March 18 2011

Travelocity Launches’ Top Secret ‘Hotel’ But Can You Really Save 45%

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I have long been a fan of “masked” hotel reservation websites like Hotwire and Priceline. If you are not familiar with the concept, this is how it works. Before ordering, you get some information about the property you are about to spare, but not all information. Usually, you know the general vicinity of the hotel, and hotel stars. At Hotwire, you’re also a list of amenities including pool, restaurant on site, airport transfers, and so on. If you like the price, you can make a reservation and then learn the hotel’s name and specific location.

This is not for everyone. If you think you might want to cancel your reservation, do not bother to use these areas as they are non-refundable most of the time. Also, if you want to join your friends or colleagues on a specific hotel, do not use the “masked” hotel booking services. But if you’re a little flexible on your location and secure your plans will not change, as these services are great. I have used these areas for several years and have saved a lot of money in the process.

Travelocity is the latest to offer a “masked” reservations with a service called Top Secret Hotels. Top Secret Hotels has actually been offered on their site for some 3 or 4 months, but I wanted to let them work out the kinks before you use it and write a review.

For first hand about Travelocity’s Top Secret Hotel was as good as the competition and could save me up to 45%, I used their service for an upcoming two-night trip to San Francisco. My approach was simple: I would perform the same hotel search on Priceline, Hotwire and Travelocity (with both regular and Top Secret reservations). My results were quite disappointing:

Sample: First, the Top Secret Hotel has only 14 cities to choose from, including 10 in the U.S. and four from Canada. I was fortunate that San Francisco made the list. When I did my search, there were only two Top Secret Hotels available in San Francisco. Hotwire had 25 hotels, Priceline had 158, and Travelocity own ordinary booking system had 286 hotels available

Price. The purpose of using a “masked” reservation system is to save money. Why else would anyone book a hotel that they can not cancel and do not know the hotel name or location? The 2 Top Secret Hotels 0/night average. The other sites had similar (or better) hotels at 50 percent or less of Travelocity’s Top Secret prices. So much for saving 45%

Area: Masked hotel reservation systems do not release the exact location of the hotel before you buy, but they give you a general area where the hotel is located. For example, breaks Hotwire downtown San Francisco in eight areas, and inform you before purchase which of these eight areas of your property is located. Home break downtown San Francisco into 7 regions. Travelocity – Only an area stretching from the Golden Gate Bridge in Redwood City. In other words, can book a hotel room in San Francisco and you find yourself 25 miles outside the city

Hotel Information:. There was very little information to Top Secret Hotels found in my test search. Other than the hotel’s star rating, there were no hotel facilities or other property details provided, although one hotel indicated that it was smoking. Talk about top secret! Compare this to Hotwire, where every hotel amenity is listed. In fact, with Hotwire is it possible to identify a hotel before you make a reservation by matching the information with Hotwire HotelDealsRevealed.com ‘s Hotwire hotel lists.

Top Secret Hotels of the Travelocity obviously need much work. Giving Travelocity credit, they have publicly stated that they are going to grow and expand their offerings. I hope so. They have a long road ahead of him. In the meantime I will continue to use the other guys.

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March 17 2011

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March 10 2011

Explore 2004 Travel Horizons with Travel Wisdom: Tips, Tools, and Tactics for all Travelers by Lynne and Hank Christen

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