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Can you get a hotel cheaper than booking direct?

  • 19-04-2006 1:21pm
    #1
    daveg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭


    I'm just wondering is it possible to get a hotel cheaper than booking direct on their website? If you do a search for a hotel you'll always get thousands and thousands of results for website like http://deals.hotels.com etc but they never seem to work out cheaper. I also read about a website called priceline.com. Has anyone used this? How does it work? Am I right in saying you "bid" for a room?

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    japanpaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭japanpaul


    I noticed the same yesterday. I was trying to book a night in the Conrad in Dublin for a special occasion but the Conrad website seems to be much cheaper than the "discount" websites.
    Did you try Trip Advisor for foreign hotels? It uses 5 different discount companies in its results. Also most hotel's own websites are room only, whereas often the price displayed on some discount wedsites is B&B.


  • #3
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    I have got hotels cheaper both here and abroad by booking online.


  • #4
    mel123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭mel123


    in my own personal experiences, ive always gotten cheaper going thru the hotel/discount websites. u have to be patient, and u have to search through a few of them, i know a lot do come up when u do a search, but IMO its worth it to save a few quid ;)


  • #5
    BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭BC


    It depends on the hotel. I have got hotels in America cheaper through a travel agent than on their website because the travel agent had a deal with that particular hotel.


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