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With over 10 years experience in the hospitality industry and having attained the position of General Manager by the age of 30, Pritpal Saini, Managing Director of bid2travel.com, had reached a point in his career where he needed fresh challenges and a renewed passion for what he was doing.
After considering different projects, Pritpal came up with one simple idea based on the philosphy he used while managing hotels. There were often times when rooms were vacant. Guests were being turned away when making enquiries, both at the front desk and on the phone, due to rates not being acceptable. It did not make sense to see business turned away based solely on the refusal of the rigid rate being quoted.
A room vacant for a night is revenue lost forever, and a property only has a limited supply so this revenue cannot be made up in the future. The cost of selling a room varies from property to property, but many costs involved in selling a room are fixed. e.g. a property will still need two front office staff, one manager, one housekeeper etc. whether it sells 50 rooms per night or 100 rooms per night.
It therefore made sense that to sell a room at a controlled discount was superior to leaving the room vacant and hence the concept of bid2travel.com came about.
The process from business planning for the site, commissioning a web designer and the development of the site took over a year with Pritpal overseeing every step of the process. By using his experience, both in hotel management and as a customer, having used many online last minute hotels deal sites himself, the final result achieves exactly what he started out to do.
bid2travel.com has office premises on the Delhi and has a strong team on board to ensure not only online goals are achieved, but that the company is available through a toll-free number to answer any queries that might arise from both suppliers and consumers.
The philosphy of bid2travel.com is that while it is an online business, it will always offer personal service to users to ensure total customer and hotel supplier satisfaction.
Help answer the question about last minute hotel deals new
Last Minute Hotel Reservation – High End Hotels?I have been using those "Last Minute Hotel Deals" sites, as well as priceline.com and get a room at decent hotels.
However, I never see 4 or 5 Star hotels (such as Ritz Carlton or Mandarin Oriental) have their rooms listed on those sites. I think there must be a pricing policy that prohibits them from advertising on those sites, but at the same time, isn´t it better for them to have some paying guests, instead of having empty rooms?
Does anyone know any websites that lists rooms at higer-end hotels?
Thanks in advance for your input!
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February 19th, 2010 at 23:46
I always get an unbelievable rate when I bid my own priceline at the last minute…..4 star hotels for $40. You can't beat that.
February 19th, 2010 at 23:57
I found the article I think you are talking about. I only see two websites and they are tablethotels.com and luxurylink.com. The article was in the Wednesday May 23rd edition. I hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else.
February 20th, 2010 at 02:36
You should have asked that question several months ago unless money is no object. You're going to have a very difficult time finding inexpensive airline seats and hotels now, especially to popular destinations. The week between Christmas and New Year's is one of the most heavily traveled weeks of the year and the discounts sell out far in advance.
I formerly worked in the travel industry and I had to break the bad new to last minute travelers every year.
Good luck!
February 20th, 2010 at 07:40
I use hotels.com a lot. I highly recommend them.
February 21st, 2010 at 02:02
Since you haven't mentioned the specific details of your desired destination, so in such a case i am going to provide you a better link through which you can easily check the details of all hotels with cheap price in terms of services and features as well, not only this although you can make direct bookings as well
http://www.hotels.beginbooking.com/BrowseByCountry.aspx?a_aid=14156
February 21st, 2010 at 06:07
I have always found the best deal early. I am not saying that there are no last minute deals but I personally would not bank on that. 3 to 6 months depending on time of year and where. Example if you were to fly to Miami for Spring Break 6 to 8 months but if you were to fly to Green Bay for the same time frame you could probably make reservations 2 to 3 months ahead.
February 21st, 2010 at 17:59
You are way late at this point, but you can try Ebay. Lots of people these days ticket share, meaning they buy a 5-day ticket (great savings) use 2 or 3 days themselves then sell the remaining days. You could do this yourself, but I would recommend putting it out on Ebay now and seeing if anyone bites for the last 3-days beforehand. The tickets are only good for 13 days from the first day used. Try the official Disney website for package deals. Also we stayed at Super 8 Katella for $40 per night so maybe check that out on Hotels.com. — Good Luck and Have Fun!
February 22nd, 2010 at 01:44
Shopping on travel sites is like shopping with coupons and planning to use your coupon when the store has its own sales so you get the stuff basically for free. It's worth it if you're motivated and have the time. Those last-minute deals on travel sites are hooks to get you to book right away. However, if you already know where you're going, then it is actually a good deal for you. It's kind of like flying on stand-by, but if the deals are worth waiting for and you don't mind taking a chance you can't get a booking where you want, go for it. Otherwise, it's better to be safe than sorry. I'm wondering, though, can you book now and cancel later if you get a last minute deal you want to take? If that's an option for you, you can beat them at your own game. In any event, I hope you have a wonderful vacation.
February 22nd, 2010 at 15:50
try http://www.hotelreservations.com/
http://www.hoteltopten.com/