Steps to cheaper hotel rates

There is a new social hotel booking site on the scene that is well worth a look.  TravelPony, launched a few months ago offers a new way to search for hotel deals.  Competitive pricing is core to the new hotel booking site while rates can be between 10-70 percent below those of the major travel sites.

All you need do is to have a look for yourself and see if you can find a bargain.

The concept is quite simple, but effective at the same time. Users of TravelPony access the site and over 2,000 top hotel partners via their Facebook login. They should also be willingness to share a post of the deals on their Facebook or Twitter social media channels.

The process of booking is in four easy-to-follow steps:

First; go to www.travelpony.com and search for your destination city. Afterwards, log in to the site to view the prices using your Facebook ID.

Start the search by looking at the hotels that interest you. There are detailed information on each hotel and you can even see the saving that you will make by booking via TravelPony versus using another site.

Finally, book your choice hotel and share. Once you have booked your hotel, the honourable thing to do- in order to keep in the spirit of the site and to help it work- is to share the deal you have just taken advantage of via Facebook and/or Twitter.  Although this is not a requirement, it does help drive the site.  If you prefer, you can just taken the ‘Pony Promise’ to share your find offline instead.

The focus of the site so far is currently on the United States, with all the major cities covered. There is also a limited representation in Europe, covering a handful of cities (Barcelona, London, Madrid and Paris).

At the time of writing, a quick search conducted by a guest unearths the five star Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for as little as $109 a night next week-a TravelPony saving of some 27 percent.

So, whilst the big sites are busy spending big bucks on marketing, sites like this one can grow more naturally, instead relying on word of mouth via social media.  Saving on their marketing budget should, in turn, allow them to pass on savings in their hotel rates, thus hopefully helping to generate even more social sharing.

Give it a try and let others know in the comments if you find any great deals… if it lives up to the billing and continues to offer excellent prices,  surely it has every chance of success.

Courtesy of TravelPony