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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Can you haggle on the price for overnight stays in resorts?
Dear readers,
Is it customary/appropriate to haggle the price of overnight stays at resorts? We want to go with six people and therefore have to book 3 rooms at the same time: 3 weeks in 3 different places.
Regards,
Bert
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The only thing you can do is email the resort directly and ask what is your best price.
Sometimes it works and comparing booking sites that also saves a lot.
In the USA they have a senior discount, but you should know that and that fluctuates quite a bit.
We have always succeeded, but if we now decide to take all-in from KLM, there is something you will get the money back, but still check the travel insurance policy or whether you need to take out additional insurance.
In recent years I usually booked my hotel in advance via their own website. Then the price is fixed and there is little room for bargaining. In my early years (1990) I walked into a hotel at random and it was very common to haggle over the price. Often enough I picked up my suitcase and left. Especially in the low season, they would call you back and give you a better (read cheaper) price. You can always try. Personally, I do NOT haggle for the basic necessities of life. So not on food, drinks and condoms.
Hello Bart. The prices of the resorts in Thailand are not too expensive anyway. But in this difficult time for everyone, I wouldn't even think about going for a few baths.
I find it incomprehensible that you want to haggle in this day and age. Resorts and hotels are having such a hard time and asking such low prices and you still want to haggle. Just look on the internet what is available and what the prices are then I'm sure you can book something for little. Give these people something as soon as you can return to Thailand.
Hi Bert, I don't know if it's appropriate. Know that there is a lot of need for turnover. Especially if you rent three rooms for three weeks, I think it would be wise to try it. Please note that the person you ask must have the authority to speak about this. The larger hotels usually employ staff. They certainly don't have the leeway to decide on this.
In addition, you are in Thailand where English is limited. You have to find a solution for that! Otherwise your question will fall on dry ground.
Good read John: he wants to rent 3 rooms for 3 weeks at 3 different locations… let's say 1 week per location. He also talks about 'resorts', which usually do not refer to hotel rooms, but bungalows.
When you go with so many people and want to book three rooms, you can ask for a discount. That's not too bad these days.
It is true that many hotels already offer rooms with strongly reduced prices and then there will probably not be any further reduction in the price. I was in Bangkok with my wife for one night last week and got a room for 1300 Baht, which normally cost 2000 Baht. Then I'm not going to try to lower the price even more.
Since the Corona crisis, I - living and working in Bangkok - have consistently paid more than the requested price. For example, the songteaw costs 8 Baht, but I pay 10 Baht as standard. I do this at all small independent businesses (many street sellers of fruit, coffee, lottery tickets and on the market) and not at the large companies and in department stores. I pay the asked price there, but I'm not going to haggle.
Think about how you would feel if your customers were to haggle for your products and services after a difficult period. Or, if you are employed, you have to hand in your salary because all customers want a discount on everything.
Our guesthouse has 3 bedrooms. Ideal for six people, large kitchen area, large 45 m2 terrace.
There is 1 shared shower and toilet room. Parking no problem. [email protected]. 1500 Thb. per night. Beautiful surroundings in the Isaan.
Dear Bert,
Maybe an idea!
View the resort and estimate a bit what the overnight stay would cost in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, it doesn't matter.
If that is € 90,= (3500 Th Bth) then offer 1750 Bath, and the hotelier will rub his hands very happily.
“when one hand washes the other, they both become clean”
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Peer perhaps a thought that is widely applied by Jan Worden. Look in the dining tent to see what it would cost in the Netherlands and pay for it. The same with your gardener, etc. Then Thailand becomes a completely different country! A challenging thought
I don't see why you should hesitate to ask for the best price. Especially in Thailand where a lot is negotiable. I once worked as a tour guide and can assure you that many Thais get big discounts, especially at hotels of higher standards. Discounts of up to 50% were and may not be exceptions yet. Better to have a few rooms at cheaper prices than a hotel that is more than half empty. You often also get reasonable discounts when you just walk in. I don't know why hzt would suddenly be unfair or shameful... When there is a large crowd, many hotels are not ashamed to raise prices or rent out all rooms at the maximum price. If supply and demand is the rule, then this is also the case now. Larger resorts and hotels certainly won't go bankrupt by giving you some price advantage. So do it!
Unimaginable!
My Thai wife, who has owned a resort herself, always negotiates for the lowest price.
If you don't, you'll pay at least double the price, she says.
So no pity for the poor Thai.
I'll make sure to book it direct though.
First ask for the price for 1 room and then for 3.
If you already have a profit then it's good. If not, it depends on you whether you think it's a good price.
Due to corona and most hotels / resorts already give discounts, I will not actively haggle myself, or the ratios must be too far apart.
The last time we booked a hotel in Bangkok through booking.com, we had a nice room without breakfast. At check-in, they asked at the desk if we wanted to book breakfast for 400 bath pp.
I said this was too expensive. When all the formalities were done and we lifted our suitcases to go to the room, they still came up with the offer at half price. We have taken this. So you see that you always have to ask for it yourself.
My wife has a small resort with 5 bungalows, price per night 500bath. Sometimes guests ask for a discount. Our answer is always that the bungalow is not expensive per night. So it's 500 or nothing. The same price even if rented for several nights. And our customers always come back. The reason is clean, comfortable and quiet.
Why not try haggling? Hotels that are on a booking site also pay for this. If you have to pay the same price at the counter, they will earn more. And you really don't have to feel sorry for the often very rich owner of the large hotels. Don't bother and give that extra money to the chambermaid or the bali employee. They have had a difficult to very difficult time in the past year and a half.