You can often get them to drop the cost if you say "if you're not going to match them I'll just book it on booking.com" because they'll get less income. That ra

You can often get them to drop the cost if you say "if you're not going to match them I'll just book it on booking.com" because they'll get less income. That rather depends on the person you're talking to caring about the hotel's income though, so the larger they are the less likely it is.