NEFR: travelocity

njh514

We're looking to book a little mini vacation. We know which hotel we want to use and found it for slightly cheaper on Travelocity. I'm trying to figure out if booking through travelocity is really the best option. I'm worried that the hotel will be less but that Travelocity will charge me for them to book it at the cheaper rate, making it cheaper to book with the hotel directly. Does that make sense? Does anyone know? I feel like I booked a plane ticket several years ago through a discount site and ended up paying something like $30 to use their service. In that case it was still cheaper, but I want to make sure I don't screw myself. Our budget is pretty tight and I don't want to screw it up! :-)

 

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CABunny

What if you call the hotel directly & tell them the rate you see on Travelocity & see if they'll match it?  Couldn't hurt!

njh514

CABunny:

What if you call the hotel directly & tell them the rate you see on Travelocity & see if they'll match it?  Couldn't hurt!

Great idea! (Why didn't I think of that?) 

blissfully_caffeinated

CABunny:

What if you call the hotel directly & tell them the rate you see on Travelocity & see if they'll match it?  Couldn't hurt!

Ditto. That has worked for me in the past. I've also just straight up asked for a room for $X. I've been able to get them to come down on the price quite a bit that way too.

CD+AL

There should be a screen that shows you all the fees and the total charge before it charges your CC and finalizes the reservations.  I always use that page to compare sites b/c the fees are so different from one site to another.  FWIW, it hasn't seemed to matter in terms of customer service if I booked directly with the hotel or a discount site for me.