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Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by scarface74 »

lmm wrote: post #244
crossroadsguy wrote: post #243

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Not true. But I won’t discuss that. Here’s something else — the most critical part of a booking — the booking itself. Go talk to third party aggregator chat bot when you realise you don’t even have a booking that you booked. 4-5 days later if you’re lucky you’ll receive an apology email if you’re lucky, which mentions that they do not want you have that experience and they’ve send it for feedback to the relevant team…

Again that's the opposite of my experience. If I've booked on Booking.com my booking is right there, on their website and in my inbox. If I book directly with the hotel, do I have a booking? Uh, maybe. Roll of the dice when I show up.

I literally live in hotels for seven months a year across the US. I have never seen this happen. But I only stay at Hilton and Hyatt brand hotels.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by scarface74 »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #248
toomanyusers wrote: post #194

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I stopped using DuckDuckGo when it introduced its email relay service. This service had (and I think still does have) the peculiar requirement that the user must install a browser extension in order to use it. I can think of no valid reason why a (supposedly privacy-respecting) email relay service should require a browser extension to be installed. This made me realize DuckDuckGo may not actually value privacy. I sto…

Companies like DDG and Apple don’t do privacy. They do privacy theatre . Just that Apple is too big with too much of a PR/marketing budget and has an ultra/rabidly loyal fanbase so it works for them. There are companies that do privacy but they’re usually too small to be noticed outside the crowd of extremely privacy conscious people. Mozila is a famous one though. Yup, even after their Pocket fiasco and some more I…

The same Firefox that gets most of its funding by funneling search to Google?

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by scarface74 »

time_to_smile wrote: post #143
lotsofpulp wrote: post #38

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I always buy directly from the hotel assuming that I will be treated better due to the hotel earning more money from me due to not having to pay commission to a travel agent. Also, I assume there is less probability of errors since when you reserve on a travel agent website, your reservation goes through an additional system before it gets to the hotel.

I worked for a travel startup for a bit and after that experience I only book airfare and hotels directly. Specifically with airfare, a 3rd party is not allowed to sell for less than the airline directly, so it's always better options since it is much easier to reschedule/cancel/refund directly with the airline. Plus, if you travel a lot, it is better to find a favorite airline and stick to them. Any bonus "features"…

Also, if you have to change anything with the airline and you book through a third party, you either have to deal with the third party (and a painful phone call for Priceline) or they charge an extra fee like American.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by scarface74 »

JohnFen wrote: post #136
lotsofpulp wrote: post #68

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All the big hotel chains will usually give ~5% off for reserving directly since they pay ~15% to OTAs. They will require you to be a “rewards member”, but that is just checking a box since you already have to give them your personal information.

> They will require you to be a “rewards member”, but that is just checking a box since you already have to give them your personal information. I became a "rewards member" with a major hotel chain once. Never again. The deluge of spam I got was intolerable.

You actually use your real email and not an email relay service?

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by lta »

EMM_386 wrote: post #203

I first used Firefox when it was Phoenix, back in 2002. You downloaded a zip file, extracted it and ran it. For the next 20 years I used Firefox. But I could feel the performance difference from Chromium browsers. I finally threw in the towel and switched to Brave out of the collection of them now. I hated switching because it meant yet another user lost to one of the remaining handful of unique engines for browsing…

This story feels a bit weird to me because I went back to Firefox 2-3 years ago for performance reasons, haha. I felt like Chrome was using all my battery and memory on my previous MBP. I gave Firefox a trial run and never came back. I haven't really tried chromium based browser since I came back to Linux

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by nly »

rkuska wrote: post #331
lmm wrote: post #221

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> (For anyone who's ever tried to modify a reservation, the difference is astonishing. If you're booked with the hotel, all kinds of adjustments are at least possible. If you're booked with Booking, Travelocity, Expedia, etc., it's somewhere between hard and hopeless.) That's utterly backwards IME. On Booking.com, most modifications are the push of a button (that, crucially, is right there in the UI that I already kn…

Booking.com allowed me book a room in a hotel that was closed due to renovation - which I didn't know. I learned that a week prior my trip because I messaged the property (as I had a special request) and received automatically generated reply. Since then I book directly. Most recently I booked a hotel which had 2+1 night free. Booking.com was offering full price for 3 nights stay.

Its the hotels fault to begin with for not managing their booking.con listing.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by nly »

ww520 wrote: post #303
rjh29 wrote: post #249

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If your hotel double books you, they're out of rooms and can't help. If Booking.com double books you, they can pull strings to give you a different room in any hotel on their site (and they do). I don't doubt you had that experience personally, but it doesn't match my experience at all, and I spend 1/3 of my life in hotels.

If a hotel double booked you and you showed up, the hotel would walk you to a nearby similar hotel all paid for by the hotel. The “walk” process is a standard industry practice.

I've never heard of this and never had a hotel do it when they've fucked a booking.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by ww520 »

conical wrote: post #336
ww520 wrote: post #303

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If a hotel double booked you and you showed up, the hotel would walk you to a nearby similar hotel all paid for by the hotel. The “walk” process is a standard industry practice.

This whole reply thread looks astroturfed.

I notice it every time when the benefit of booking 3rd party is questioned.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by ww520 »

nly wrote: post #347
ww520 wrote: post #303

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If a hotel double booked you and you showed up, the hotel would walk you to a nearby similar hotel all paid for by the hotel. The “walk” process is a standard industry practice.

I've never heard of this and never had a hotel do it when they've fucked a booking.

When was the last time you booked direct with a hotel where they were overbooked and they refused to walk you to another hotel when you showed up? Which hotel is it? We can call them up to ask them to clarify their policy.

Edit: Here's more information since you're not familiar with the walk policy.

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/getting-walked-from-a-hotel-c...

https://www.lawinsider.com/clause/walk-policy

https://www.costar.com/article/1992652780/how-to-walk-guests...

https://www.godsavethepoints.com/hotel-overbooking-walk-guid...

https://www.cvent.com/en/blog/events/hotel-walk-policy-defin...

https://www.uponarriving.com/hotel-walk-policies/

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