People from all over the world traveling in United Kingdom each year all want to sleep in moderately priced hotels. However, finding good and affordable hotels seems not easy, especially with those who don't have any experience in booking rooms. In addition, traveling is expensive. Between flights, hotels, meals and transportation, it is hard to keep to a strict budget and England is definitely one of the most expensive countries across the globe. Thus, here are some valuable guidelines when searching for a good-value hotel that suits a low budget:
1. Comparisons.
It's smart to compare several hotels’s price in order to choose which is suit your pocket. This is especially helpful when dealing with the larger hotels that use "dynamic pricing" that predicts demand for particular days and sets prices accordingly: High-demand days will often be more than double the price of low-demand days. Compare their offers and make your choice. You can make comparisons by checking online, reading recommendations, asking friends, etc.
2. Book directly with the hotel.
3. Try to wrangle a discount for a longer stay or payment in cash.Skip the middle steps, such as a hotel-booking website or the tourist information office's room-finding service. If you book directly with the hotel, it doesn't have to pay a cut to that intermediary. This might make the hotelier more open to giving you a deal.
If you plan to stay three or more at a same place, or if you pay in cash rather than by credit card (saving the hotelier the credit-card company's fee), it's worth asking if a discount is available.
4. If it's off-season, bargain.
There is a relationship between supply, demand and prices: as demand increases, the price goes up. Prices usually rise with demand during festivals in Uk such as Christmas, Edinburgh Festival, Notting Hill Carnival and St Andrew’s Day. Off-season, try haggling. If the place is too expensive, tell them your limit; they might meet it. Or consider arriving without a reservation and dropping in at the last minute to try to score a deal.
5. Think small.
Larger hotels are usually more expensive than small ones, partly because of taxes (for example, in Britain, once a B&B exceeds a certain revenue level, it's required to pay an extra 20 percent tax to the government). Hoteliers who pay high taxes pass their costs on to you.
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