PA’s Insider Guide reveals the top tips and tricks to bagging a great travel deal
5th Dec 2011
Current economic climate sees companies looking for clever ways to keep travel costs down.
Hotels.com launches PA’s Insider Guide to enable PA’s to get the best deal on travel arrangements.
With the rising costs of travel and limited budgets, it has become more important than ever to know how to secure great value travel deals. Based on a Hotels.com focus group, in partnership with the Association of Personal Assistants (APA), along with input from travel bloggers, the PA’s Insider Guide offers the best top tips and tricks of the trade to make this an indispensable tool, when booking a business trip or holiday.
Looking for a place to stay?
Making the most of reward schemes such as the unique and simple Welcome Rewards offered by Hotels.com, signing up to Twitter and learning how to blag effectively are just some of the moneysaving hints the guide has to offer
Top Transport Tips
The guide steers you towards some of the best transport deals, with tips such as dressing smartly to help ensure an upgrade, avoiding booking flexible fares and becoming a friend on Facebook, all helping to lighten the financial load when travelling
Local Knowledge
Choose a set lunch not supper, consult local papers, or sign up to one of a growing number of voucher discount sites, to ensure you are paying under the odds for your holiday entertainment.
View the full guide here: PA’s Insider Guide to getting a Good Deal
About Hotels.com
Hotels.com is a leading online accommodation booking website with over 150,000 properties around the world, ranging from international chains and all-inclusive resorts to local favourites and bed & breakfasts, together with all the information needed to book the perfect stay. Hotels.com benefits from one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the industry, negotiating the best rates for its customers, and offers frequent sales, special deals and promotions. Regular customer e-newsletters provide exclusive offers and advance warning of up-coming sales. There are more than 6.5 million reviews on the site from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers can make an informed choice when booking. Through its industry-leading loyalty program Welcome Rewards, customers can earn a free night for every 10 nights stayed at more than 65,000 hotels. Under its Price Match Guarantee, if a customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will refund the difference. Travellers can book online or by contacting one of the multilingual call centres. Special apps for mobile phones and tablets can also be downloaded at www.hotels.com/deals/mobile_app/ enabling customers to book on the go with access to 20,000 last minute deals. For the last eight years, Hotels.com has published an award-winning twice-yearly review of international hotel room price trends called the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index which is now produced in 31 individual country editions www.hotelpriceindex.co.uk Follow Hotels.com on Facebook at facebook.com/hotelsdotcomuk, on Twitter at @HotelsdotcomUK and download the mobile app at www.hotels.com/deals/mobile. Hotels.com is part of Expedia Inc., the largest online travel company in the world with an extensive portfolio that includes some of the world's best-known brands.
