Discount Hotel Rates Article

July 6, 2005- , an online showroom of over 10,000 hotel coupons across the US and a division of Trader Publishing Company announced today that interest in online reservations has increased by 10 percent in the last two years.

Members of ’s exclusive Travel Club responded to the question featured in the May issue of the Traveler’s Tribune, “How do you prefer to reserve your hotel accommodations?” Fifty-three percent of respondents prefer reserving a room online, while twenty-six percent reserve over the telephone. Walk-ins came in third at twenty percent.

supports all three methods with features on the site. As a portal website, sends travelers directly to hoteliers’ websites to book accommodations through each listing’s Reserve Now button. Travelers can reach the hotel’s reservation phone line with the convenient toll-free number found on the hotel’s online ad. And finally, the coupons that are the foundation of list hotel rates and can be printed and redeemed on a walk-in basis. As a Travel Club member, visitors can store and manage coupons. Members also benefit from automatic searches, sweepstakes, newsletters, and special announcements about additional savings. To learn more about joining, visit .com.

Since 1999, has been a leading provider of online hotel coupons and discount lodging rates. provides a comprehensive hotel coupon database for travelers while serving as a convenient and effective advertising forum for hoteliers and affiliate travel businesses.

Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, is part of Trader Electronic Media's family of over 15 high-traffic websites, which receive millions of visitors each week. The sites cover virtually every used vehicle and general merchandise category, including apartments, homes, employment and hotel lodging. Trader Electronic Media is a division of Trader Publishing Company, the nation’s largest distributor of photo-classified ad publications. For more information about , call toll-free 866-305-3840 or visit .com.

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