For the Best Travel Deals, Get Into the Black Friday Spirit!

3) Black Friday has gone global

Proving that the Black Friday phenomenon has caught on abroad, Bettoja Hotels’ three properties in Rome will offer 35 percent off bookings made Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, with rooms post-discount starting at 69 euros, or about $77, including breakfast, throughout 2020.

Last year, the Paradores of Spain, a chain of inns lodged in historic buildings such as convents and castles in Spain and Portugal, sold more than 13,400 room nights during its Black Friday promotion. This year’s approximately 25-percent-off sale offers stays from 66 euros a night through April in 90 of its hotels, if booked Nov. 23 to 29 or Dec. 2 to 3. Normal rates start around 88 euros.

In San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the new five-room boutique hotel Casa Delphine will inaugurate its first post-Thanksgiving sale, 25 percent off rooms, normally from $265, Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, for travel in January and April 15 to Sept. 15 (with some blackout dates).

4) It’s a good time to book a national park hotel

Hotels in national parks are in such high demand, they rarely break rates. But Xanterra Travel Collection, which operates hotels in several parks, offers a 30-to-40-percent-off sale on Cyber Monday and something similar in July.

Five hotels at Grand Canyon National Park, including Bright Angel Lodge and El Tovar, will offer 40 percent off over select dates from December through March. Rooms in Zion National Park will sell for 30 percent off select dates in December through February.

5) It’s a good time to upgrade

If you’ve always wanted to upgrade to a luxury hotel, now is the time. On Cyber Monday, the Peninsula Chicago is offering 30 percent off room rates that normally start at $399 for stays from Dec. 15 through April 30.