How to book a luxury hotel at a low price?

Staying in a luxury hotel is an important part of a wonderful journey. However, luxury hotels often mean high prices. Today, the travel tabloid came to share some room reservation strategies, allowing you to book a five-star luxury hotel at a low price.

Tips for hotel reservation

Under the same conditions, I would recommend that you make reservations in chain hotels as much as possible, such as Hilton Hotel, Marriott Hotel, IHG Intercontinental Hotel, Accor Hotel, etc. Not only the quality of the hotel is guaranteed, but also the member benefits and courtesies. We will introduce it in detail in this article.

If you are not interested in chain hotels, it is recommended that you book at the best OTA (online travel agency) websites, such as Booking, Trip, Agoda, etc.

To travel is not only to stay in a hotel, but also to understand the destination’s entertainment items. You can see some of the most popular local entertainment items and preferential package prices on the strategies such as Klook, KKday and Trip.

Next, the travel tabloid will introduce in detail why you should book directly from the official website of the chain hotel? And how to enjoy the exclusive discounts and cheap prices of luxury hotels.

BRG optimal price guarantee

What is BRG? BRG (Best Rate Guarantee) is also the best price guarantee.

Most international chain hotels will have the best price guarantee. Frankly speaking, in order to retain guests, the hotel group promises to consumers that you do not need to book rooms through other channels. I can guarantee that my official channel is the lowest price.

If you can find that the price of other pipelines is lower at the same time, I will give you some compensation. You must be a member of the hotel group to enjoy this right.

Free registration as a hotel member

Most hotel groups will have a free membership plan, so they can register as long as they provide membership information. For example, Marriott Travel Home Member (Marriott Hotel), Accor Joy World Member (Accor Hotel), InterContinental Joy Club Member (IHG InterContinental Hotel), Hilton Honorary Guest Member (Hilton Hotel), and so on. Here you can learn the member strategies of Dalian Lock Hotel Group.

After you become a member, you can enjoy some member-specific benefits. Of course, member benefits vary from hotel group to hotel group, but generally include the following benefits:

The exclusive discount for member reservation is generally 5% – 20%.

The accumulated SNP points can be used to accumulate points for all consumption in the hotel. The points can be used to exchange for free room or deduct the next accommodation or catering expenses.

Members can enjoy the benefits of staying in the hotel, such as delayed check-out, welcome drinks, etc. High-level members even enjoy free mini bar, free breakfast, free lounge access, etc.

Hotel membership benefits: member discount

One of the biggest benefits of becoming a member of the hotel should be the member discount price, which can save money in a down-to-earth way.

First of all, all major hotel groups have discount rates for member reservations. Even if you are only an ordinary member, it will generally be at least 5% cheaper than non-member reservations.

Secondly, in addition to the daily room reservation discount, major hotel groups will have room reservation promotion activities almost every quarter, with the discount rate as low as 50%, and generally there will be more than ten or even dozens of hotels participating in the discount activities.

The question is, how can we know the promotion information of chain hotels in the first time? After all, some promotions only take a few days.

Let’s start by boasting and paying attention to the official account of the travel tabloid, and we will tell you the most worthwhile discount as soon as possible.

Pay attention to the official account of major hotel groups, and the hotel will also release time limited promotions in its own official account.

For international chain hotels, such as Hilton and Marriott, one of their main ways of communicating with members is by mail, so you can check the email sent by the hotel from time to time, which will contain the latest hotel activity information.

Hotel membership benefits: bonus points

After you become a member of the hotel, your consumption in the hotel, including room fees, catering fees, SPA and other expenses, can be accumulated into points. For example, the point policy of Marriott Hotel is to get 10 points for every dollar spent.

In addition to earning points by staying in the hotel, you can also participate in the member points activities launched by the hotel from time to time. The points activities of major hotel groups are also 1-2 times a quarter.

For example, for the double points reward activity, you can spend 300 yuan to get 1000 points during the ordinary stay, and you can also spend 300 yuan to get 2000 points during the activity period.

What can I do with the hotel points?

The most important role of points must be to exchange for free rooms, and most hotel points can be exchanged for free rooms without tax and can be flexibly cancelled.

Among the major hotel groups, I think the best use of points is Accor’s points. Every 2000 points can directly deduct 40 euros. It is simple and clear, not counting the peak season and CAT1-8.

Think about it. If you book a room at the time of hotel promotion or bonus point activities, you can not only book the room at a discount of 50%, but also get bonus points to exchange for free room again, which can save a lot of hotel accommodation costs.

Hotel member benefits: member benefits

As a frequent traveler, I can help you sum up some valuable rights and interests that are actually commonly used. You can refer to it when selecting the hotel members that are suitable for you.

The member price discount for room reservation varies from 5% to 20%, which is the right to save real gold and silver, which is also the biggest right to become a member.

The right to use the lounge, which is specially prepared for high-level members and business travelers, will contain drinks and snacks. In some luxury hotels, there is a special breakfast in the lounge, and even your dinner and afternoon tea can be served here.

Breakfast is free. It is not convenient to go out and find a restaurant in a resort hotel or in a remote location. This right is still good.

Bonus points. The higher the level of general members, the more points they can get. You can view the proportion of points of members. For example, the average member of Marriott can accumulate 10 points by spending 1 dollar, and the platinum member can accumulate 15 points by spending 1 dollar.

Although the right to upgrade the room type is listed, the room type to be upgraded and whether to upgrade are generally determined by the hotel situation and cannot be guaranteed 100%.

How to quickly upgrade hotel membership?

If you want to upgrade the membership level of the hotel according to the normal channel, you may need to stay for dozens of nights in a year to enjoy the benefits of the executive lounge, free breakfast, upgrade the room type and so on. Is there any way to quickly upgrade your hotel membership with less money?

I have to say, now is the best time for you to upgrade quickly!

A quick way to upgrade is to participate in matching activities, such as XX members upgrading Marriott Platinum members at least 8 nights.

Choose the right hotel member for you

The choice of hotel membership plan is of course different from person to person. The more important factors are, of course, where you often travel, which hotel brand is the destination, and what the hotel price is.

Travel tabloid gives some suggestions to friends who want to choose hotel members to join based on their experience as frequent guests in hotels:

Marriott Hotel has the widest layout and the largest number of hotels in China. If your tourist destinations are all over the country and there is no specific destination, you can choose.

Accor Hotel is the most cost-effective of several major hotel groups. It has both the quality of international hotels and the price is not very high. Plus, the points are very easy to use. I don’t want to spend time studying the membership plan. The budget is medium, and I can choose.

If you have a favorite hotel or frequented hotel, you can confirm whether the hotel belongs to the group. If so, you must register as a member of the group before booking.

Introduction to hotel group booking travel tabloid

1. New entrant activities

If you have never joined the hotel group and want to join it now, first go to find out whether there are new people joining the hotel group.

2. All consumption in the hotel must be charged

Whether you are dining in a hotel, shopping or calling for a car, you must pay your room bill, so that you can get more points. It also costs money. Why not exchange more points for free room?

3. Book through the official channel of the hotel

Almost all official hotel activities are only for members, and they are only reserved through official channels. This official channel includes the official website of the hotel, APP, and even some hotels regard small programs as official channels.

If you have any questions, you can leave a message in the comment area.