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can you help me decipher this??
We're booking a little mini vacation and we're looking at booking through Travelocity for a cheaper price but I'm trying to see if Travelocity will charge me for using them making it cheaper to book the hotel directly. (make sense?) Here's what I found online.
HOTEL TRANSACTIONS
We market hotel rooms on the site under two different business models. The first is the "postpaid" model (also known as the "published rate" or "traditional agency" model), where you book a room through us at published rates and you pay for that room, plus any applicable taxes, governmental fees and other charges directly to the hotel at check-out. The second business model is the "prepaid" model (also known as the "net rate" or "merchant" model), where we collect payment from you up front and then transmit funds to the hotel. We label the "prepaid" model rooms as "GoodBuy" rooms on our site because they are covered by our Low Rate Guarantee. Amounts displayed as the nightly rate for GoodBuy hotel transactions consist of the amount that the relevant hotel has agreed to accept for the room, plus a Facilitation Fee that we retain to compensate us for facilitating your travel arrangements. Amounts displayed in the "Tax Recovery Charge & Service Fees" line for GoodBuy hotel transactions consist of the amount that we expect the relevant hotel to charge for any applicable taxes, governmental fees and other charges (a "Tax Recovery Charge"), plus a Processing Service Fee that we retain to compensate us for processing your travel reservation through our system. For hotels located in certain jurisdictions, such as Atlanta, Baltimore and New York State, the Tax Recovery Charge also includes taxes on our Facilitation Fees and/or our Processing Service Fees that we are required to collect and remit to those jurisdictions. Combining the Tax Recovery Charge with our Processing Service Fee enables us to maintain the opaque nature of the "prepaid" rate. Note that at the time your hotel reservation is made, we can only estimate the amount that the relevant hotel will collect for applicable taxes, governmental fees and other charges; we will pay the full amount of those charges in any event. Also, remember that you may incur other charges during your stay that are not payable to us and are not included in the quoted price, such as extra-person or extra-bed charges, resort fees, gratuities, hotel energy surcharges, parking fees, telephone fees, room service, movies, mini-bar, and incidentals.
So - they going to charge me more or is that included in the price they show me?
Or does anyone just happen to know? Sorry to be annoying but I really am trying to plan a little mini vacation on a budget and don't want any surprises.
Re: can you help me decipher this??
If there happened to be a local travel agent, could they get a good rate on an Omaha hotel if I were to book through them?
Depending on the hotel many off a lowest rate guarantee as well.... I would find the lowest rate you can online then call the hotel directly and tell them what you are getting the hotel for online and ask them to match... you can try the reservation center which most likely is centralized but somtimes is in house reservations!
Good Luck!
A girl on the EFF board suggested this. I himmed and hawed around but decided to call and say, "I found such and such room at your hotel for x dollars on this night. Can I get that price if I book it directly with you?" She said no but I just kept talking and she ended up giving me what I wanted for the price I found it online. I'm super excited about it. I was nice and didn't argue at all, I just kept asking questions about this and that and I think she decided that I was cool and that she could give me the deal. I had no clue places could do this but I'm happy for it! We're saving about $60 over our original plan at this hotel plus the discount the gal gave me. Woo!!! Thanks for the input ladies!
I'm late on this-but book through the hotel directly. They will at least match the online rate you're finding (if the exact same hotel room is still available in the hotel) and they might even beat it.
Always good to try and book directly with the source
Awesome! I'm so glad! Good Job! The worst you can here is No so it never hurts to ask!