Great Hotel Deals for Thanksgiving: Gobble Them Up While You Can

Hotels Are Offering Great Deals This Year

Traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday really can be a hassle and to make matters worse hotel rooms have been known to be hard to come by, at least in the past. My sister and I used to go to New York City every year for Thanksgiving and traveled to the city the weekend before if we had big family celebrations going on at home. But, in order to get the hotel we wanted we would have to get our reservations at least 6 months early. Even then rooms were hard to come by and the prices higher than other times of the year. But this year, with the economy the way it is, people who ordinarily travel for business have curtailed those travels quite a lot which is definitely affecting the hotel industry. So this year there are some Great Deals on Hotel Stays for this Thanksgiving Holiday

What does that mean to us the holiday traveler? Well, more rooms at some of the best hotels in the busiest cities are just sitting empty, so they are available to us. I called a few hotel chains and found that the Hilton Hotel has vacancies in their primary hotel in Manhattan for half of what these rooms usually cost. Rooms that at one time were in the $300- 400 price range are now affordable. Alas, I can't take advantage of that deal this year, but you can if you call 1-800-HHilton. One of the best secrets I have found for getting a room at most chains especially, if you are an honors member or guest member of that chain is to call the hotel itself. I have always received better deals on the phone for some reason.

But websites have their benefits too

One for instance, Hotwire, has savings in 4 and 5 star hotel chains in some of the most sought after cities; Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York, Boston and Los Angeles. These hotel room rates now can be had for what had been considered what you would pay for a 2 star hotel, only instead you will be staying at a really posh property. Checking the prices often on the site can be beneficial and you might find amazing rates. Some even in the $100- 200 price range.