know that a handfull of rooms go to those websites and you can get great rate sometimes.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Poke around and see what fits your needs. There can be advance payment rules or reservation restrictions on some of the rates, so that may be a factor depending on your schedule.
Usually we look to a mid-sized chain, like Holiday Inn Express. Many of them have a AAA discount, which can help.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Never go for rack rate, that is the highest rate. FYI, if a hotel is not sold out, the rate is almost always negotiable. Go for the lowest rate listed, the hotel is the same hotel regardless of the rate after all. Look at several different websites, such as hotels.com and expedia, in addition to the hotel’s website. Once you find the best rate, call the hotel directly and ask for the front office manager. Ask what their best rate is, and if it’s higher than what you found online, tell them where and what rate and ask if they will match it. It’s to their benefit to match rates for sites like hotels.com and expedia, because though you may pay (for example) 100 bucks for the room, they only get a fraction of that, so if they give you the rate you would have paid online they get more money…. you both benefit. But again, this may not work if they are frequently sold out, because they can set their own rate if they are full and know they can get it.