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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Cheap Hotel Rooms

     I know that there are many sites on the Internet that let you find "deals". I also know that the hotels have to pay that website for booking them. I look up the hotels and ratings on the internet sites and then I call or email the hotel direct. Often I get it cheaper, but most often I get a better room. The rooms given over to folks who book through the sites are the lower quality rooms in the hotel. I have a number of examples from my former years of using the sites. Trust me.It is cheaper and better to deal with the hotel direct.
I booked this room at the Staunton in London for less than I would get a room on Expedia.
This room was about two times as big as most in London. And, it has a/c.
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