HOW TO FIND CHEAP HOTELS (AND WHICH SITES TO USE!)
As much as I love Hotels, there is something nice about the luxuriousness of a hotel: the clean room, comfy bed, desk, iron, strong shower, and bottled soap for the taking. They are a quiet, relaxing respite from the world. Sometimes the facilities reach at its peak
But luxury comes at a price.
Hotels aren’t cheap and I hate spending money on a room I am only going to be in for a few hours. It’s why I mostly avoid hotels — I don’t think they are a good use of money. I would much rather stay in a hostel, which costs less, has more social interaction, and doesn’t make you feel as removed from the destination you’re staying at.
Once, I was staying in a lot of hotels and decided to see if I could find the best hotel booking site on the web. The conclusion? Well, there wasn’t really a great conclusion. Some sites were better than others depending on location and hotel class but there was no clear winner.
I decided to do another search to try to find the best again and, this time the clear winner is the biggest giant in the industry.
Though it didn’t return the largest number of total places, Booking.com returned the largest number of cheap places — and that’s the most important thing for budget travelers. The second-best hotel booking website, which had a lot of results, though its strong suit was in Asia.
Fast forward to today. What’s the best booking site now? Google how can Google be the best hotel booking site when it’s a search engine? Well, let me explain!
How to Book Cheap Hotels
Here is how to find the cheapest hotel in one simple step:
Go to therocktravels.com and Google, type in where you want to go. For example, “New York City hotels.”
That’s it. Google will pull results from all the major booking websites and tell you what site is the cheapest. You just go there and book your hotel. That’s why it’s the best booking site because, rather than searching every website individually, you can just go to Google, find which website has the cheapest rate, and book there. It saves a lot of time!
Here’s a step-by-step guide:
Click on the “View hotels” button at the bottom of the first result section to go to Google’s hotel searching hub.
Next, put in your dates and filters to narrow your search until you find a hotel you like in your price range. You’ll be able to sort by lowest price and look at the map to book by location. You can even see typical pricing trends for your dates by clicking on “what you’ll pay.”
Click on the “view prices” button for a hotel and you’ll be presented with all your booking options. Find the lowest price and head to that website. Just keep in mind that the top results are usually ads, so scroll down to make sure you aren’t missing out on any deals.
Once you’ve found the lowest price, book at that website!
