You don’t have to overpay for a hotel room. There are tricks and tips you can use to find the best room rates when you are trying to save.
1. Check in near the end of the day
Hotels are in the business of making money by giving out rooms to customers who occupy them in exchange for monies. If you’re seeking to get a room at a budget, checking in toward the end of the day increases your chances of getting a room. At that point they have nothing to lose by giving out the room at a discounted rate.
2. Instead of calling the reservation numbers, call the hotel Manager directly
This tip will work for those who stay in a particular hotel regularly. My advise here is to take advantage of your regular stay, ask and take the phone number of the hotel manager. Discounts and upgrades are always done at their discretion. The trick here is to call the hotel manager days before your intended arrival and negotiate your budget with him or her. Do this and you are most likely to get a discount.
3. Use Visacard or Mastercard card points to purchase hotel rooms
Many credit cards offer huge bonus points just for signing up or spending a certain amount of money within a set time period. VisaCard runs a promotion like this quarterly in Nigeria. However they pick the hotel or spa this offer covers.
3. Use Hotels.ng For Your Hotel Booking in Nigeria
Hotels.ng is one of Nigeria’s hotel booking site. Periodically the hotel gets discounts from the hotels signed to their platform. You can take advantage of this and get a room within your budget anywhere in Nigeria.
4. Use Spas.ng For Spa deals That Comes With Hotel Stay
Spas.ng is Nigeria’s biggest spa and beauty booking portal. They get spa and hotel deals sometimes as a single package. So you get a room and body massage in an all exclusive package. Sometimes they’ll throw in extras such as free Wi-Fi, breakfast or late checkout.
5. Get Exclusive Hotel Deals On Dealdey
Dealdey is Nigeria’s number one daily deals site. Here you can get exclusive deals for hotel rooms. Since the deals are only on the site for 7 days, you have to stay sharp to buy the coupon for the deal. The downside to this tip is that the deals normally have a validity period of only one month. This means forfeiture of the money when you don’t use up the coupon after thirty one days.
