How do you cut the cost of staying in a hotel?

Accor "Happy Mondays" where you book Mon or Tues for the following weekend for as little as £25
We have stayed several Saturday nights in IBIS Edinburgh South Bridge for £25 (including breakfast btw)

Surely all of this info is already on this forum ?

Frankly there's no one answer - time of year and destination make a massive difference to which methods work best.

We have recently found a website called Roomer Travel they claim to sell rooms that people have booked and can't cancel we booked 9 nights in Orlando at a resort that was £1500 on Expedia on roomer it was £522 plus about $100 when we get there. I booked on cc to ensure it was safe and called the property to check we were there and we are, following this I used them to book a night at the airport about 20% cheaper than I could get elsewhere, they were not as cheap as low cost holidays for the beach bit though

Check the cashback rates at different sites. Recently, Quidco have been giving better cashback for Hotels.com than Top Cashback.

Quidco have been offering better cashback if you use the smartphone app instead of the normal web page.

I recently was looking for a two night stay, Wednesday and Thursday nights, at a Doubletree in Central London. I got one night free through Hilton Hhonors points, and the second night free using Hotels.com reward nights. The Hilton redemption price was the same for either night, but the Hotels.com redemption price was cheaper on the Thursday, so it was worth checking prices for both nights. The Hotels.com reward night was only applicable on B&B rates, not room only.

In early December last year, I had 7/10ths of a reward night with Hotels.com, and was about to lose it as I had not used my account for nearly a year. I booked the cheapest provincial hotel I could find for £30 (with £3.60 cash back) to avoid losing my reward points, which were worth about £175. (I didn’t stay at the hotel.)

Hotels.com and Expedia usually charge the same rate and offer the same cashback (they are the same company) but Hotels.com give the additional loyalty bonus.

If you are planning a holiday in advance, lock into an early booking rate which you can cancel, then monitor price changes. In May 2013, I booked a 6 night stay in New York in September for £1617 with Hotelclub.com. In July, I found the same hotel £200 cheaper with Hotels.com. I was able to cancel the first booking and make a saving.

For hotels in the US and Canada, one way to get a discount is to use the AAA rate. If you are AA member in the UK, you are entitled to AAA rates in the US. I bought the cheapest possible AA membership for £30 with £20 cashback to get AAA rates.

Hilton are almost always cheaper using a booking agency than booking direct, but you won’t earn loyalty points with an agency booking.

Please can I ask I have holidays booked for much later in the year and I usually stay the previous night locally either at Premier Inn or in the local Ibis Budget - Etap as was.

I was wondering if I should book the full rate room now but then monitor for when and if the price falls to the level I really want to pay.
I know the full rate you can cancel for a refund - not sure how close to the date
I use 2 emails so I can book and cancel with one and rebook with another if need be.

Does anyone do this?