Pricing Guides
How hotel pricing actually works, in plain terms: the wholesale rate, why the same room shows two prices, and the industry terms hotels use for their own pricing.
What Is a Hotel Wholesale Rate? How Trade Pricing Actually Works
It's real, and it's not a trick. How trade pricing works, who normally gets access, and two real examples.
Why Do Hotels Have Two Prices? The Real Reasons
Four real reasons a hotel shows one price publicly and a different one somewhere else.
What Is a Bedbank? How Hotel Wholesale Rates Actually Reach You
Hotelbeds, WebBeds, and the rest of the bedbank industry, the B2B layer behind the wholesale rate.
Net Rate vs Rack Rate vs BAR: Hotel Pricing Terms Explained
Rack rate, BAR, net rate, commissionable rate. The terms hotels use for their own pricing, defined plainly.
The demand-driven system that recalculates a room's rate, sometimes several times a day.
Refundable vs Non-Refundable Hotel Rates: Which Should You Book?
What the terms actually mean, and a clear framework for choosing between them.
Can Hotel Prices Change After You Book?
Your confirmed price is locked. What actually changes, and how cancel-and-rebook works.
Hotel Taxes and Resort Fees Explained
Occupancy tax, tourism levies, and resort fees can add 15-25%. What each one actually is.
What Does "Pay at Property" Mean When Booking a Hotel?
Reserve now, the hotel collects payment directly. What that actually implies.
Hotel Price Match Guarantees: Why Claims Get Rejected
Real, but fine-print exact-match requirements reject most claims.
Hotel Best-Rate Guarantees Compared: Which Price Match Is Actually Usable?
Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and IHG's guarantees compared: deadlines, rewards and the exact-rate test.