1. Many of us here dislike Ctrip foolery, but they continue be a great resource for hotels

2. I often book hotels on ctrip for one night, and ask the hotel staff if they can offer me the same rate directly for night #2; the answer is typically "no"

3. I specifically advise against hotels.com/elong
-I prepaid for a room in Nanning two weeks ago
-I arrived at midnight
-the hotel was not able to find my reservation because hotels.com had referred my reservation to elong without telling me
-in order to check in, I was required to visit an ATM (not so close), and pull out 1000
-Ctrip does NOT play this game