Nothing is more exciting to a vacationer than a good discount in hotel prices. As you save some of those precious dollars you also get a better chance of using the saved money to shop or enjoy an extra-fine meal.

You can begin your search for a cheap hotel room from one of the big hotel consolidator sites like www.hotels.com or www.quikbook.com. These websites buy and reserve blocks of rooms at a deep discount and then resell them later. While hotels.com requires you to pay for your room when you book, www.quikbook.com and other hotel companies do not. Some of the most popular discount hotels in the area include Hotel Nash, New Clinton Hotel and Spa, and the Tudor Hotel and Suites, amongst others.

The other option to search for a discount room is to look up the websites of individual hotels for a better deal. Since the rates keep changing on a daily basis, it is advisable that you keep a close watch on the websites. Major hotel chains like Hilton, Choice, Marriott and Starwood often offer rooms that match, or are even less pricey than, the ones offered by discount websites. You can book your rooms online. The discount offered usually varies from 30% to 70% and depends on the time of the year you plan to visit.

To find a better price you will need to look at a third-party website. Alternately, you can also seek the services of a travel agent. Once you have got the rates, you can directly get in touch with the hotel and seek a quote. Most likely, you will get a further cut, up to a maximum of 25 percent of what was provided by the third party website or your travel agent. The bottom line is that if you choose to book directly with a hotel, you will get the best prices as well as several other advantages, like lenient cancellation policies and a better chance of upgrading to a better room.

While a discount hotel does not mean that you would be treated differently than the other fellow travelers who have not sought discounts, its possible that hotels provide you limited access to some of their facilities that regular travelers enjoy. As they say, it all depends on your luck.