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Can someone explain to me why Travelocity has a 'Lowest Guaranteed Rate" for hotels...

aphex

aphex

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And then when you select a hotel to stay at, the price is ALWAYS $10-$20 higher a night (not including fees and taxes)...
 
Originally posted by: fatbaby
they cut special deals with the sponsored hotel companies. maybe the $10-$20 is their surcharge?
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According to the site when you book the tickets, it isnt... An additional charge goes ontop of that higher rate...
 
FYI, 'Lowest Guaranteed' != ''Guaranteed Lowest'.

The first would mean, imo, the price is the lowest price for a room at that hotel.

The latter is, as I understand it, that the room is guaranteed reserved for you at a price that's lowest then other places that will guarantee the room reserved.

Some places will book you a room but if you don't check in by a certain time, they hotel can cancel the reservation and re-book it. Guaranteeing it means if your plane gets delayed and you get there at 2am you'll still have a room. And if you don't ever get there, they'll still charge you for it.

Now, that's my understanding of how it works, but, I'm not in the hotel business just a semi-frequent business traveler. I may be wrong... or you may already have known all that. Figure some folks don't though.

 
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