It is safer
It is less likely for your credit card information to be compromised
when you book direct. Millions of websites worldwide offer hotel bookings. Many
of them are not in the United States. Do you want your information to float all
around the world?
Pay our employees before paying agents across
the world
Nothing is free. Booking your room via indirect websites costs the hotel
an average of 15% to 50% of the total payment. That cuts from your local
hotel's revenues and negatively impacts the employees as well as the quality of
service you receive. There is no reason to send half of your money to a guy across the planet to book your room in the town you live. Let's keep American money in
the US to pay our employees and improve services for our guests.
Accuracy
If you have traveled more than a few times in your life, you have likely
noticed that booking errors are more common than one might expect. Mistakes are
inevitable, and the odds of mistakes are increased when we transmit reservations
through a massive global network whose systems sometimes don't talk to each
other correctly and on time. Imagine arriving at your hotel at 2 AM only for the
front desk to inform you that no room has been reserved under your name. Who do
you want to call to fix the situation?
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