Destination Guides
Where to Stay in Kraków. A 2026 Neighborhood Guide
Four-star rooms in Kraków run 55 to 95 dollars a night in shoulder season. Here is which district to book, and what each one actually costs.
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Hotels
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The Solo Traveler Premium. Why One Person Pays for Two, and How to Stop
Hotels sell rooms, not beds, and solo travelers pay for the empty half. The economics behind the solo premium and the places where traveling alone is a bargain.
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Travel Savings
How to Get Early Hotel Check-In in 2026 (Without Paying Extra)
Early hotel check-in is available more often than the front desk admits. Here is how to get in before 3pm without paying a fee.
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Travel Savings
An Algorithm Reprices Your Hotel Room All Day in 2026. Here's How to Beat It
Most hotel rooms are now priced by AI that reprices all day. Here is how the software decides your rate and how to book around it.
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Destination Guide
Where to Stay in San Diego in 2026: A Neighborhood Guide for Every Trip
The honest neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to where to stay in San Diego, with real price ranges and who each area actually suits.
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Travel News
World Cup Hotel Prices Are Falling in Half the Host Cities. Where to Book Now (2026)
Hotel rates in several World Cup 2026 host cities are falling as demand comes in soft. Here is where prices dropped and how to book smart.
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Travel News
New York Just Banned Hidden Hotel Fees. Is Your City Next?
New York banned hidden hotel fees outright in February 2026, going further than the federal rule. Here is what changed and whether other cities follow.
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Travel Tips
How to Get Into a Hotel Club Lounge Without Elite Status in 2026
You do not need status to use a hotel club lounge. Here is how to book your way in at Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG, and when it actually saves money.
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How-To
How to Read Hotel Reviews Without Getting Burned: The 5-Filter Method (2026)
About 12% of hotel reviews in 2026 are fake or incentivized. This five-filter method spots the real ones in 90 seconds.
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Travel Savings
Hotel Resort Fees in 2026: The 5-Second Check That Spots Them Before You Book
The FTC rule did not kill resort fees. Average US fee is 38 dollars in 2026 and rising. A five-second check spots them before you pay.
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Travel Savings
Sunday Night Is the Cheapest Hotel Night of the Week. The Data Backs It Up.
There's an old assumption that hotels are cheapest on weekends because business travel drives weekday demand. That's half right. Friday and Saturday are not the cheapest nights. Sunday is. We pulled three months of pricing data across 25 US cities and the pattern is consistent enough that we'd call it a rule. Sunday-night rates run 18 to 28% below the highest priced night of the week in nearly every market. The discount is larger in business-heavy cities and smaller in pure leisure destina
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Travel News
World Cup Hotels Are About to Spike 25% in 11 US Cities. Here's the Calendar.
The FIFA World Cup opens in eight days. Hotel rates in the 11 US host cities are already moving, and the gap between this June and last June is going to be the largest single demand event US hotels have ever absorbed in a single month. CoStar pegs the hit at $900 million in incremental room revenue across US host markets. The room-rate impact lands somewhere between 7% and 25%, depending on the city, the night, and how close the property is to the stadium. We pulled the projections, the ma
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