Use a better booking engine

Booking.com is by far the best hotel booking site (Photo courtesy of Booking.com)
Booking.com is by far the best hotel booking site

Don't use the most famous booking engines; use the ones with the largest selection and lowest rates

It's sad, but the best booking engines can often undersell the rates the hotel itself charges by a good 5% to 15%.

Notice I wrote "the best booking engines." This rarely means the big three (Orbitz.comExpedia.comTravelocity.com) or the major hotel sites (like Hotels.com).

You need to use a true specialist booking engine like Booking.com or Agoda.com—which offer far more types of lodging, including many cheaper ones—or a budget specialist like Hostelworld.com or Hostelz.com (which actually list more inexpensive hotels than they do hostels).

I'm serious. That's why I've partnered with these sites.

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