Originally Posted by GoingAway
- when purchasing a hotel room, Expedia actively acts as the intermediary (and a very poor one from the other links being posted in this thread) and pays the hotel directly for the room.
Interesting reply. Thanks.
By "pays the hotel directly for the room," do you mean that we pay Expedia, then Expedia makes a seperate payment to the hotel for the room? Generally, the payment is probably somewhat less than the customer pays? For example, Expedia sells a room for $300, it collects the $300. It may then send a check for $200 to the hotel to cover the cost of the room?
(I checked my Amex and the billing was to Expedia.)