Clever hotels?

costingbunny_2

Hi
Booking a trip and clever hotels has my hotel at £50 cheaper than anyone else. I've never heard if them though-are they ok. Are they normally so much cheaper? £199 on Expedia (cheapest) and £150 on CH? Ta x

whatmichaelsays

Check the hotel's own website to see if they have a best rate guarantee.

If they do, and Clever Hotels are an official agent, then the hotel will match it. If they do and Clever Hotels aren't an official agent, then you've dodged a bullet.

HoofeHearted

Some not so good reviews here.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g1-i12290-k6014448-Clever_Hotels_com-Bargain_Travel.html

photome

like you i was worried when I booked with them, I rarely use 3rd party bookings for hotels in Vegas but the price I got with Clever hotels was very good. Not long after I booked with them (end of last year) I emailed the hotel and asked a random question and if they had my booking for April, all was well and everything went without a hitch when I arrived at check in.

There are some bad reviews that i didnt see when I booked.

They are a german company.

At the end of the day is it worth it to you

Obviously_the_best

I've booked with them a few times, as they seem to come up cheapest on Trivago quite a lot. From what I can gather, thy just book the rooms through a selection of bed banks.

budgetflyer

Most of the companies on trivago and other comparison sites book their rooms thru bed banks like YOU TRAVEL etc
Rarely who you book with is the actual agent. They are all intermediaries. Im sure Clever Hotels will be the same.
They seem to be hot on USA and Canada prices, not so good for Europe.

Side note.

Book a room thru comparison site off season ie Feb in Algarve.
Apt is £8 per night on comparison site ie https://www.hotelscomparison.com . Say quickrooms give 3% commission to comparison site. NOW TRAVEL maybe give quickrooms 5%. NOW TRAVEL must make at least 5%. So the apartment is probably about £6 per night wholesale.
I have tried booking direct, but they are wanting double.
Weird.

Roger1

I booked a hotel in Sea Point (Cape Town) for four of us for four nights. The price was far better than on other websites.

I had to pay in advance but our reservations could have been cancelled for refund. (I think that aspect depends on the hotel so may not be universal.)

We already knew the hotel having stayed there several times before, so we were familiar with its standards.

On the basis of just one experience, I would be happy to book again, provided that the price was right, of course.

I'm looking at hotels in Fuerteventura and am finding that German websites via trivago.de are far more competitive than via trivago.co.uk.

budgetflyer

Roger1 wrote: »

I'm looking at hotels in Fuerteventura and am finding that German websites via trivago.de are far more competitive than via trivago.co.uk.

Aurgh!!

I just booked a hotel in Spain. Cheapest they had it on trivago.co.uk was £70 per night.
Just seen it on trivago.de for €53 per night.

photome

Roger1 wrote: »

I booked a hotel in Sea Point (Cape Town) for four of us for four nights. The price was far better than on other websites.

I had to pay in advance but our reservations could have been cancelled for refund. (I think that aspect depends on the hotel so may not be universal.)

We already knew the hotel having stayed there several times before, so we were familiar with its standards.

On the basis of just one experience, I would be happy to book again, provided that the price was right, of course.

I'm looking at hotels in Fuerteventura and am finding that German websites via trivago.de are far more competitive than via trivago.co.uk.

interesting, will hav to try and remember to check the .de website

emax38

Hi all, i need to book a hotel in jakarta on 12/09 but my international flight leaves on 14th at 00.10. Do I book an extra night at hotel or do they usually do a deal for a very late check out? Any help greatly appreciated.