Saving often becomes the driving force behind our choices. In fact, many times, we look for the most effective method to save a little and this also has repercussions on our vacations and the way we organize them.
During the organizational phase of the vacation, our goal will be not only to reduce the costs related to our trip as much as possible but also to find a solution that reflects and satisfies our needs. One of the costs that most affects the vacation and on which a saving solution could be found is without a doubt the cost of accommodation. It may seem difficult but with this article we want to give you some more tips to achieve this difficult goal.
First of all, we need to look at the concept of saving in a broad sense, not just focusing on saving money. Saving your time is also a factor that must necessarily be given “value”, time that can be used for something more productive. In support of this, we invite you to reflect on the amount of time spent, when planning a trip, on switching from one online booking site to another without finding a solution that suits your needs. The possibility of saving time and money comes in a single solution: using Metasearch for your accommodation search. It is a search engine through which you can find and compare in a single solution different types of accommodation present on the various online booking sites.
A concrete example of this is Bluepillow, the first all-Italian holiday home comparator. Bluepillow compares over 13 million homes, among which holiday houses, B & b e Hotel, present on the most important online travel agencies. In this way, you will find all the accommodations of the destination to choose from on a single page. All you have to do is customize your accommodation with the search filters, in order to narrow down the proposed solutions and speed up the choice.
On this portal you will have another chance to save. This concerns the owners who have inserted their accommodation on the platform, becoming direct competitors of the major online travel agencies. Your opportunity materializes in the possibility of contact the owner of the accommodation facility directly with whom you can start a private negotiation. Being a direct contact, without the intermediation of any agency, the owner will be encouraged to offer you more convenient rates than those you could find online.
Another trick for saving money is the period of stay. Often due to reasons of force majeure, such as holidays imposed by the employer, we are not able to have a wide margin of choice on when to take our trip, but where possible we always recommend, with a view to saving, to book in periods of low season. Furthermore, in case of short stays, you will undoubtedly find more convenient rates in the midweek periods. Furthermore, it could be useful to inquire with the accommodation facility or the owner of the accommodation about the possibility of having discounted rates in case you decide to take advantage of a stay of three or more nights.
In order to save money we are willing to do anything, in fact hoteliers are aware of this and provide ad hoc rates for each type of customer. From this we can draw another trick to reduce our accommodation costs. In this case we refer to the moment we decide to make our reservation. Whether you decide to act prudently and prefer to book your trip well in advance, or whether you want to organize everything at the last minute, it will always be possible to find a good deal. In the first case, the accommodation facilities plan to offer Discounted rates for early booking, Early Booking. In the second case, however, the facilities that find themselves with many unsold rooms decide to lower their rates by offering last minute offers that might be right for you.
As you can see, there are many ways to save on your vacation. To confirm this, we are sure that these little tricks will be able to help you when you decide to organize your dream vacation, while remaining faithful to your desire to save.
Article published on 25 February 2021 - 06:52
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