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For Hotels, There’s No Room Left for Online Travel Agencies

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Re: For Hotels, There’s No Room Left for Online Travel Agencies

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Post by flexie »

It has become ridiculous with these booking sites. When you google a small hotel, often the first many results are hotels.com, bookings.com, tripadvisor.com etc. and the hotel itself is down to spot 3, 4, 5 or even lower.

There is a place for the booking sites, especially for exploring several hotels at a time. And they do offer some reviews and comparisons that can be useful. Sometimes, they also offer the cheapest price but usually it is just as cheap to call the hotel itself or book through its website. And it really feels good to pay the hotel that offers the services, instead of some tech company in the US.

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Post by alexphilips »

Thanks for the heads up. I have been trawling the web trying to find ways in online. Does anyone know of a way to automate this, but still retain that personal feel. Thanks for sharing this informatics content and keep updating us. Best Wishes . https://essaysthatwins.com/

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Post by tmnvix »

alexphilips wrote: post #6

Thanks for the heads up. I have been trawling the web trying to find ways in online. Does anyone know of a way to automate this, but still retain that personal feel. Thanks for sharing this informatics content and keep updating us. Best Wishes . https://essaysthatwins.com/

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alexphilips wrote: post #6

Thanks for the heads up. I have been trawling the web trying to find ways in online. Does anyone know of a way to automate this, but still retain that personal feel. Thanks for sharing this informatics content and keep updating us. Best Wishes . https://essaysthatwins.com/

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Re: For Hotels, There’s No Room Left for Online Travel Agencies

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Post by kbart »

flexie wrote: post #5

It has become ridiculous with these booking sites. When you google a small hotel, often the first many results are hotels.com, bookings.com, tripadvisor.com etc. and the hotel itself is down to spot 3, 4, 5 or even lower. There is a place for the booking sites, especially for exploring several hotels at a time. And they do offer some reviews and comparisons that can be useful. Sometimes, they also offer the cheapest…

And it really feels good to pay the hotel that offers the services, instead of some tech company in the US."

Most of the times I booked through booking.com it was "cash on arrival", so these sites are nothing more than ads. I think the problem is travel agencies, that book bulk of rooms to rent them later (just a guess, can't read the article itself due to paywall).

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