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Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by matttah »

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP.

Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by Nowaker »

matttah wrote: post #2

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP. Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may apparently go on holiday and don't care about my reservation. If all is automatic, then I could go for it. However, then "spending time and energy" is a lie.

I believe anyone should be able to submit their reservation, along with credit card details. If you do find the cheaper rate somewhere, you charge them at that point and present with the offer.

BTW, A typo: we can try to ehysave you money.

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by matttah »

Nowaker wrote: post #3
matttah wrote: post #2

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP. Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually ? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may apparently go on holiday and don't care about my reservation. If all is automatic, then I could go for it. However, then "spending time and energy" is a lie. I believe anyone should be able to submit t…

Typo fixed, thanks!

As for the automatic it is partially automatic. As we're gauging interest right now we haven't fully automated it.

For the pricing we're looking into different options such as taking only a %'d of amount saved, only charging if we save you money, etc. We'll be doing some testing in the very near future on different pricing models.

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by dack »

I think this is a great idea, and it would be a no-brainer for me to pay if you only charged when you save me money.

I think customers (thinking of myself) have a huge aversion to paying money for nothing, in the event there isn't a better deal. If there's any chance I am going to pay for a service that returns no value, I am going to be hesitant.

Part of the problem is I didn't see any "success rate" metric, so I don't know what my chances are of saving money. If you knew it was almost 100% given enough days before the trip - then you could even give someone a money-back guarantee, which would kill the "pay money for nothing" objection as well.

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by somberi »

I, too, will gladly pay $20 success fee, but not if you cannot find me a better deal.

On a separate question, where do you get the hotel inventory and pricing data from? I only ask because you had mentioned that this was a small side project. Which makes me think there are structured data sources for hotel data.

Thanks.

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by Kenzo »

matttah wrote: post #2

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP. Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

I think it is a smart idea. Some feedback from my first impressions: * Add some extra contrast. The small text white on blue text is hard to read. * The link 'View your active submissions' shows a page to delete your submissions and not view them, am I right? * The 19.99 up-front came as a surprise for me, it missed an introduction * You could reduce the number of form fields to fill in. Right now it's quite a burden to start using your service. You want to engage your visitor. Maybe split the form with an extra hidden step. Anyway, nice work, we need more of those little side projects!

Re: Show HN: HotelSaver – Save money on your existing hotel reservations

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Post by icebraining »

Nowaker wrote: post #3
matttah wrote: post #2

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP. Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually ? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may apparently go on holiday and don't care about my reservation. If all is automatic, then I could go for it. However, then "spending time and energy" is a lie. I believe anyone should be able to submit t…

CPU time and electric energy :)
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