I am looking to book a vacation on Friday to go to Dreams resort and spa in Cancun..... I found a room I wanted to book and decided to check the main website for the resort for more pictures... The room I want is available through Orbitz but says sold out on the Dreams main web page.... Anyone experience this before? and what are your thoughts?
...Anyone experience this before? and what are your thoughts?...
Orbitz is a company set up and run by various travel oriented companies (airlines, rental car companies etc.)...it is conceivable they have access to rooms that are not available otherwise. I have done extensive travel and never found Orbitz to be the low-cost option...but they will have "arrangements" with destinations as you have described.
Last edited by bumblesbounce; 06-22-09 at 11:58 AM.
What happens is hotels hold rooms for those sites especially in big tourist places, I worked at harrahs in las vegas and the hotel always said sold out but u could always get rooms on orbitxz or priceline or other sites like that
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I called orbitz, they said basically they buy and resell, so yeah doesnt make a difference.... Found the same room on Travelocity for $500 less... score!
The main difference is Orbitz is just trying to "funnel" people to their preferred members whereas Travelocity and others similar to it are trying to create a profit in a competitive market so they have to provide more or offer a lower price to keep customers coming back...capitalism; don't leave home without it.
