Category: Wholesale Travel Education

Yes. Expedia is marking up hotel prices. The company’s own financial disclosures describe exactly how: Expedia buys hotel rooms at wholesale rates negotiated directly…

The short answer is yes — OTAs are almost always more expensive than booking direct. But the longer answer matters more, because “booking direct”…

Every hotel room, rental car, and cruise cabin moves through a supply chain before it reaches you. At the top of that chain sits…

Travel agents have been booking the same hotel rooms you book — at lower prices — for decades. The mechanic behind this is not…

A net rate is the wholesale price a hotel, airline, or cruise line charges its distribution partners before anyone adds a markup. It is…

The question makes sense. “Wholesale travel” sounds like a phrase that should mean something specific — prices before the retail markup, the rates hotels…

A wholesale travel membership gives you direct access to net supplier rates — the actual prices hotels, resorts, and cruise lines charge their distribution…

Expedia earned more than $1.2 billion in profit last year without owning a single hotel room, airline seat, or cruise cabin. The company’s 16,000…