Deal At A Glance
Link: Hilton Hotels
Details: Using the link above, you will access the travel industry rates – it is worth having two windows open, one using the above link, one the standard Hilton site you you can compare the prices.
Book By: Ongoing
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can be requested at check-in. In fact, it was requested for one of our stays, but a Business Card was sufficient proof of ID.
Potential Savings: 50% is reportedly possible, though the offers are often only for quieter days.
Flexibility: Card details required, but free cancellation upto 23:59 on day before arrival.
Ease Of Use: Straightforward, however availability can be limited.
Updated Information for 2022
Hilton have vastly simplified their agent booking website – there are no codes, it’s easy to search for specific hotels or entire areas. They’ve also removed the 90 day booking restrictions, and eliminated errors around ‘Flexible Date’ searches.
Most importantly, in most cases (we found exceptions in some cities like Bangkok) they will show the cheapest rates you can book irrespective of whether it’s a Travel Agent Rate of Honors Members Rates. This is important as Hilton are running aggressive public facing offers – so Travel Agent Rates (which tend to be 30% off BAR) do not appear as attractive. It is worth mentioning that Travel Agent Rates can be cancelled the day before travel – many Hilton offers are non-refundable so do check if you decide to book a Public Offer instead.
Hilton do offer travel industry discount deals, but availability varies greatly by hotel, in many hotels it is often only possible to get a discount on a quieter day (i.e. Sundays).
Further Information
However, that’s the negatives out the way. The great advantage of Hilton is that they have such great reach, so many hotels across the globe – more than 500 hotels in 78 countries (at the time of writing). In Europe they tend to focus on larger urban settings, but you will find stunning Hilton hotels in Bora Bora to Miami Beach.
Discounts of up to 50% are available for travel agents or airline employees and it is very straightforward for checking availability.
We find that Hilton are not overly generous in the availability for travel agent rates but there are some great discoveries to be found. For example, the popular Hilton Brighton Metropole seems to be available on Sunday’s only, however there are real savings to be made.
We ran a search and found that a King Guest Room was available with a 30% reduction on the summer sale price and a 52% reduction on the standard internet rate. A suite with a sea view was 49% less than the standard internet rate.
Beat that Trivago.
If the discounted rates are only available for a Sunday but you want the whole weekend you could of course ring the hotel so they can sort everything in one booking, rather than having to much around making two separate bookings online. Who knows, they might even give you an extra discount over the phone.
Deal Recap
Link: Hilton Hotels
Details: Using the link above, you will access the travel industry rates – it is worth having two windows open, one using the above link, one the standard Hilton site you you can compare the prices.
Book By: Ongoing
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can be requested at check-in. In fact, it was requested for one of our stays, but a Business Card was sufficient proof of ID.
Potential Savings: 50% is reportedly possible, though the offers are often only for quieter days.
Flexibility: Card details required, but free cancellation upto 23:59 on day before arrival.
Ease Of Use: Straightforward, however availability can be limited.