Badly affected by the economic downturn of recent years, hoteliers have increasingly turned to old-fashioned promotional techniques like complimentary meals and upgrades to woo guests to their door.
While some hotels have simply lowered prices, others offer travellers highly-sought freebies like free nights, free for children, tradable golf or spa credits, and room upgrades.
Other freebies include free breakfast, free parking, children’s activities, complimentary drinks, store coupons, casino credits, and credits and coupons for food.
With the increasing popularity of freebies, websites are starting include them in their search engine, as is the case of Priceline’s new Freebies section.