Originally Posted by moondog

I was thinking about this thread when I was out tonight (can't explain why). I guess I just wanted to say that ctrip is extremely useful. In spite of the fact that I prefer hotel TAs when they're available, ctrip is only a hair less convenient (i.e. you call them, make your reservation, give money to concierge, and receipt shows up in your room ~1 hour later).

This Expedia talk perplexes me because I don't think that's a conversation we should be entertaining... at all.

Simply put, ctrip works exceptionally well and Expedia won't be able to beat its prices for at least 5 years ...