Hotel Bookings
Just like the airlines and their "cheap seats", Hotels have a number of rooms they can discount and as the hotel fills up the prices increase. The Holiday Inn is a good example but the same / similar applies to most hotels:
600 rooms total
approx 300 standard
approx 150 "deluxe"
approx 100 executive
approx 50 asstd suites etc.
Take the 300 standard rooms as an example, the walk up rate may be $1,500 - $2,000. Book through an agent or have a corporate account and you will get $1,000 - $1,500. However as the rooms get booked and they start to get only 30 - 40 rooms available in that category available, the price increases. Once they're gone,the cheapest room you will get will be the next level up and the process continues.
The key issue is, book early especially if you are thinking of travelling during the busy times.
It's true that you can sometimes get bargains with "last minute deals". However they rely on the hotel being significantly undersold. That is a possibility during the slow periods but when you are talking heavy trade fair months it is unlikely any decent hotel will have many rooms available. | |
