Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 2 days agoOriginally Dutch, Booking.com is now owned by a US holding and has a 45% market share. Book directly through the hotel, it's generally cheaperi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down10
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageOriginally Dutch, Booking.com is now owned by a US holding and has a 45% market share. Book directly through the hotel, it's generally cheaperi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agosounds like they’re trying to be a loss leader? entice everyone in with artificially low prices, become a monopoly, and jack prices up.
minus-squarelemminator@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThat sounds possible, but I’d probably attribute it to hotels being bad at managing their pricing
sounds like they’re trying to be a loss leader? entice everyone in with artificially low prices, become a monopoly, and jack prices up.
That sounds possible, but I’d probably attribute it to hotels being bad at managing their pricing