UK’s Telegraph on finding hotel bargains

Booking a three-star hotel can sometimes be cheaper than booking a one-star property, according to an in-depth survey of the prices paid for hotel rooms in the first half of this year.
The reason for this appears to be that, as the credit crunch has hit tourism, mid-range hotels have had to work particularly hard to attract business, while those at the lower end – automatically attractive to those looking to cut costs – have not suffered so much.
The ease with which such comparisons can be made is one of the most interesting side-effects of the steady shift to online travel bookings. The computerised databases of the websites that take those bookings can now give us a real and accurate account of how much people are spending on – or how much they are being charged for – their holidays.
In an industry notorious for its claims of bargain offers and discounts, but chary of sharing the real costs with its customers, this is a new experience. In harsh economic times it makes bargain-hunting much easier.
Get the full story at the Telegraph.co.uk