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Expedia Unpublished Hotels – Revealed

Travellers booking a hotel room using Expedia Unpublished Hotels can save a lot of money, but how do you reveal your hotel before bidding?

First, a quick primer on Expedia Unpublished hotels. Hotels with excess inventory sell off their rooms to Expedia. Since these rooms would otherwise be vacant, hotels are generally quite happy to sell them off at a deep discount. However, they don’t want to diminish their brand or anger customers who paid higher rates. Expedia Unpublished Hotels makes this possible by not revealing the name of the hotel until after you buy your room. Instead of displaying the hotel name, Expedia displays certain information such as the general vicinity of the hotel, its star rating, and hotel amenities.

Expedia’s Unpublished Hotels are actually provided by Hotwire, and as far as I can tell, Expedia and Hotwire use the same inventory and provide the same data. In other words, the way to reveal an Expedia Unpublished Hotel is to figure out the equivalent Hotwire hotel.

Hotwire Revealed

Travellers hope to have their hotel name on Hotwire revealed can do so simply by comparing the information found on Hotwire to the info on the Hotwire Hotel Lists. These lists are created by actual customers who have shared their purchase details, including the hotel name. This makes it possible to reveal your hotel before bidding for travel. There are a few caveats however. First, the data displayed on Hotwire may be slightly different from the Hotwire Hotel List. The reason for this is…

Lake Buena Vista Resort on Hotwire

I recently got the Lake Buena Vista Resort on Hotwire for just $100 per night. This hotel was easy to reveal before I booked, even though the name is unpublished on Hotwire. See how to reveal the hotel name for this Orlando hotel, a great choice for families visiting Walt Disney World resort in Orlando.

Hotwire Complaints

People love to complain about Hotwire. You might be thinking that a site like HotelDealsRevealed.com was in support of Hotwire — we are, but we always advocate educating yourself about how it works because purchases are non-refundable. We also want to help travellers save money on travel, and that doesn’t always mean Hotwire. Here are some trips to help you avoid pitfalls and complaints against Hotwire.

How do I cancel a reservation on Hotwire? You can’t. When you book a hotel or other products using Hotwire Hot Rates, you can’t cancel your reservation. When you book, your credit card is charged and there is no cancelation clause. I have a bit of an inside scoop and I’m lead to believe that this will be changing soon. Hotwire will soon open up a very short cancelation window. Nothing confirmed quite yet.

Hotwire Hotel Ratings

One of the questions often asked in the Hotwire & Priceline Forum is, “Does Hotwire artificially inflate their hotel ratings?” In other words, is Hotwire maybe a little too generous with the hotel ratings you see on their site. For those who are unaware, hotels you purchase on Hotwire are non-refundable. Therefore it’s imperative to know if the rating is reliable or not. Unlike other sites, you cannot check out hotel ratings and reviews on TripAdvisor before you buy on Hotwire because you don’t know what hotel you’re getting. This makes it all the more important to have confidence in the hotel rating that you see before you buy.

Hotel Deals Revealed – New Home Page

Every so often, a website needs a homepage make-over.  HotelDealsRevealed is working on a new design.  Currently, we are trying out a new look on the homepage.  Have a look at the screenshot below. Homepage Features & Layout The new home page is divided into 4 main sections. The main body of the home page […]