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Expedia gets away with charging 20% and hotel chains are (or at least were) pretty powerful businesses. The sales funnel is pretty valuable, and they’ll cut yo
by cavisne 6y ago
Expedia gets away with charging 20% and hotel chains are (or at least were) pretty powerful businesses.
The sales funnel is pretty valuable, and they’ll cut you off/derank you if you undercut.
There is also a contract but I don’t think that’s the main motivator.
- vkou 6y agoHotels are masters of pricing the same room for different amounts, depending on how you ordered it, though. Their margins on rooms are very high, too. Restaurants are banned by these services from charging more. So they end up eating the 30% delivery fee.