Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
Nor are they needed to keep hotel prices competitive, the internet on its own can now do that for us. It's easy for us to see if a hotel is charging more than other comparable hotels using the hotels' own websites.
How would you do that using the hotels' own websites? If you are in any major city, there are likely dozens of hotels. Are you going to check each of their websites separately? How would you even know which hotels exist in the area?
WIthout third party comparison sites, you would probably either check the major chains and be done with it, or book a hotel that you have seen advertised somewhere. You simply aren't going to go through a list and look at the websites of every chain and independent hotel in town.