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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by snark42 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:42PM (#19332778)
> not because of what they'll do to the product, but I guarantee their partnerships with hotels and hotel groups will evaporate when contracts expire.

I'm not sure. It may be harder to book future dates with HT after the contracts expire, but in my experience HT is most useful when AirBnB isn't (same day booking.)

I'd imagine hotels probably like the last minute bookings. Also you can book at 1 or 2am when hotwire cuts you off at midnight and many other ways of booking stop working after about 10pm.

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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by kdot on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:50PM (#19332863)
No, this was my biggest gripe. You can't book a room at 2AM and expect to get it that same night.
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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by Symbiote on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:31PM (#19333245)
If it's this late, is there much point in booking?

I would just turn up. If it's possible it's going to be very busy, I might phone ahead first.

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