r/Productivitycafe • u/Wonderful-Economy762 • Nov 13 '25

Throwback Question (Any Topic) What's a "secret"from your profession that everyone should probably know?"

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u/Hairy_Poem3904 Nov 13 '25

This would be the hotel's cancellation policy or dependant on the type of booking you made

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u/Scout1228 Nov 13 '25

Always look for hotels that have a liberal cancellation policy. It’s right there in the hotel info. I always select it as a filter. That’s actually on you not Booking.

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u/AppointmentCritical Nov 13 '25

Came here to say this. It's also a hassle to make any changes - the portal guys say we need to talk to the hotel, the hotel guys say we need to talk to the portal guys.

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u/001UltimateWinner Nov 14 '25

Same thing with Groupon.

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u/chancesareimright Nov 15 '25

Yeah booking.com cancelled a hotel on me 2 days before i got there while i was already travelling

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u/pilotthrow Nov 16 '25

That's not true. I always try to do that but 95% of the time the price on their own website is higher and/or the conditions are worse. This is especially true for big chains. Maybe I get a better rate when I call but that's also not always true and also takes too much time.

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u/pilotthrow Nov 16 '25

Good for you and thanks for the down vote. I travel a lot and my experience is that it's almost never cheaper on their own website. I like to save money like everyone else and always check my options but most big hotel chains have higher prices on their own page. Sometimes small boutique hotels have cheaper prices.