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Originally Posted by Yoho
Your sister is wrong I’ve booked, modified, and cancelled close to a hundred hotel stays on Expedia with a literal click of a button. The rewards are great.
The prices simply can’t be beaten.
I’m not wasting my time contacting the individual hotels directly.
Get over this romanticized sense the hotels care more about you if you book thru them.
If anything I notice I get treated better with gold level on Expedia (which didn’t take long)
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You can cancel expedia/booking but usually within a certain time frame. Need a last minute change the day before? good luck, Expedia says, contact the hotel we are keeping our money.
They definitely do "care" more because they don't have to send Expedia a cut. So of course, they are going to give preferential rooms to guests booking through the hotel.
You don't call all the hotels, you find one or two online on Expedia and go to their website after. Easy peasy.
Example. Just looked at Toronto, January 19-23 (Thrusday - Sunday) - Ace Hotel Toronto.
Booking.com Price (Genius Level 3) for King Room - $1,307.00 with $229 in taxes.
Go to Ace Hotel website. I'll give you one guess how much the room costs
Don't get me wrong, i use Booking as stated in a previous post, but i will generally tend to try to book through the hotel when i can - I typically try to book in smaller boutiques and independents though. Hilton, i couldnt care less