Here at HotelChatter we get all sorts of questions about booking hotel rooms such as where to book (boutique hotel or a place with a loyalty program?), how to book (phone or website?), how to get a cheap rate, how to get free upgrades and the always lovely "Can you hook me up with a free room?" (We can't.)
But we do realize that you have a lot of good questions about booking hotel rooms. So once a week we're running Everything You Wanted to Know About Booking Hotel Rooms where we will give you the latest news, advice, tips, and answers on booking a room. And just maybe we'll be able to hook you up with a free room after all.
This week we're chatting with Scott Booker of Hotels.com. With quite possibly the most perfect last name ever for someone in the hospitality industry, Scott is the Chief Hotel Expert and Guest Advocate at Hotels.com.
His responsibilities include making consumers aware of new deals which pop up on the site as well as highlighting guest reviews from Hotels.com customers. We put him through the ringer (sorta) on a bunch of other issues and as far as we know, he's still standing.
Here at HotelChatter we get all sorts of questions about booking hotel rooms such as where to book (boutique hotel or a place with a loyalty program?), how to book (phone or website?), how to get a cheap rate, how to get free upgrades and the always lovely "Can you hook me up with a free room?" (We can't.)
But we do realize that you have a lot of good questions about booking hotel rooms. So once a week we're running Everything You Wanted to Know About Booking Hotel Rooms where we will give you the latest news, advice, tips, and answers on booking a room. And just maybe we'll be able to hook you up with a free room after all.
This week we're chatting with Barry Boone who is the founder of CurrentCodes.com, a one-stop shop for all of those special promotion codes for bargains, sales, discounts and more. CurrentCodes is expansive, listing promo codes for nearly 60 different retail categories totaling about 1,800 stores from clothing to cellphones to jewelry and travel.
Of course, we're focusing on the travel category here and more specifically, hotels. CurrentCodes list codes for some of the major hotel chains and their spin-off brands as well as for booking sites like Orbitz and Travelocity. If there aren't any codes available or listed, CurrentCodes will list any other promotion or special rates that it knows of at the hotels like a AAA discount or any package deals.
If you like to visit Vegas a lot, you're in luck as CurrentCodes has a ton of codes for hotels on the strip. Here Barry explains more about using the codes.
Here at HotelChatter we get all sorts of questions about booking hotel rooms such as where to book (boutique hotel or a place with a loyalty program?), how to book (phone or website?), how to get a cheap rate, how to get free upgrades and the always lovely "Can you hook me up with a free room?" (We can't.)
But we do realize that you have a lot of good questions about booking hotel rooms. So once a week we're running Everything You Wanted to Know About Booking Hotel Rooms where we will give you the latest news, advice, tips, and answers on booking a room. And just maybe we'll be able to hook you up with a free room after all.
This week we spent some time chatting with Clem Bason, the VP of Merchandising for Hotwire.
For those of you unfamiliar with Hotwire's hotel roulette, here's how it works: You select a hotel in a city that's has whatever location, star rating, and amenities that you desire. The price is listed but the hotel name is not.
Then once you select your hotel and hand over your credit card info, Hotwire tells you what hotel you will be staying in. You can't change the selection and the room is non-refundable. So it's truly for those on a budget or those who just want a bargain buy high which btw, is addicting and habit-forming.
Now Clem fills us in on some more advice about booking a hotel room on Hotwire.
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