Cambridge hotel(s) booking problem -'2 ago no probs, now no rooms'
Posted: May 24th, 2017, 11:14 am
I'm looking to book a hotel in Cambridge at the end of June. I have dates in mind for a 2 night stay, but can push that forward one or two nights. A couple of days ago using Tripadvisor [TA] as my search tool I had several options. This trip is a rare treat so we're willing to pay for a nice place. But coming back to the search and hoping to book of the 5 possibilities we had in mind, 2 no longer have availability, and the other 3 have doubled or more in price.
I'm left wondering what on earth has happened!? It seems TA only lists c35 hotels in Cambridge anyway, but it's like all the possibilities for us have evaporated. Does anyone else recognise any pattern in this? Either specific to why that might have happened in Cambridge for late June, or whether TA might be exploiting having cookies from an earlier session and is now employing some kind of 'Bait during the choice being made, then ramp when they return to book' technique?
TA usually shows the prices it's got via several booking agents [Booking.com, Expedia, etc etc]. Cross-checking directly on those agents also shows no availability, or again seriously higher prices. Going to the hotel websites directly seems to give rack-rates which are similarly as high.
DAK what might have just happened?
I'm left wondering what on earth has happened!? It seems TA only lists c35 hotels in Cambridge anyway, but it's like all the possibilities for us have evaporated. Does anyone else recognise any pattern in this? Either specific to why that might have happened in Cambridge for late June, or whether TA might be exploiting having cookies from an earlier session and is now employing some kind of 'Bait during the choice being made, then ramp when they return to book' technique?
TA usually shows the prices it's got via several booking agents [Booking.com, Expedia, etc etc]. Cross-checking directly on those agents also shows no availability, or again seriously higher prices. Going to the hotel websites directly seems to give rack-rates which are similarly as high.
DAK what might have just happened?