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Old Dec 10, 2014, 12:53 am
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qprjames1
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
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wow! how can orbitz afford to do this? I run a hotel and we sell our rooms direct through orbitz. a guy just booked this rate. he has paid orbitz $119 (i just talked with him on the phone) but my hotel will charge orbitz $135 after the guest has checked out, meaning orbitz will be out of pocket by $15 for the booking.....how does that make business sense?....is there a catch for the consumer? I don't really care because we will make just the same amount of money from the agent than if the guest booked directly (we add the agent commission level onto our direct prices - which for orbitz is a very high 20%)....but i'm curious as to why they would do this.
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