Google works with hotels to hurt travel competition

Re:Google works with hotels to hurt travel competition by dazc on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:47AM (#16020890)

'... but I loathe all of the dark patterns they employ to make that commission.'

I tried to leave a negative review for a hotel on booking.com and the overall result was 3.5 out 5!

At least with google reviews I can get a fair picture of what the place is actually like.

And, all that 'just one room left at this price' is basically fraud.

It does annoy me though when I try to book direct and get charged the exact same price. I know with chains you get loyalty discounts and such but a there are still a lot of independents where you don't.

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Re:Google works with hotels to hurt travel competition by dawnerd on Thursday December 28, 2017 @12:20PM (#16023334)

And that pretty much explains why even the worst hotels are rated the same as the high end places. Well besides the obvious paid reviews. It’s becoming a real hassle to find places that are not rundown messes that don’t cost 200+ a night (and even then...)

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Re:Google works with hotels to hurt travel competition by dx034 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:27AM (#16021483)

> I tried to leave a negative review for a hotel on booking.com and the overall result was 3.5 out 5!

Do you mean tripadvisor? Booking.com works on a scale of 1-10.

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Re:Google works with hotels to hurt travel competition by dazc on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:37AM (#16021906)

Possibly.

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