Don Nadeau, the president of BidonTravel.com, often discusses how to bid on Priceline hotels, but here he talks about location as another powerful way to save on hotel rooms.
When you’re planning to spend some time in or near a place like Boston, Zurich, London, or San Francisco, you can save by not staying in the same hotel every night.
And, even if you’re just spending a couple of nights, you can sometimes save as much as 50 – 70% by choosing the right hotel location, as explained below.
Let’s say you’re a couple planning a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area for a special occasion.
You would like to spend the week:
– visiting wineries,
– hiking in Point Reyes National Seashore and Muir Woods,
– exploring Big Sur, Carmel and Monterey, and
– experiencing the highlights of San Francisco.
It would be simple for you to book seven nights in a San Francisco hotel. After all, you would be within an easy day’s drive of everything you want to see.
However, seven nights in a San Francisco hotel would be expensive–and even more so as you...