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matty · 12-05-2008, 01:51 PM

Going to Foxwoods tomorrow and booked a hotel room on Hotels.com at the Bellissimo Grande for $300 for the lowest level room. I then go to the Bellissimo website and find the SAME ROOM going for $199/night. Called the hotel and asked if they could upgrade me to the Presidential... $239 out the door!!!!

Hotels.com Go Fuck Yourself!!!

CIVMatt · 12-05-2008, 01:52 PM

Same thing with airlines, you can almost always find a cheaper price by just going right to their website, they smartened up a long time ago

andy83 · 12-05-2008, 01:53 PM

wow that sucks. i've always seen actual hotel sites selling room rates higher than other websites. this is the first i've seen the actual site selling cheaper than other sites.

Machete_ · 12-05-2008, 01:55 PM

You sell porn memberships but expect mainstream online services to be free?

matty · 12-05-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

You sell porn memberships but expect mainstream online services to be free?

By all means no. I guess I just figured that since they do high volume the markup would be minimal; not 40%+

Michael O · 12-05-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by matty

Going to Foxwoods tomorrow and booked a hotel room on Hotels.com at the Bellissimo Grande for $300 for the lowest level room. I then go to the Bellissimo website and find the SAME ROOM going for $199/night. Called the hotel and asked if they could upgrade me to the Presidential... $239 out the door!!!!

Hotels.com Go Fuck Yourself!!!

Don't they guarantee that they have the lowest price?

seeandsee · 12-05-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael O

Don't they guarantee that they have the lowest price?

They are probably not aware

Ayla_SquareTurtle · 12-05-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael O

Don't they guarantee that they have the lowest price?

They have a price match program... and watch out, I had unauthorized charges on my card after booking through hotels.com once. Some kind of "rewards program" billed at $10-12 per month for a couple of months before I noticed it. I got it taken care of but I've never used them again.

Sosa · 12-05-2008, 02:18 PM

I always check multiple websites and directly with the hotels or airlines to get the best rates. I've been doing research the past few days for an upcoming vegas trip for march madness that I'm thinking of going on.

pornguy · 12-05-2008, 02:22 PM

Yep it seems they realized they were losing out.

marko13 · 12-05-2008, 02:25 PM

but hotels.com has very good organic name... and they have to charge more in order to be competitive,...

Blazed · 12-05-2008, 02:41 PM

I dont see the problem its your job to check the market, hotels.com can price at whatever the hell they want, just like porn site A might be 9.95/month and porn site B 49.95/month.

matty · 12-05-2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by marko13

but hotels.com has very good organic name... and they have to charge more in order to be competitive,...

okay... but 40%+ c'mon, the business is sooo automated, they have tech support in india, they just have a couple programmers. The hotels generally do all the work...

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Originally Posted by Michael O

Don't they guarantee that they have the lowest price?

pfff thats what I THOUGHT... Oh well, not a big deal im just saying when you find a good deal on one of these travel sites try to go direct. I did and I found I was getting ripped off.

12-05-2008, 01:51 PM	#1
matty Mining for Porn! Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Haven CT Posts: 1,328	Hotels.com GFY!!!! Going to Foxwoods tomorrow and booked a hotel room on Hotels.com at the Bellissimo Grande for $300 for the lowest level room. I then go to the Bellissimo website and find the SAME ROOM going for $199/night. Called the hotel and asked if they could upgrade me to the Presidential... $239 out the door!!!! Hotels.com Go Fuck Yourself!!! __________________ Want to accept Bitcoin (BTC) on your site without any issues? I modestly estimate a 15%-20% boost in conversions. Projects Like These Cost Big $$$, Please Donate: 112BNRe8WiooVBTqDFSLzjBo6Ve1LunViN

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12-05-2008, 02:25 PM	#11
marko13 Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: www.lvpshosting.com Posts: 7,512	but hotels.com has very good organic name... and they have to charge more in order to be competitive,...