Hotels
The twenty dollar bill trick is becoming extremely popular in Las Vegas. When you check into a hotel, slip the front desk clerk a $20 bill along with your credit card while asking "Do you have any upgrades available?". The general rule of thumb is that the front desk clerk will check for upgrades and if they cannot find any they will return the $20 tip! This website lists the success rates for Vegas hotels! Get upgraded for only $20!
--thetwentydollartrick.com
Think like a local citizen when traveling abroad and save lots of money in the process. For example, when traveling to Spain, don?t use www.hertz.com , use www.hertz.es , and save significant Euros. Many travel sites today have multiple domains catering to multiple countries. Take advantage of this pricing arbitrage next time you book a flight, hotel room or rental car!
Bet you didn?t know that Expedia has 13 foreign sites, did you? Safe travels!
Shout-out: nytimes.com
Online travel sites such as Expedia/ Orbitz/ Travelocity/ Mobissimo/ Kayak are great aggregators, but in the end you are paying a few dollars for their services. Next time you are booking anything online take your trip planning a step further by finding that perfect ticket, car rental or hotel deal on the actual Company's website. It's guaranteed to be cheaper. If for some reason you cannot find what you are looking for, simply call and ask them to match what you found through the aggregator.
Priceline is great when you bid right the first time, but how often does that happen? If you are willing to bid a bit more and you want to avoid the 24hr wait, here is the solution. Add a region where you know what you want doesn't exist. For example, if your $75 bid doesn't get you a 4- or 5-star hotel in San Francisco, add Marin County or Oakland into the mix and up your bid. Neither Marin nor Oakland have 4- or 5-star hotels so priceline essentially runs the same search at your higher bid. Sleep tight!
