Not exact matches
Expedia's rewards program gives members two points for each dollar of travel
booked through its
site,
which can be used to
book hotels or flights for yourself or someone else.
But
which is the superior
hotel booking site?
Travel
booking sites like Kayak, Travelocity, Hotwire, and Expedia seek out the lowest possible rates,
which has made profit margins for airlines and
hotels smaller.
A few pointers: Airfare,
hotels and car rentals must be
booked directly through this
site; and you should avoid redeeming points for cash back,
which cuts the value of each point from 1 cent to 0.5 cents.
Since getting the best price on a
hotel is clearly an important factor when choosing
which hotel booking site to use, I did a couple of price comparisons for the
hotels in my Yonderboxes.
This means that while users decide on trivago
which hotel best suits their needs, the
booking process itself is completed through the
booking sites (
which are linked to our website).
Amazon hand picks each
hotel on their website,
which is what makes it different from thousands of other
hotel booking sites.
If you click through a link and buy something or
book a
hotel room, at no additional cost to you, this
site will make a small commission
which covers operating and travel costs.
Now obviously I haven't compared prices against all of Yonderbound's 383,693 property listings (because that would be insane), but I chose a selection of the hostels, apartments and
hotels that appear in my Budget Stays in Europe Yonderbox, comparing prices against
Booking.com, Hostelworld and Hostelbookers,
which are the main
booking sites I normally tend to use.
PointHound,
which offers customers the ability to earn airline miles with every
hotel booking without forgoing stay credit and points with their existing
hotel loyalty program, has recently launched a... [Read more...] about PointsHound Unveils a New Mobile
Site with 1,000 - Point Bonus
These are
hotel booking sites sites which allow you to earn miles, in a variety of loyalty programs (predominantly airline loyalty programs), when you
book hotel stays.
The website,
which gives travelers airline miles for
booking hotels through its
site, will give you a 500 - mile bonus on your next
hotel booking.
Travel
booking sites like Kayak, Travelocity, Hotwire, and Expedia seek out the lowest possible rates,
which has made profit margins for airlines and
hotels smaller.
Aer Lingus guests can
book their accommodation from the Aer Lingus
Hotels micro
site www.aerlingushotels.com
which can be accessed via aerlingus.com.
For more flexibility, choose third - party
booking sites Those who travel less often or aren't loyal to a particular
hotel chain may prefer to
book through third - party
sites such as Expedia, Orbitz or Hotels.com (all of
which are owned by Expedia) that have rewards programs that let you earn free nights or other perks based on your stays at any of the properties that list on those
sites.
«All of these travel
sites charge the
hotels a commission when they make a
booking for them, and those commissions can be really high — toward the 15 % to 25 % range —
which really takes a lot out of the
hotel's margin,» Steve explained.
There are other programs and portals like Fine
Hotels and Resorts program for American Express Platinum and Business Platinum cardholders
which throw in a bunch of added perks and benefits, so that even though you most likely won't earn
hotel points or elite status stay credits (since most loyalty programs make you
book directly through their
site or corporate travel portals to get points), you can still get lot of extra value and perks out of your
booking.
At this point the analogy between credit card affiliate bloggers and
hotel booking sites is hopefully obvious: unless special bounties are being offered for certain credit cards, it is much less important to your affiliate blogger
which credit card you get than the fact you get credit cards — as many as possible as often as possible.
Websites
which receive their income from
hotel reservations
booked through the
site are not in the business of providing a clearinghouse for user reviews of their
hotel stays.
There are countless websites, social networks and
booking sites which encourage travelers to write
hotel reviews.
There are dozens of
booking and review
sites which allow guests to publish
hotel reviews.
I've also noticed that it's good to check the perks offered on the travel discounts
sites against the ones offered through the
hotel booking site because sometimes you gain more perks by
booking directly
which can make it worth the few extra dollars.