10 Hotel Booking Mistakes to Avoid

What are the best ways to book the proper hotel room?
Booking a hotel seems pretty straightforward, right?

Most times it is.

Pick a destination, choose your dates, and enter payment information.

However, there are some big blunders you could be making when it comes to hotel reservations.

From booking on the wrong sites to forgetting to check some vital information, these mistakes could easily make or break your trip.

Author Carol Margolis joins host Melanie Cole, MS, to share the top 10 hotel booking mistakes to avoid.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 1
  • Audio File: health_radio/1531ml4a.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Carol Margolis, Author
  • Book Title: Business Travel Success...How to Reduce Stress, Be More Productive and Travel with Confidence
  • Guest Bio: Carol MargolisCarol Margolis is a 25-year veteran of business travel on six continents. The CEO of an international consulting firm, she knows intimately the joys and perils of being on the road, from discovering at her destination that all her clothes were missing from her suitcase to coming home and finding that her son had flooded the house while hunting for the Tidy Bowl man in the toilet.

    In addition to Business Travel Success, Carol is the founder of SmartWomenTravelers.com, an online community dedicated to women who travel. She is the author of 70 Secrets to Safe Travel and writes the popular online blog, Pearls of Travel Wisdom. You will find her featured regularly on Reuters.com as well as USAToday.com, and she has been invited to speak to many organizations across the U.S. as well as internationally.

    A frequent guest of radio and television, including Good Morning America and Fox News, Carol is often quoted by the media, including USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She is also active in social media.
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Melanie Cole, MS