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Dear London,

You confuse me so much. How can you give so much with one hand and then slap me in the face with the other?

I remember the first time I visited you. It was the lead-up to Christmas. The weather was cold and crisp, perfect actually. Everyone had told me it would rain and rain but no, it didn’t. The Christmas decorations in Regent Street stretched lightly across the beautiful, curving Georgian street, which was alive with people carrying bags full of gifts. I saw a man carrying a Christmas tree home on the tube – it made everyone smile. I went to Marylebone High Street and watched the turning on of the Christmas lights; it was a true English village atmosphere with carol-singers, families wandering around the stalls selling gifts and mulled wine, shopkeepers

NEW YORK - When the economy was booming, many hotel companies began building new properties. Some of those are opening now, resulting in a 2.5 percent increase in hotel room supply this year, just as demand is dropping by around 1 percent or more, according to Jan Freitag of Smith Travel Research.

"We're going to see a substantial decline in occupancy this year," agreed Bjorn Hanson, an associate professor of hospitality and tourism at New York University's Tisch Center.

Excess supply means opportunities for consumers. Here are some strategies for booking hotels on a budget.

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