Originally Posted by rasheed

Due to the clear popularity of Priceline and Hotwire, opaque hotel booking website where the hotel booking site does not tell you the hotel before you confirm payment have grown tremendously over the past year. It appears Priceline is still the only site where you offer a price while the other sites display a price (their cost plus some variable delta profit amount) that you must pay before knowing the hotel.

Here is a blog link of major companies that offer such booking options. All provide prices up-front except Priceline. Some sites share inventory (such as Expedia and Hotwire):

http://www.xotels.com/en/revenue-man...opaque-pricing

Some of the links mentioned:

Priceline
http://www.priceline.com/

Hotwire
http://www.hotwire.com/

Bookit.com (Mystery Hotel)
http://bookit.com/hotels/

DHR Secret Hotels (used to be GTAHotels)
http://www.dhr.com/deals/hotels/secr...crethotels.php

Expedia Unpublished Rate Hotels (Hotwire inventory)
http://www.expedia.com/daily/hotels/...es/default.asp

Getaroom
http://www.getaroom.com/ (indicates better rates available via phone not online)

HotelDirect.co.uk Hidden Gems
http://www.hoteldirect.co.uk/webapp/...ms&city=London

LastMinute (part of Travelocity)
http://www.lastminute.com/site/trave...op-secret.html

LastMinuteTravel
http://www.lastminutetravel.com/info/deals.aspx

Quickbook Hotels (Secret Sale)
http://www.quikbook.com/

Superbreak Mystery Hotels (Europe)
http://www.superbreak.com/marketing/mystery-hotels

Traveocity Top Secret Hotels
http://leisure.travelocity.com/Promo...s_main,00.html

Wotif.com Wot Hotel? (Australia)
http://promo.wotif.com/Australia/WotHotel/

I am willing to update this thread with additional booking sites. I believe the sites above are large enough providers (sometimes for only certain geographic regions), but you are on your own for any or all of these sites.

Thanks,
Rasheed