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Travel Hack to Save on Hotels - Travel Tip Tuesday · Travel Mug Podcast

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  Hey everyone, and welcome back to Travel Tip Tuesday with the Travel Mug Podcast.
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  Today, Meggan, I want to share how I saved $533 on my hotel stay in Toronto back in November.
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  Please do share your ways.
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  Yes, yes.
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  All right.
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  So I mentioned in, the Christmas in Toronto episode that we splurged a bit and we stayed at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, which was a hundred percent worth it.
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  But when I originally booked the room back in August, the rate was around $530 per night for a total of $1,310.95 for two nights, which included the tax and the fees.
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  So like, that's pretty pricey.
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  And I was like, okay, it's worth it.
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  Like it's gonna be fine.
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  I had booked a king room, which was refundable up until one day prior to arrival, and from August to November I just basically forgot about it, like put it out of my mind.
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  So then four days before we were headed to Toronto, I went on the Fairmount website to check the rates again.
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  I don't know why I did this.
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  I've never done this before that I was just guided to the website and to my surprise.
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  I could book a queen room for$322 per night, which totaled$778.08 for the two nights.
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  Which definitely wasn't available before'cause I would've booked that, right?
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  So yes, we did downgrade from a king to a queen.
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  We, not a big deal to me, like we sleep on a queen bed at home, uh, and we saved $532 and 87 cents.
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  So because my, my original, , reservation was, uh, refundable cancelable until the day before, I just canceled the original reservation and rebooked the queen room at a lower rate.
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  I thought about calling to do this, uh, but I was lazy and I didn't want to call.
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  Who wants to talk on the phone.
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  I know.
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  I was like, oh, how long will it take me to get through this?
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  I don't wanna do this anyway.
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  Will this work every time?
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  Absolutely not.
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  We were traveling an off season.
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  We were in Toronto in November.
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  It's likely that the rooms just weren't booked, and so they were being offered at a lower rate.
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  But it's worth checking.
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  I mean, a search that took me less than a minute saved me over $500.
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  So.
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  As soon as Jenn told me she reached out and she's like, oh my goodness, I saved this.
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  I'm like, well, this is a travel tip Tuesday if I have ever seen one.
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  Wild.
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  So, uh, obviously you've never done this before.
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  Do you think that you might try it in the future?
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  I mean, sure, I'd like to save $500.
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  I think that, I think it is one of those things that, like you said, it took you a minute Yeah.
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  you can, if you're staying in a hotel proper and you and the rates, uh, you know, fluctuate, take the time and do it.
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  So yes, I would definitely do that going forward, especially after this travel tip.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  So that is it.
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  Bye everyone