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Posted by igottaknow on May-30-2006 03:02:

Travel Savings Conspiracy

After a few hours on those travel sites trying to save money on a hotel + flight package I realized they're full of shit. I can save more by going to directly to the hotel/airline's site even though they keep telling me I can save big bucks on a package deal. Anyone try Priceline? I'm not sure I want to not know at what hotel they booked me until after I'm committed to stay at the place they pick.

Posted by idoru on May-30-2006 04:28:

I'm road tripping mid-June to Vancouver, BC to check out Ferry and Digweed. This is the first time I've gone about booking a hotel myself, and I've come to realize the same thing you have. I was lucky enough to find a hotel directly across from the club. Every site from Priceline to Orbitz to Hotels.com and whatever else I came across either said, "Sorry, there are no rooms available during that time" or were over-priced. However upon going directly to the hotel's website, they showed vacancy and cheaper rates.

I doubt I'll use the travel sites again, but they've managed to get my parents some good deals on occasion so I assume they're good once in a while.

Posted by Swamper on May-30-2006 05:03:

I use Hotwire and Priceline...

For Priceline I scored a sick hotel in San Fran last year for the Love Parade - ended up getting the room at about 1/3rd the price - it was quite the score

Posted by adi26 on May-30-2006 05:59:

So out of Orbitz, travelocity, priceline, hotwire...which is the best of the lot...

I totally agree with you on the hotels part...but I think for flights, its better to go through this sites...

Posted by jrbuddha on May-30-2006 14:25:

i use mobissimo, which checks lots of places (including orbitz, expedia etc.) there are a few others out there that do the same thing. Usually if the prices look high, i will call the ones that are cheapest directly and get a better price.

Posted by placebo on May-30-2006 14:29:

i got a sick deal on a roundtrip flight to cali last night

you just gotta hit the sites at the right time, from my experiences, hotels.com is usually the site that has the best rates

i just go to every single site

www.hotels.com
www.orbitz.com
www.priceline.com
www.travelocity.com
www.expedia.com
www.hotwire.com

those are the ones i know of

Posted by EarnYourKeep on May-30-2006 14:32:

you can also try

www.kayak.com

for your airline ticket =)

Posted by Trancealot on May-30-2006 17:20:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
you can also try

www.kayak.com

for your airline ticket =)

I used that for delta song. Good flight in all.

$310/2 tix-> RoundTrip from NY to FL

I heard Delta Song is going out of business

Posted by placebo on May-30-2006 17:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancealot
I used that for delta song. Good flight in all.

$310/2 tix-> RoundTrip from NY to FL

I heard Delta Song is going out of business

wow nice deal man...

i paid 450 for a roundtrip to cali...not bad in the mid of summer

i checked everywhere best price i could find

Posted by l�cid on May-30-2006 18:12:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
you can also try

www.kayak.com

for your airline ticket =)

*bookmarked*

i usually have the best luck with Expedia.com, but i always make sure to check the airlines' site after i find the deal i want because sometimes they end up being cheaper if you buy them straight from the airline instead. best idea is to shop around on as many sites as you can until you find the best deal.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on May-30-2006 18:25:

fyi, kayak searches pretty much all those travel sites for you as well as the actual airlines hehe

Posted by placebo on May-30-2006 18:26:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
*bookmarked*

i usually have the best luck with Expedia.com, but i always make sure to check the airlines' site after i find the deal i want because sometimes they end up being cheaper if you buy them straight from the airline instead. best idea is to shop around on as many sites as you can until you find the best deal.

yeah i got jacked 44 bucks by not doing that =/

Posted by fbgdavidson on May-30-2006 22:00:

For the Priceline whores use www.betterbidding.com and www.biddingfortravel.com to find out what you should be bidding. (The last site is dreadful but has loads of datapoints)

Personally as I do the frequent stay nonsense (Hilton HHonors, Starwood Preferred Guest, Hyatt GPP etc) I only book through the hotel's website. The things I do for free nights, shiny cards and access to hotel clubs