You swim in the pool, relax in the sun and pat yourself on the back for being so clever. Leisurely sipping a rum by the pool, you talk to other guests. It turns out that you are paying more a lot more than some guests who are enjoying the same luxuries. Most likely the other guests bargained directly with the hotel. When it comes to hotels and motels, they expect you to do a little haggling.
Hotels only make money when their rooms are occupied.
One day the place could be full, the next day empty. And on quiet days you should be able to strike a really good bargain. I thought this was a fluke until I got low-priced suites at two different hotels. In the U.S. we are used to fixed prices and have never learned what our grandparents knew, which was to haggle a bit. New cars, used cars, homes, hotels, just about anything from a private party or dealer, can be bargained for.