How I saved $200 on a London hotel just by calling the front desk

Last month I was booking a trip to see my daughter in London and the online rates were all around $150 a night. I remembered an old trick my dad used to do, so I actually called the hotel directly and asked if they had any walk-in rates or cancellations. The woman on the phone gave me a room for $95 a night, no questions asked. It makes me wonder how many people just click 'book now' without picking up the phone anymore. Has anyone else had luck with this kind of thing lately?

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lucas_hunt9d ago

Read somewhere that hotels actually prefer direct calls because they avoid booking fees, makes sense.

spencer4079d ago

Yeah cuts out the middleman completely, happens everywhere now.