Finding Hotels in New York City

have noticed one particular thing in my many months of travel. I find that lots of folks give up getting good deals even before they start. It seems to me as if bartering as an art seems to have been lost on many as is the art of comparison shopping. For every cent that you save while traveling when doing shopping for food, transport or even accommodation and transport is an extra coin that you have for spending on things such as adventure and entertainment.

In the great city of New York, there is lots that you can do here as you conduct your business or vacation that you will not find time to be bored. New York city has so much to offer that its hard to know where to begin. Since New York is an expensive city and finding cheap hotels in New York city requires effort, I would recommend that you start saving early before landing here. One of the ways to do this is to take time each day and take notes of the people you have had a chance to talk to and the offers you came across in terms of price & perks for accommodations.

New York is a competitive city and as a result, many hotels in New York bend over backwards to please potential customers by offering them perks in order to get business from them. Many managers of these hotels aggressively promote the hotels they are managing because they know that the more rooms they sell the more money the hotel makes thus keeping their own jobs secure

If you are the aggressive type and are diligent in taking notes of the hotels that you have visited and have made arrangements to visit and have a look around, then you will most likely create a deal with one of them that will turn out much better than they the price they were offering you originally.

This method might not work out very well if you try to secure a deal on a weekend that is known to be popular for travel. Therefore i would advice that you don’t search for accommodation in New York on popular holiday dates or on extended weekends for your trip. Apart from these, the rest of the weekends are open to all unless there is a popular event going onthat will attract a huge crowd to stay in the hotels.

Remember when I said that lots of folks don’t like to bargain and would rather give up on good deals? Well, not only are you able to get better deals by doing a comparison of different hotels in New York, but can be lucky to get free perks such as tickets, meals, tickets to shows or even spa packages at hotels and gift certificates at the hotel gift store. Don’t be surprised at the length at which hotel managers will go in order to have you stay at their New York hotel. The manager are willing to incur small losses because they know that they will be will make up more money in add-ons and other purchases that you will make.

Please remember to be a generous tipper as some New York hotel managers can get angry and confuse being frugal or cheap. Being cheap is one thing and being frugal another. If you treat the staff badly they will remember you long after you’re gone! But lets not go there as that is another long story all together. The trick is being polite and nice when dealing with hotel managers over the telephone and going with your best deal.

Do remember that getting the cheapest room does not necessarily mean that you are getting the best deal. There are other ways of looking at it. For example, if you are getting 1 or 2 meals every day that you stay at the hotel, and yet you are only paying five or 1o dollars more, then this might turn out to be a good deal, particularly if one of those meals turns out to be dinner.