Another Example of Asking for a Discount Saving Money

I've noted how asking for a discount can save you some good money for not much work. Here's another example of it -- this time saving on a hotel room by doing nothing besides asking for a discount:

For a mini-vacation, I wanted to go away for the weekend with my husband to a hotel near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Hotels there can go for $300 a night or even more, but I wanted to spend around half that amount.

So I decided to ask for a better price. I called the hotel of our choice and asked if I could get a discount.

Almost as soon as I asked for a better rate, the receptionist replied, "Oh yes, we can give you that room for $160." I was shocked. I accepted on the spot and immediately told my husband how brilliant I was.

Told ya. If you ask for a discount, the worst that can happen is that they'll say "no." The best that can happen is you'll end up with a good amount of money saved. Seems like a no-brainer to me!

A couple more "asking" related posts you might enjoy:

• Save Money by Asking for a Discount and Paying in Cash

• Yes, You Can Save Money by Asking a Hotel for a Discount

Comments

[Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife]

With hubby being in the military and knowing that many businesses and restaurants offer military discounts, even theme parks...I ALWAYS ask...and more often than not, I get one...whether it's a military discount or not.

I had a friend, many years ago, who worked in the hotel industry, and she told me that they could not offer a discount when someone called to make a reservation, but if they asked, they were given a discount if they currently were running one..now isn't that something?

[Amy]

I'm at the point in my life where I am constantly attending weddings, and many of them require travel. More often than not, when the couple has a "preferred guest rate" at a hotel, it's not always the lowest rate. Last week I called a Courtyard Marriott and found that the wedding rate was $175. I asked if they had a lower rate, such as AAA, and they did - for $116! So I booked the lower rate and told my friends to do the same. I very often ask for the AAA rate, even though we aren't AAA members. I have never, ever, been asked to show my AAA card upon check-in.

[LotharBot]

I work in a museum. Whenever I go to another museum, I ask if they have any discount for people who work at my museum. Usually they don't, but most of the time they'll find a way to charge me a lesser rate anyway (the student rate, for example.)