Expedia/Opodo/Last Minute

lolly5648

I want to book a flight and hotel to Washington. Is it better to go through one of the above or do it all direct.

Any advantages/disadvantages?

Mr_Warren_2

Do it through/via the websites you mention. Can't go wrong. These people manage to get cheap hotel/air fares. Just have a go, compare your costs going direct and via the likes of expedia/Opodo etc. Use the www.travelsupermarket.com web site to check cheapest flights. I have never found cheaper flight going on BA, AF or KLM sites directly.

budgetflyer

Depending when you travel - up to 31st May, you can get an extra £50 off as well as usual 3.5% cashback via quidco for tailor made EXPEDIA bookings, booked b4 31 March.

polarbearit

The above expedia offer is worth noting (and may swing it for you) cashback is good, but I tend to find booking hotels & flights separately cheaper if you've got time to try travelaxe or even hotwire for hotels... And if you've got a long stay savings can be considerable (if its a 4 day trip or so the expedia offer is pretty good I'd say).

And as to where flights are cheaper, I've found that 4/5 times the flights alone are cheaper directly from the airline than from Expedia (particularly BA Sales where there is usually extra money off for registered users & AA.com where pricing varies frequently as described elsewhere). Of the 7 US trips we've taken in the past 3 years (or are taking this year), only one was booked through a consolidator, the others were all direct with the airlines as (even accounting for Quidco) that was cheaper...

M4RKM

nowadays i prefer to book directly with the airline to be honest... now the expedia/quidco offer is good, so its worth considering, but normally, i find no advantage to booking through expedia, than booking through the airlines website...

i always find opodo overpriced to be honest... do a check on kayak to find the best price, as it searches many sites, and airlines sites directly..

M

katies_mum

We used Opodo last year to book Virgin flights to Orlando, saved ourselves over £600 on the price of booking the same flights thru Virgin. I`d use them again.