Renato1
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Until a couple of weeks ago, I've always done an exhaustive search for hotels, picked and booked them and then forgotten about them till the trip.
But a friend of mine said her strategy was to pick them with the free cancellation option, then to constantly check and recheck the prices. And if the price drops - cancel the booking and immediately re-book at the lower price. She said she had saved A$400 on a hotel in Mexico doing this for an upcoming trip.
Taken to its logical conclusion, one could keep doing this till nearly the last date, and then re-book using the non-refundable rate (since it's unlikely the trip will be cancelled at that stage).
Anyhow, I did the rechecking last night and found that the hotel in Stockholm had dropped $40, so I re-booked and saved $40.
But the apartment in Copenhagen had actually gone up over A$300, and the hotel in Doha was over a $100 dearer - which made me feel good.
Does anybody else regularly apply this strategy?
Regards,
Renato
But a friend of mine said her strategy was to pick them with the free cancellation option, then to constantly check and recheck the prices. And if the price drops - cancel the booking and immediately re-book at the lower price. She said she had saved A$400 on a hotel in Mexico doing this for an upcoming trip.
Taken to its logical conclusion, one could keep doing this till nearly the last date, and then re-book using the non-refundable rate (since it's unlikely the trip will be cancelled at that stage).
Anyhow, I did the rechecking last night and found that the hotel in Stockholm had dropped $40, so I re-booked and saved $40.
But the apartment in Copenhagen had actually gone up over A$300, and the hotel in Doha was over a $100 dearer - which made me feel good.
Does anybody else regularly apply this strategy?
Regards,
Renato