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Originally Posted by Wormius
Also not booking directly with the hotels, but as planning to go through hotels.com, if that makes any difference.
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As someone who has had to deal with the backend(inn operator) of expedia (hotels.com), if you want flexibility, book directly with the hotel. As a hotel, we can't do much with bookings through 3rd party sites and it involves a bunch of phone calls from both sides to resolve issues. Hotels might work with you, but it might cost them the commission to hotels.com to help you which can be up to 15+% of the booking.
If you book direct, then the only relationship that you need to filter issues through is directly with the hotel.