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jrsharp21
11-13-2003, 06:13 PM
Does anyone know why how a status of a hotel can be different on two different sites? On Expedia and Travelocity, it says that the Best Western Park Place Inn is booked and there are no rooms available for Dec 4-7. On Hotel Kingdom it says that all nights are open. Anyone know how this can be?

Darkbeer
11-13-2003, 06:20 PM
Many hotel sites are wholesalers, that means they buy room in advance from the actual hotel operator. Then resell the room, hopefully at a higher price.

Many hotels sell a certain percentage of rooms this way, they get guaranteed cash flow, and it is up to the reseller to market the rooms, and hopefully make a profit.


Sounds like the wholesaler in question works with Hotel Kingdom, and not Expedia or Travelocity.

Have you tried a great hotel search engine?

www.travelaxe.net

This program, which is very highly rated, searches multiple hotel websites at the same time,and gives you a chart comparing the price of each site....