Friday, August 27, 2010

Better Beach Hotel Deals

Great beach hotel deals

Depending on your budget, I could list all manner of beach hotels - from 1 star mudholes to 5 star rock-god heaven.

Infinity lap pools overlooking gorgeous beach sunsets.  Lazy days at the bar and getting massages. This is the stuff dreams are made of.

But how to get the best deal?  That cheap but awesome package?

Over the years, and by meeting a few "pros", I've managed to score incredible deals on beach hotels that really made my stay awesome.

Here's what I do...

Cost of beach hotels vary.  I've found the best bet is to choose some awesome location, do a google search for that location and beach hotels in the area, then find the ones that are either right up the end of that location instead of in the middle, or just around the corner in the next "quieter" beach.

Those beach hotels will be cheaper.

Next, once you've found a nice hotel, don't book direct.  Go to a deal-finder hotel site like www.greatbeachhotels.com, and find your hotel listed there.  Sites like that scour ALL the deal-finding hotel websites and list the cheapest deals.

Book your hotel.

Important: ask for a complimentary upgrade to a better room.

A lot of people are uncomfortable doing this, but if you have worked in the hotel industry, you know that the staff don't care.  If they have a spare room and it is nicer than the one you have booked, and nobody else is going to book it that day, they will more likely give it to you so you are a happier guest!

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