Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity Kiss My Left Nut Sack!!!

Amber Lamps · 01-06-2010, 12:00 PM

So I'm searching for a hotel and rental car for my upcoming trip to Daytona. I search all of the different "discount" travel sites and finally decide on a hotel from Expedia. I call them up to make the arrangements for the room and a full size pick-up to drive down there. Well, the girl wanted me to pay for the entire week up front, which was fine but something made me hesitate and I didn't book it...

THANK GOD!!!! On a whim, I called the hotel directly. Got them to waive the $20/day pet fee (bringing the dog), got them to upgrade the room (double-kitchenette) AND got them to kick me a price $10 less a night than Expedia was offering for the smaller room. Not to mention that with a small amount of research, I found a coupon code that got the rep from Avis to kick me a full size pick-up with unlimited miles for $212 out the door for eight days!!! Total cost for vacation...$850, not bad IMHO!

Quite frankly all of those sites look exactly the same to me now and they want the money up front. Avis, didn't even take a credit card number and the hotel doesn't charge your card until you check in/out. Plus, they all make such a big deal about their cancellation policy but the hotel lets you cancel without penalty up to 24 hours before your check in time without penalty.

marko138 · 01-06-2010, 12:02 PM

Right on, brother. Good work.

shmike · 01-06-2010, 12:08 PM

Those sites are great to get a baseline price.

You can often get a better rate on your own but at least that way you know where to start.

I'd be surprised if they'd let you cancel a week long reservation 24 hours before bike week with no penalty.

Amber Lamps · 01-06-2010, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmike

Those sites are great to get a baseline price.

You can often get a better rate on your own but at least that way you know where to start.

I'd be surprised if they'd let you cancel a week long reservation 24 hours before bike week with no penalty.

I'm an idiot!! It's 72 hours prior to the reservation, sorry for the wrong info. I was going off the top of my head.

Gas Man · 01-07-2010, 01:36 AM

I'll have to remember this.

karl_1052 · 01-07-2010, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

I'll have to remember this.

What? That Tigger has two nutsacks?

fasternyou929 · 01-06-2010, 12:11 PM

For year's I've been using Travelocity to find the cheapest airfare, hotel, and rental car, then going directly to the company that offered the lowest rates. You actually pay a convenience fee (ala Ticketmaster) for using any of the fare search engines so the airline's website is a few dollars less 95% of the time.

01-06-2010, 12:00 PM	#1
Amber Lamps Moto GP Star Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,556	Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity Kiss My Left Nut Sack!!! So I'm searching for a hotel and rental car for my upcoming trip to Daytona. I search all of the different "discount" travel sites and finally decide on a hotel from Expedia. I call them up to make the arrangements for the room and a full size pick-up to drive down there. Well, the girl wanted me to pay for the entire week up front, which was fine but something made me hesitate and I didn't book it... THANK GOD!!!! On a whim, I called the hotel directly. Got them to waive the $20/day pet fee (bringing the dog), got them to upgrade the room (double-kitchenette) AND got them to kick me a price $10 less a night than Expedia was offering for the smaller room. Not to mention that with a small amount of research, I found a coupon code that got the rep from Avis to kick me a full size pick-up with unlimited miles for $212 out the door for eight days!!! Total cost for vacation...$850, not bad IMHO! Quite frankly all of those sites look exactly the same to me now and they want the money up front. Avis, didn't even take a credit card number and the hotel doesn't charge your card until you check in/out. Plus, they all make such a big deal about their cancellation policy but the hotel lets you cancel without penalty up to 24 hours before your check in time without penalty.

01-06-2010, 12:08 PM	#3
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	Those sites are great to get a baseline price. You can often get a better rate on your own but at least that way you know where to start. I'd be surprised if they'd let you cancel a week long reservation 24 hours before bike week with no penalty. __________________ Racing For Smiles

01-07-2010, 01:36 AM	#5
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	I'll have to remember this. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

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01-06-2010, 12:11 PM	#7
fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	For year's I've been using Travelocity to find the cheapest airfare, hotel, and rental car, then going directly to the company that offered the lowest rates. You actually pay a convenience fee (ala Ticketmaster) for using any of the fare search engines so the airline's website is a few dollars less 95% of the time.