| Perhaps you have been given the task at work of | | | | about availability and cost but also how many people |
| booking a hotel reservation either for yourself | | | | will be able to sit in there and what other facilities there |
| individually for a business trip or for a group of | | | | are such as television and video, screens or walls on |
| colleagues to get together for a meeting. If so, there | | | | which to project displays, and internet access. If there |
| are a number of specific points to bear in mind before | | | | is only one internet point in the room it might be worth |
| making such a reservation. | | | | taking a wireless router so that all members of the |
| First of all, it is unlikely that it will be suitable to go purely | | | | meeting are able to access the internet simultaneously. |
| for the cheapest hotel, so be prepared to go for a little | | | | The time and day you choose to book the hotel room |
| more in order to ensure that the people who are there | | | | will also have a big influence on the price. Generally |
| to work can do so in comfort, able to get decent rest | | | | most hotels anticipate the business meetings to take |
| and ensure that there are enough facilities for them to | | | | place on Fridays and Saturdays, and business rates |
| do any work necessary. It may be the case that you | | | | are usually lower on these days. It is worth getting |
| or your colleagues will need to use a computer, | | | | quotes from the hotels you are interested in for |
| possibly with internet access. If this is the case there | | | | different days, to see how they compare. |
| are a couple of options available; either use your own | | | | Another aspect which has a big influence on the cost |
| dial up internet connection and plug it in to the hotel's | | | | will be the location of the hotel itself. If the members of |
| telephone point in your room. | | | | the work meeting will not have to leave the hotel as |
| This may not always be possible of course, and it | | | | they will be both staying there and meeting in the |
| might be worth checking with the hotel in advance if | | | | conference room there, then it may not appear to be |
| this can be arranged. Some hotels do offer internet | | | | important to ensure that the hotel is located in the |
| access to all residents, but it is important to ask | | | | town centre or near some other popular amenity. If the |
| whether this is across the hotel as a whole or specific | | | | hotel is further away from the typical tourist attractions, |
| to a room or area and also whether it is just at | | | | then the price will be substantially lower. However, it |
| specific times. | | | | would also be worth considering the fact that these |
| If you and your colleagues are meeting in the hotel for | | | | people may need to be travelling to this location, and |
| a meeting as well as staying overnight then you will | | | | therefore convenient access to the location from rail |
| need to find out about the availability of conference | | | | or bus networks might prove worth the extra money |
| rooms. Points worth asking about will include not only | | | | in order to provide greater convenience. |