Hotwire

Pros: Cheap, cheap, cheap
Cons: Some timing uncertainty

I recently started using hotwire.com for my travel planning needs. My wife and I got excellent tickets for round trip, non-stop flights between San Francisco and Boston. The round trip fare was $191 per person. A great deal. We bought the tickets about...

I used Hotwire to book two nights at a 3 star hotel near Asheville, NC for $276, which turned out to be the same price the hotel was offering so no real discount from Hotwire. Later, the Holiday Inn showed me that they charged Hotwire $201, not the ...

I have used Hotwire twice to reserve hotels in Manhattan and once in Atlanta and have been very happy on all occasions. In many ways, the concept is like priceline.com but with several improvements:

(1) Instead of bidding like on priceline,...

Pros: Terrific rates with affiliations with major airlines and hotel chains
Cons: Non-refundable or non-exchangeable purchase

At first I was skeptical on using Hotwire for travel arrangements, since they don't allow you to find out what airline or hotel you will be purchasing without making the non-refundable purchase itself. That's the sacrifice you make for getting such great...

Smart travellers use Hotwire in conjunction with Priceline, and then you can't lose. Hotwire is outstanding because it gives you their best price before you commit. Once you have that price, go to Priceline, give them the same dates and locations, and...

The purchasing process is very straighforward and didn't cause me any confusion. I found a bunch of prices for a bunch of cars and I didn't know who the provider was. I was offered a RAV4 but opted to pay an extra $70 for my 5 day booking towards a ...

Wanted to rent a car for a 12 day Florida vacation so I checked with Orbitz and filled all my information in on the Search page. Price wasn't bad around $348. Then I saw a link that said something about - for DEEP DEEP DEEPEST DISCOUNTS - It lead me to ...

Pros: Low airfare
Cons: Can't choose departure time/flight

My vacation spots pretty much depend on the airfare. I go where the tickets are cheap. So every time I am about to decide where to go, I get online and find the best fare on the net and go where the best fare takes me.

So Yahoo! Travel has...

I have used Hotwire for many air ticket purchases with excellent results and recently tried out their hotel bookings service for friends visiting San Francisco in July. With only 2 weeks notice I got four nights at the 4* Hotel Monaco for $90. I was...

As a single-parent embarking on my first solo vacation with my child, the three major considerations ...

Pros: Great prices on airline tickets and hotel rooms
Cons: You don't know the details until after purchase.

Hotwire is an excellent travel site. On my family's vacation to California this summer we used Hotwire many times. The first purchase made with them was airfare. I had looked online, and was about to purchase a roundtrip fare through Travelocity for a...

Pros: Easy to use, and low, low rates!
Cons: Not knowing the vendor until you pay.

I stumbled across Hotwire while checking out car rentals on "dogpile" search. It seems that I've had pretty good luck using Dogpile for searches, and that included the terrific deal I got on long distance phone service. Lets stick here to...

This was my first time using Hotwire. I found a great, almost too good to be true rate for a 4-star hotel. As I processed the reservation with credit card info. and all, the site gave me an error message saying that the itinerary was no longer available ...

My husband and I attend JazzFest in New Orleans each May. This year I waited a little too long to make our hotel reservation, and our usual hotel was unavailable. I went to hotwire.com to see if I could find a hotel for this extremely busy weekend in New ...

Used Hotwire for a recent car rental. I suppose it is my fault that I did not read the very fine print regarding 24 hour periods & was charged for a 5 day rental when car was actually only used for 4 days and 25 minutes! I wrongfully assumed it would...