Hotel Deals for Senior Citizens, Government Employees, and the Military

While many hotels regularly offer great hotel deals and coupons, some also always offer discounts to certain groups of travellers. What are the most common hotel discounts, and who's qualified for them?

Hotel Discounts for Senior Citizens

Many hotels in the US and abroad offer hotel discounts to senior citizens. How do you qualify for the senior citizen hotel discount? Easy, be a senior citizen! In the US and UK, anyone age 65 or over should qualify for these discounts. These discounts are often up to 15% or more off of your hotel room!

Special Rates Just for Seniors ...

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Five Star Friday - Athens, Tokyo, Montreal, Atlanta, Vienna

On Five Star Friday, we find the best hotel deals on five star hotels in wonderful cities around the world. Let's see what we have this week.

Athens, Greece - 5 star hotel from $86 or 64 EUR. We've never been to Athens, but we can just imagine a week of history, culture, and gyros. Mmmmm, gyros!

Tokyo, Japan - 5 star hotel from $101 or 75 EUR. A luxurious trip to Tokyo would probably be just like that movie Lost in Translation, right?

Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 5 star hotel from $110 or 81 EUR. Ahh, one of our favorite ...

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New Riviera Maya Hotel Deals

One of our favorite vacation spots on earth is the Riviera Maya.  This is an area in Mexico on the eastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, running right along the Caribbean coastline.  It includes fascinating Mayan ruins in Tulum, astounding eco parks in Xcaret, tremendous snorkeling and nightlife in Cozumel, the wonderful bars, restaurants, and beaches of Playa del Carmen, and let's not forget about Cancun!  There's so much to do here, our whole family goes for 2 weeks every July!

Given our connection to the area, we're particularly excited to announce some great Riviera Maya hotel ...

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Great Hotel Deals Through Off Season Travel

If you're looking to visit a popular tourist attraction, but you want to save some money and miss the crowds, we recommend visiting during the off season, also known as the low season.  Nearly all destinations have their popular season (imagine a ski lodge during the winter!) when everyone wants to go, thus driving the prices up.  During other parts of the year, though, you can find great hotel deals in these destinations, offered by the hotels to help  entice visitors.

There are plenty of advantages to traveling during the off season.  The biggest is price, as we already ...

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How to Find a Great Hotel Deal

One great thing about the Internet (aside from all of the funny cat pictures) is just how easy it is to find amazing travel deals that save you big bucks.  Given the sheer number of hotel finder sites and hotel deals in general, it's hard to know exactly where to turn!  Here, we will present a list of tips and tricks you can use to save money on your next hotel bookings.

1.  Search Multiple Hotel Sites at once.  Sure, there are some great websites for hotel deals, like hotels.com and Travelocity.  It can take a lot of ...

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