Do you use Booking.com or Expedia to book your holiday accommodation? If so you are ?not alone. ?I have to admit we use these same services when we go on holiday because they are really good ?at listing accommodation options and providing easy tools to get a tedious job done. However there are some?downsides to these big accommodation "aggregators" and ?I was impressed?to see a?segment on the ABC's program "The Checkout" this month?that gave a very good picture of the?state of play in the accommodation booking space. ? It ?is worth watching just to understand?what is involved when you book on these sites.
I am certainly not suggesting you stop using these services, we get a lot of business from them, they are very good at what they do and they are very easy to work with. ?However if you want to?get a better deal for your holiday dollars then investing 10 minutes watching in this video is a great place to start.
Oh and just a word of caution, The Checkout is an ABC show from the "The Chasers" and true to form they like to get a bite from anything they do so they chose a??Mary and Joseph Nativity theme?for their segment.....