Don’t look to the longtime standbys, where a steady stream of business travelers tends to keep hotel rates high year-round. Rather, Clem Bason, president of the Hotwire group, suggests cities he calls “secondary but still wonderful.” Instead of London, Paris or Zurich, how about Berlin, Budapest, Geneva or Prague? Current rates in these cities are down 21, 30, 31 and 37 percent respectively compared to last autumn, as measured by hotwire.com.
Read the full story and see the slide show on my Forbes Seat 1A blog.
