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Anyone ever used the site Hotwire.com for booking hotels

  • 02-10-2009 11:13am
    #1
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭


    Been recommended this site and there are some great deals on it. However it doesn't give you the name of the hotel until after you booked it, and they claim this is why their prices are so low. You pick the star rating of the hotel, the price comes up and its rough location. Good way to pick up 4 star hotels for very cheap. However i want to know if anyone has used the website and how reliable it is. thanks


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  • #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Many times..had good luck with it, and on occasion got an absolute steal


  • #3
    Mad_Max
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Mad_Max


    I used it in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

    New York and Philadelphia I got the Omni hotel chain. Boston I got the Intercontinental.

    So I've only had good experiences. Friend of mine had a bad experience with London though. Card got charged without getting a hotel, Money was refunded of course but still not a perfect experience.


  • #4
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    I only ever use Priceline and Hotwire to book hotels since I discovered them couple of years back.

    You can use sites such as BetterBidding to make a good guess at the hotel that Hotwire is offering.


  • #5
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Yep, used Priceline and Hotwire myself on some travelling around Canada and the US earlier this year. Got a couple of very nice places as well, although one place was a bit crappy we didn't actually care on that day as we only needed the roof over our heads for the night.


  • #6
    jonny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    Used them once and no problems from what i can remember.


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  • #7
    greeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭greeno


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    Been recommended this site and there are some great deals on it. However it doesn't give you the name of the hotel until after you booked it, and they claim this is why their prices are so low. You pick the star rating of the hotel, the price comes up and its rough location. Good way to pick up 4 star hotels for very cheap. However i want to know if anyone has used the website and how reliable it is. thanks

    Never used hotwire although I have used Priceline which is similar. No issues whatsoever got lovely 4* hotels in Amsterdam and Paris for around 60 per night.


  • #8
    abelard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    Got a great deal on the Sheraton in Boston's Back Bay about a month ago. Only booked it the day before too.

    Had no problems at all, would definitely use it again.


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