Booking Hotels Online - Travel Industry Secrets on Finding the Best Discount Hotel Deals

By Edwin M Clark

Booking hotels online today has never been easier. There are many reliable Internet-based travel related websites available right at your fingertips. But how and when to find the best hotel deals is sometimes more important than where to find the best deals. Here in this article we'll explore several factors for finding the best room rates for where ever you are traveling to.







Booking hotels from online travel agencies verses directly from hotels - Which is Better?

Any company like Priceline.com, Travelocity.com or Orbitz.com are online reservation agencies. These agencies work with hotels, airlines and car rental services on a bulk wholesale basis. In this case these companies are able to offer better room rates than hotels directly simply because they have a greater presence on the Internet than any one hotel property. Hotels recognize that partnering with an agency with deep room discounts means that they can get more guests to fill their hotel's room quota. So if you book through any online travel agency the savings are passed on to travelers.

Book hotels in low season, it's cheaper - Or is it?

Regardless of high season or low season hotels have to keep a certain amount of rooms filled just to keep up with working cost. A large number of unfilled rooms during any season is the kiss of death for a hotel. And this can happen to any hotel, big or small. The funny thing is hotels will not deeply slash their room rates if you check their website because they have to appear business as usual. However, hotels will send out notices of last-minute hotel sales to online travel agencies so that they can promote them.

How to find the best hotel deals?

The best thing to do is to find a local hotel reservation agency that has an office in the country or region you want to visit. I don't recommend companies such as Priceline.com or any other similar service that offers discounts on hotels, plane tickets and car rentals. It is better to stick strictly with a company that specializes in reserving hotel rooms only.

To get the best hotel deals search out a local hotel reservation agency and don't worry about high season rates as you can often find last-minute hotel deals from companies that are based in the region you are traveling to.

To find more reliable hotel reservation agencies visit Best Websites to Book Hotels Online for a review of some of the most popular Internet travel agencies on the web.

Edwin M. Clark is a business consultant who works and travels to Southeast Asia for over 9 years. His experience and knowledge in the region has provided valuable information and resources for business ventures and mid range to major corporations in the travel industry.