Though the prices of motel reservations are supposed to have dropped they are still rather high and you have to find ways of getting rooms at even cheaper prices. With the prices of everything escalating and the income being restricted because of the recession it is not very easy to have vacations unless we can avail of some good discounts and lesser prices. Many motels offer discount coupons and we have to find out how to get these to give us a better deal. An online search on the internet will definitely give a lot of ideas on how to go about getting these discount coupons for motel reservations.
If a particular chain of motels is offering a discount price, all their motels in the country will also be giving these discounts. What you have to do is to go by each chain of hotels and motels and see which of them are offering discounts and coupons among other benefits. Some have tied up with airlines and other travel agents and give a discount on the total package like the air fares, the motel reservations and also the car rentals and site seeing tours. It would be beneficial to get a complete package discount so that you know what your entire trip is going to cost you and budget yourself accordingly. If there are group bookings and longer stays on your part you could try for further discounts and added benefits like free breakfast of dinner combined with the cost.
Most travel agents get an incentive from the different chains of motels and hotels and also from airlines and car rental services. If your travel agent can forego some of his incentive you could benefit with it especially if you are doing a group booking and giving him good business. Even if the online rates say one thing you can always negotiate with the travel agent and get a better deal sometimes. Coupons for discounts on motel reservations are also available from magazines which advertise travel deals. There are coupons available in the magazines which you can print out and present at the motels for discounts. Some of these are even sold on eBay and you could try them out. Just make sure that these are genuine motel reservations because you do not want to go there and then find out that there is not booking in your name.
All off season holiday packages are heavily discounted and motel reservations are not just easily available but are also much cheaper than at peak season and during normal times. If you plan your travels during this time you can see a lot more places and avail of discounts where ever you go. Find out from your travel agent as to when the off season bookings are on to various countries and get them to do your travel and motel reservations at this time.