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Originally Posted by puppylove
This may sound like a stupid question. Whatever, I'm a newbie here. About paying for hotels, it seems that online deals are better than waiting till you get to the hotel to pay, so my question is this: how do you actually get the discounted internet price? Is it attained by paying online with a credit card(Otherwise you would pay the non-internet price at the hotel)? And/or could you, after booking online, not have to pay online by credit card and will be charged the lower rate at the hotel as they would know you had booked online at a lower price?
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Hi PL;
Book and pay online at the time of booking and you get the discounted price. I guess the discount pays for itself since the hotel are sure to get their money and in some cases get it months before you arrive.
If you email a hotel direct they may do a deal with you via email and let you pay that "discounted" price on arrival - IMHO this practice is becoming less common but can still work for return visits to smaller hotels.
Hope that helps. Enjoy.
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