have noticed one particular thing in my many months of travel. I find that lots of folks give up getting good deals even before they start. It seems to me as if bartering as an art seems to have been lost on many as is the art of comparison shopping. For every cent that you save while traveling when doing shopping for food, transport or even accommodation and transport is an extra coin that you have for spending on things such as adventure and entertainment.



In the great city of New York, there is lots that you can do here as you conduct your business or vacation that you will not find time to be bored. New York city has so much to offer that its hard to know where to begin. Since New York is an expensive city and finding cheap hotels in New York city requires effort, I would recommend that you start saving early before landing here. One of the ways to do this is to take time each day and take notes of the people you have had a chance to talk to and the offers you came across in terms of price & perks for accommodations.

Due to stiff competition in New York, many hotels are willing to go the extra mile and offer you perks in order to get business from you. Most hotel managers in New York are aggressive when it comes to promoting their properties since they know the more rooms they sell the money money they make for the hotels and as a result secure in their jobs.

For those that are aggressive enough and take the time to make notes of the hotels that they have visited, they will most likely work out a deal with the managers and get a better offer in terms of price than what they were being offered originally.

This method might not work out very well if you try to secure a deal on a weekend that is known to be popular for travel. Therefore i would advice that you don't search for accommodation in New York on popular holiday dates or on extended weekends for your trip. Apart from these, the rest of the weekends are open to all unless there is a popular event going onthat will attract a huge crowd to stay in the hotels.

Earlier in this article i had said that many people usually rather give up good deals even than try to negotiate. Not only are you able to get awesome deals by comparing different hotels in New York city, but can get your hands on other free perks such as meals, spa packages, tickets to shows and gift certificates at the hotel gift store. Most managers will try to do anything to get business from you. The reason is that they are willing to risk doing business with you knowing that they will make more money from add-ons and other purchases that you might make.

Please remember to be a generous tipper as some New York hotel managers can get angry and confuse being frugal or cheap. Being cheap is one thing and being frugal another. If you treat the staff badly they will remember you long after you're gone! But lets not go there as that is another long story all together. The trick is being polite and nice when dealing with hotel managers over the telephone and going with your best deal.

Finally, remember that getting the cheapest room is not necessarily getting the best deal. For example, if you are getting one or two meals per day while at the hotel and yet on the other hand are only paying five or ten dollars more a day, then its logical that you are getting a very fair bargain particularly if one of the meals is dinner.