Don’t risk Hotwire’s $ problem – Hotwire: Last Minute Hotels Review

The price you see on Hotwire is frankly a lie. Yep, Hotwire lies. Indeed, having called Hotwire, they know it. Book a hotel and when you arrive, it will charge you much more than the promised total. Why do this to us? People can productively discuss hotel star ratings and subjective quality issues of course. But when you have booked a room for “$x,” plus at-site fees and taxes, it should never ever be more than that. Come on people, there are undisclosed fees and taxes on fees and taxes. Freaking just tell me the true total, so my GF and I can plan expenses. Is this too much to ask? (Hotwire is at pains to tell people a Hotwire rate booking can’t be changed. That means, you are stuck, but the price you pay may be much more $ than they say.) Honestly, truly shameful.
Review by snowtravel on Hotwire: Last Minute Hotels.