Tarntawan place hotel

[scottish-guy]

....and I was surprised to find out that Hotels.com is actually Expedia.

[colmx]

....and I was surprised to find out that Hotels.com is actually Expedia.

Expedia own: Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Egencia (formerly Expedia Corporate Travel), Venere.com, Expedia Local Expert, Classic Vacations, Expedia CruiseShipCenters, Travelocity, Orbitz and HomeAway

Priceline own: Booking.com, Priceline.com, agoda.com, KAYAK

So there are only really 2 players in the market

[Nirish guy]

So I wonder about the other few main sites - hotels combined.com etc / Otel rooms.com etc etc ? Any ideas there.

I guess at some level apart from the fact they are controlling things it is possible to "perceive" you're picking up a lower rate on one site than another or getting free breakfast etc, where in effect all they're doing is moving the deals around no doubt I guess it still makes you feel you've achieved something if you "hit lucky". Still, wouldn't it be just lovely and cut the crap and gave you one site, with the right / best rates ALL the time instead of making you jump through hoops - but I guess the hoops are exactly how they make money, small bits of additional profit on LOTS of sales - a tried and tested sales method.

Although when you see SOME of the differences between exactly the same hotels on the same dates for the same rooms etc when you consider it's all the same company banging out those different rates perhaps SMALL differences in profit isn't QUITE the right term !! Robbing gouging bastards when they feel they can get away with it more like !