Although many prefer the amenities and perks that come with staying in a high-end hotel, others prefer to receive the substantial savings associated with discount hotels. While discount hotels may be booked in person or over the phone, you can sometimes get tremendous savings by booking the hotel in advance using the Internet. Savvy travelers can take advantage of a number of different websites all designed to simplify the discount hotel booking process.
Go to a name-your-own price travel website such as Priceline or Hotwire. These sites will get you inexpensive rooms, but they're "opaque" -- which means you won't know what hotel you're dealing with or precisely where it is (so won't be able to read reviews online) until you've already made your bid for the room.
Enter the dates of the hotel stay as well as the star level of the hotel required. In order to focus the search only on discount hotels, choose one or two star hotels.
Click on a hotel to enter billing and contact information and complete the booking.
Go to other travel search engines, such as Discounthotels.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, Kayak, Orbitz, Travelocity, etc.
Enter the travel dates and city where the hotel is required. Select the number of guests as well as the number of rooms required. Press the "search" button.
Slide the price bar located on the left side of the search results to narrow the results to discount hotels.
Press the "select" button next to a hotel to be taken to the hotel's booking page.
Join the promotional program of any discount hotel chain by entering an email address on the main website or adding the brand on Facebook or Twitter.
Monitor received emails for promotions and discount codes mailed periodically from the various hotel chains.
Book the discount hotel using the directions found in the promotional emails and other digital communications.
