<p>I have found some great deals on Expedia and Travelocity if I book the flight I want and add a hotel. I already have separate hotel reservations that I can cancel, but I can save a considerable amount of money if I book the flight and hotel together. Will I be guaranteed the hotel that I choose? I am particular about the location of the hotel and amenities, so I don’t want to be surprised and ‘relocated’ to a hotel not of my choosing.</p>
<p>If anyone has experience with this, good or bad, please share. Thanks.</p>
<p>As far as I am aware, you get the hotel you select on Expedia. I don’t know about Travelocity. It’s only hotwire and priceline where you don’t know the hotel until you pay.</p>
<p>I have used both without any problems. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Yes, you get the hotel you selected with either company. Confusingly enough, Priceline and Hotwire offer vacation packages where you know the flight and hotel in advance too. If you haven’t done so already, recheck the hotel’s own website to see if rates have gone down there too.</p>
<p>The only potential problem is with not being able to cancel and get your money back. Great package deals on line. Expedia, Orbitz and others mentioned are reliable. Some reservations can be cancelled- there is a choice of rates if this is so. When you book hotel X you get hotel X. As stated above it is only when you give your credit card number for a hotel in a category and only find out after it goes through that you have the uncertainty- once they tell you that you got hotel X they don’t change it later. Print out copies of the reservation form to have for the hotel front desk in case they don’t find your reservation (just as you keep your hotel confirmation number in case it is needed).</p>
<p>Kayak is a great site to compare rates and get links to the different travel websites. Sometimes AAA rates can be a bit lower so it is worth checking them also if you are a member.</p>