| In my many months of travel, there is one peculiar | | | | travel so it is not a good idea to search for |
| thing that i have noticed. Many people usually give up | | | | accommodation in New York if you're considering a |
| good deals even before they try to get one. | | | | popular holiday or an extended weekend for your |
| Bartering as an art seems to be lost on most folks | | | | trip. Other than that the rest of the weekends are |
| as is the art of comparison-shopping. Every cent that | | | | open for grabs unless there are some large or |
| you save while on vacation or travel when making | | | | popular local events that will pull in a huge crowd for |
| purchases on food, accommodation and transport is | | | | the local hotel industry. |
| an extra cent that you have to spend on adventure | | | | Remember what i said in the beginning that many |
| and entertainment. | | | | people usually give up good deals even before they |
| In the awesome city of New York, there is much | | | | try to get one? Not only can you get better deals by |
| that you can do as you go about your business here | | | | comparing competing hotels in New York, but can |
| and a vacation in this city is like an Alice's adventures | | | | also get free perks such as meals, tickets to shows, |
| in wonderland. This city has so much to offer that its | | | | spa packages at the respective hotels and gift |
| hard to know where to start from. One of the things | | | | certificates at the hotel gift store. You will be |
| that i would strongly recommend is to make | | | | suprised at the length hotel managers will go in order |
| arrangements to save some cash before landing in | | | | to get business from you. The manager will be willing |
| New York. You can do this by taking time each | | | | to risk doing business with you on the assumption |
| evening to reflect and take notes about whom | | | | that he will make up the "losses" in add-ons and |
| you've had a chance to talk to and what they | | | | other purchases. |
| offered you in terms of price & perks for | | | | Please remember to be a generous tipper as some |
| accommodations. | | | | New York hotel managers can get angry and |
| Due to high competition, many hotels in New York | | | | confuse being frugal or cheap. Being cheap is one |
| are willing to offer perks to their clients in order for | | | | thing and being frugal another. If you treat the staff |
| them to sleep in their hotels. The managers of these | | | | badly they will remember you long after you're gone! |
| hotels are aggressive in selling the properties they | | | | But lets not go there as that is another long story all |
| manage since they know the more rooms they fill | | | | together. The trick is being polite and nice when |
| the more money they will make for the hotels | | | | dealing with hotel managers over the telephone and |
| resulting in secure jobs for themselves. If you are | | | | going with your best deal. |
| aggressive enough and make notes of the hotels | | | | Please remember that the best deal is not necessarily |
| you've had a chance to visit and make tentative | | | | getting the cheapest room. Look at it this way; if |
| arrangements with, you will most likely work out a | | | | you are getting one or two meals per day when |
| deal with one of them that is better that what they | | | | staying with the hotel yet you are only paying 5 or |
| originally offered you. | | | | 10 dollars more a day, then i believe you are getting |
| This method will probably not work if you try to | | | | a very fair bargain, particularly if one of those meals |
| secure a deal during a weekend that is popular for | | | | is dinner. |