One thing i see again and again is people not haggling with the hotels they pick to get a better price. The thing that they don’t realise is that the price you see in the brochure is often just a base price and many hotels especially non chain ones will often expect the customer to ask for discounts. It is also worth noting that its not just the price of the room that you can negotiate over. You can get many of the services offered in the hotel for free or at a reduced rate if you are prepared to do a little bargaining.

For example many hotels these days will have a gym but quite often you will have to pay extra on your room price or purchase a more expensive room in order to get access. However it is always worth asking when you are booking a hotel if they would be willing to throw in the access to the gym or pool for free. There really is nothing to lose and during the current economic many hotels are finding it hard to reach anywhere near full capacity and have to offer some great extras in order to get people to book.

Many people feel self conscious about asking for free stuff but the thing to remember is that you are the customer and that all hotels want and need your business to survive. Just be cool calm and collected and you could be in line for some amazing free offers!