The sales have just started and, as every year, everyone rushes to the shops to shop at bargain prices. But it's also possible to get great deals when you book your holiday and even find a top-of-the-range hotel at an unbeatable price! Here are all our tips to live the life of a castle without leaving your savings.
Take a loyalty card
Most hotel groups offer you to take a loyalty card when you visit their site. You regularly receive their newsletter in which they offer you promotions throughout the year on targeted establishments in France or around the world. These are often offers to be entered immediately and for a limited time. But discounts can be considerable on luxury establishments and can go up to 50% in some cases. However, it is necessary to be quite flexible about your travel dates and to be able to leave off-season and school holidays
The loyalty card itself also allows you to accumulate points for each stay in one of the hotels of the same hotel group and after a certain period of time you are entitled to free nights or a room upgrade for maximum comfort
Some loyalty cards from airline companies or even car rental companies can also give you discounts of between 15 and 20% on average on certain hotel establishments and they also apply to 5-star hotels. Another advantage is that the loyalty points accumulated can also be exchanged for nights in luxury hotels
In order to get the best possible deals and to have a luxury hotel at an interesting price, we therefore recommend that you take as many loyalty cards as possible . It can be tedious at first because there are a few forms to fill in but the savings afterwards are worth it, especially since these cards are completely free!
Participate in online auctions
Most tour operator sites offer auctions on a specific day of the week for a period of an hour or two. Stays in 5-star hotels are then sold at really low prices, with very significant discounts. It is really very interesting but it is not possible to choose your destination because the travel site offers a precise selection of bargains. You must therefore be very flexible in your choice of holiday location and above all keep in mind that in almost all cases it is impossible to exchange, get a refund or cancel the holiday. So you have to be really sure of the dates when you make your reservation..
Another good plan: online counter-auction sites. They tend to multiply in recent years to the delight of travellers. These are sites for counter-bidding and travel sales. You set the price at which you wish to stay in an establishment and it is then up to the providers affiliated to the site to set a price accordingly. And the resulting discounts can be phenomenal on high-end hotels.
Leave at the last minute!
Many travel and hotel sites lower their hotel prices considerably at the last minute. Once again, you have to be flexible in your choice of destination. If you dream of going to the Maldives, you may very well find yourself in a superb luxury hotel in the heart of Marrakech or Prague instead. Of course, there won't be the sea, but there will be luxury
Finally, several sites have specialized in last-minute stays. You will therefore find interesting promotions on hotels all year round. It's up to you to be reactive and to click faster than light on the offer of the century. Don't forget that these offers are limited in time and that you have to be very quick... So the undecided ones risk to pay their hesitation at full price and see a dream hotel disappearing under their nose!
Of course, to get the best deals it is better to be able to go outside of long weekends, holidays and school holidays
Follow the news of the major hotel groups
If you regularly visit the websites of the major hotel groups, you will soon find out that they often offer significant discounts on their overnight stays. They often announce these reductions a little in advance to allow travellers to organize themselves and respond when the time comes
The Maltese hotel group Corinthia hotels, a specialist in luxury hotels, offers once a year unbeatable sales on a selection of 5-star hotels. This year they are offering rooms with 50% discount on January 11th all day long. This offer concerns all their 5-star hotels in Europe, i.e. those in Malta, Budapest, Prague, Lisbon, Saint Petersburg. Corinthia Hotel London will offer 30% off its rooms from €512 (£383) from 11 January to 24 March. To book a night at a bargain price in one of these Corinthia hotels, go to the Corinthia website. You can book a double room at Corinthia Hotel Budapest from €87, Corinthia Lisbon from €77, Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa Malta from €70 or Corinthia St Petersburg from €64. So get your calendars and don't miss being in front of your screens on January 11th!
Finally, another way to save money on your stay in a luxury hotel is simply to book directly on the site of the hotels in question. In the vast majority of cases, you will be entitled to discounts or advantages that you will not find when making this booking on a conventional travel engine. So remember to systematically go to the site of the hotel you want to book before jumping on a good deal that would be on another site.
For example, by booking on the Corinthia website, you are entitled to many advantages: accumulation of loyalty points, upgrades, late check-out, discounts in the bars and restaurants of the group's hotels... And, once again, only customers who book directly on the Corinthia.com website can benefit from these advantages
