Hotel bargains

What’s my favorite hotel brand? The one where I’m getting free hotel stays, whichever one that happens to be when I’m traveling.  There are a dizzying number of corporate logos out there in hotel land. Even someone immersed in the industry like me has a hard time remembering which one belongs to which corporation, especially …

So you go pull up your favorite online travel agent site and you don’t like the hotel prices you’re seeing. No problem, there are dozens of others to choose from, right? No, there are really just two. Unless you count the small ones making up 5% of bookings, every brand you see is from one …

How much will a night at a hotel or vacation apartment cost you? That depends a lot on whether you’re in a place like Boston or a place like Billings. The lodging price differences can be immense even within a country, though there are a few twists depending on where you are in the world. …

In Latin American capital cities, how much does a couple have to spend to get a relatively nice hotel room? Where can two people get their own room with a private bathroom for $40 or less? From Mexico down through the last countries in South America, you can easily find one in most of the …

Magazines and websites constantly run stories about finding great travel bargains and vacation deals. Usually they highlight some nifty new website, the latest app, or some Twitter stream that you have to catch at 3:30 pm each Thursday. Really though, it’s not that complicated. Here’s the one-sentence answer on how to save the most: Pick …