Opaque Hotel Deals Spread To Traditional Wholesalers

Aloha Kakou:

When you think of opaque hotel deals, you usually think of Priceline or Hotels.com, where you "name your own price" and if your rate matches the rate offered by one of the hotels, you've bought yourself a room. In these situations, the name of the hotel is revealed only after you've paid and locked in a reservation.

While this situation may work fine for some travelers, anyone who is more choosy about their accommodations may not be happy with the result, as the attached article illustrates.

http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/a-mystery-hotel-promotion-shows-its-not-always-about-the-stars/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tripso+%28Consumertraveler.com%29

Later Booking For Holiday Travel

Aloha Kakou:

This year's trend is to wait later to book travel over both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

While waiting longer may be the trend, our experience here is that those folks calling at the last minute are still expecting the lowest rates, even when we have little or nothing left to sell and are consequently disappointed that they've missed out.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-11-23-holiday-booking_N.htm