It's time to take control. It's time YOU get to decide how much YOU want to pay for your hotel stay!

Have you ever asked for the standby rate at a hotel? You're a last minute arrival, you're certain they have empty rooms and you try your luck at a cheap last minute rate?!

Sometimes you get lucky, other times you might spend the evening driving from hotel to hotel trying to get the best price. I know I have spent many an evening convinced I will get a good rate by turning up and bargaining. Sometimes it works, but generally it's tiring and you end up paying more than you wanted just to get to bed.

Well now RoomAuction.com lets you bargain every day, from the comfort of your own home, putting your price 'on the table' as you wait to see if it is accepted.

You bargain for your hotel rate and pick the price you pay!

It's really simple to use, simply searching hotels and then bidding for a price, 10%, 20% 50% lower than what they are asking. Now that's a bargain.

So if you want to grab a bargain for your next weekend away, here are a few tips when using the site to help get the best deal:

- Most hotels are currently in the UK, though they are expanding fast across the globe

- If you book closer to the date the chances of your offer being accepted are infinitely higher

- Make sure you pick a hotel with the blue buttons so they are 'bid now' enabled. Otherwise you can always just book the hotel normally.

- You can place more than one offer and see who comes back with the best deal before you confirm.

So if you're wanting to head on a last minute trip away, set your budget and don't pay a penny more and see which hotels are willing to accept your offer.

by Jen Lowthrop

http://www.roomauction.com/news/blog-for-travellers/roomauctioncom-pick-the-price-you-pay.html

for more details: Ms Irina Potapenko, cs@roomauction.com, phone: +44 333 0118044