I am a long time lurker of this forum, and I occasionally come across threads were people talk about the great deals they get because of their lengths of stay, or relations with the company. This year alone I have spent, just off the top of my head over 10k dollars with hotels. I never seem to be able to get a good deal for long term stays though. So, because of this, I tend to stay at many different hotels, from wingates, to marriotts, to sheratons, and so fourth. I would love to just commit to one hotel, but price wise they seem unwilling to budge.

Is there any way to make "deals" with hotels for long term stays, or will I forever be destined to be a hotel jumper? I do e-mail them, but they either give me a rack rate, or something very similar to it (generally much higher than what I can book on their own website for).