Generally speaking, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the best days to book a hotel to guarantee the best price.

Another thing to consider is arrival dates: Friday and Saturday nights are normally more expensive than Sundays and weekdays, so you can opt your holiday based on this, if you can.

Booking platform loyalty programs

It's a good idea to centralize booking hotels from one platform, as they often offer discounts for loyal customers.

Personally, I book most of my hotels through Booking, as I have reached Genius Level 3 in their loyalty program, which enables some nice discounts.

Longer stay discount

You may find it obvious to stay in the ame hotel during the whole trip, but I used to travel switching the hotel mid-journey to experience more.

However, it can be cheaper to book a longer stay in one place.

Breakfast included

Having breakfast included in your hotel bookingcan actually save quite some costs during the trip. So a great hotel brekfast is not only convenient, but possibly also nice for the wallet, especially if you are traveling with a family.

Parking in Alicante

Many hotels may ask even 20€/night for parking. If you are fine parking your car alittle bit further from the Alicante centre, you can normally also find free street parking. This is also easy to check when booking via Booking.com

whether parking is included or not (You can also filter with seeing only hotels with parking included)

Further location, lower price

Well, this one is pretty obvious. Just 5 minutes further from the beach or centre can considerably lowert the hotel price.

As mentioned, personally I book majority of my hotel stays via Booking.com due to their loyalty program.

Other sites that are easy, reliable and offering good deals for hotels are Trip.com, Agoda, Hostelworld and Klook. At Klook, you can also reserve travel activities and experiences, just like in GetYourGuide.

Another great thing about booking via a hotel booking platform is the possibility to read loads of reviews of other guests. Here are some tips you shold consider before making a reservation to ensure the hotel is matching your wishes.

Focus on reviews from the past 3-6 months, as hotels can change management, renovate, or decline quickly. Rather focus on finding patterns of what is mentioned often, instead of isolated compaints.

For an overall feel, Booking gives a great scoring for the main amenities based on thousands of guest reviews:

If you don't know what matter sfor you most when choosing a hotel, here are some criteria you may want to ensure

• Noise levels: Street noise, construction, or thin walls

• Breakafast quality: What other guest say about the breakfast

• Location accuracy: This is best to check from the map view instead of trusting the "great location" title

• Staff service: Consistent praise or complaints about service quality

• Amenity reality: Are spa services included, or with an extra cost?

Filters make it easy to focus on what matter for you, instead of getting overwhelmed by dozens of hotel options.

Key Filters for booking a hotel:

• Filter by "Couples" for romantic getaway insights

• Filter by "Families" if traveling with children

• Filter by "Solo travelers" for safety and social atmosphere

• Filter by "breakfast included"

• Filter by "Superb: 9+" and "Very good: 8+" to focus on the best hotel options only.