Comments on: Bargaining for hotels in Eastern Europe http://www.vagablogging.net/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Deryck http://www.vagablogging.net/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html/comment-page-1#comment-1073 Deryck Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:30:23 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html#comment-1073 I've had varied levels of success haggling on room stays. Once, while in Boston, we managed to arrive late to a YMCA and asked about prices. $30/person per night for a room with two bunk beds. That was out of our budget for the trip, and we told the man so. He offered to let us stay for $30 total if we would be awake and gone when his shift was over at 6:00 the next morning. This was no problem for us, and that man likely made a quick 30 dollars. But there have also been a fair number of times I've been turned down and looked down upon. You just move on or take what they have to offer. All they can say is no. I’ve had varied levels of success haggling on room stays. Once, while in Boston, we managed to arrive late to a YMCA and asked about prices. $30/person per night for a room with two bunk beds. That was out of our budget for the trip, and we told the man so. He offered to let us stay for $30 total if we would be awake and gone when his shift was over at 6:00 the next morning. This was no problem for us, and that man likely made a quick 30 dollars.

But there have also been a fair number of times I’ve been turned down and looked down upon. You just move on or take what they have to offer. All they can say is no.

]]> By: Karen Bryan http://www.vagablogging.net/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html/comment-page-1#comment-1072 Karen Bryan Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:49:05 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html#comment-1072 I am not sure if bartering is always the way to get the best price. I find the hotel rooms can often be much cheaper when booking through a hotel booking website such as venere.com If you contact the hotel directly the price that they quote is much higher to start with, so even if you do get a discount, the price you achieve may not be less than the price quoted on the hotel booking website. I think the best idea is to do an online search and find the best price and then try phoning the hotel to see if they can beat that price. I am not sure if bartering is always the way to get the best price. I find the hotel rooms can often be much cheaper when booking through a hotel booking website such as venere.com If you contact the hotel directly the price that they quote is much higher to start with, so even if you do get a discount, the price you achieve may not be less than the price quoted on the hotel booking website.

I think the best idea is to do an online search and find the best price and then try phoning the hotel to see if they can beat that price.

]]> By: Mark Hodson http://www.vagablogging.net/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html/comment-page-1#comment-1071 Mark Hodson Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:56:26 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/bargaining-for-hotels-in-eastern-europe.html#comment-1071 My experience has been that the more expensive and apparently intimidating the hotel, the easier it is to barter the price down. A confident manner is essential, and it's best done on the phone, rather than at the desk, when your bargaining power is clearly compromised. At backpackers' places you can often strike a deal if you agree to stay for a certain number of nights (they don't change the bedsheets every day!). My experience has been that the more expensive and apparently intimidating the hotel, the easier it is to barter the price down. A confident manner is essential, and it’s best done on the phone, rather than at the desk, when your bargaining power is clearly compromised. At backpackers’ places you can often strike a deal if you agree to stay for a certain number of nights (they don’t change the bedsheets every day!).

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