I used to book hotels first for every trip, now I start with flights and it saves me hundreds

For years, I'd pick a city like Barcelona, find a cheap hotel, and then look for flights, which were always crazy expensive by then. Last fall, I flipped it: I set flight alerts for my free days and booked a $380 round trip to Lisbon the second the price dropped. Only THEN did I search for a place to stay, finding a great guesthouse for $45 a night. Has anyone else had way better luck planning a trip around flight deals instead of a set destination?

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harper_burns5928d ago

Forty-five bucks a night?!

sam_cooper28d ago

And what about the people who have to CLEAN those rooms? My cousin worked at a motel. For forty-five bucks, that's maybe twenty minutes of pay for the cleaner after the hotel takes its cut. They're rushing to flip ten rooms before lunch, missing spots, reusing sheets if it looks okay. You're not just paying for a bed, you're paying for the whole rushed system that price creates.

tyler_young28d ago

Wait, they reuse sheets?!