This is always the thing to do - especially with hotels. Find the cheapest online that you can, then call the hotel, let them give you a price, THEN if it's higher than the online rate, ask them if they will match the online rate. Make sure you get a price inclusive of all taxes and fees though so you are comparing apples to apples.
9 times out of ten, you'll get an even better rate and comps than the big travel sites doing it this way AND if you have a rewards card with that hotel chain, you can at least get the stay to count. In most fine print for the rewards programs, if you use an outside agent to book a stay, then that stay wont count on your rewards account. Especially with Marriott. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > What I am doing right now is using all of the > online booking agencies, finding out what flight/airline combination > they come up with for low fares, then build the same trip on the > airlines website. I did a little research after I sent the original > message and all the sites recommend going straight to the carrier. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
