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Why You Shouldn't Use Expedia to Book Your Next Trip (or really any OTA)

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On this episode of the Travel More Podcast - Summer School Edition, we share a cautionary tale of when booking a room through a third party went wrong. If your go to for booking travel is to visit Expedia, Priceline or browse through your credit card travel portal, keep listening. Learn when and how to use these tools, and more importantly what to avoid before booking your next trip.

In today's episode, we cover:

  • The two big reasons why you should not use third party OTA (online travel agent) portals. Examples of those include Expedia, Priceline, credit card portals, etc.
  • One reason why we would suggest using a third party booking system- this is a very specific example!
  • Some real world examples of problems we've encountered booking with third party portals (or OTAs)

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

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Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/
Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

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Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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On this episode of the Travel More Podcast - Summer School Edition, we share a cautionary tale of when booking a room through a third party went wrong. If your go to for booking travel is to visit Expedia, Priceline or browse through your credit card travel portal, keep listening. Learn when and how to use these tools, and more importantly what to avoid before booking your next trip.

In today's episode, we cover:

  • The two big reasons why you should not use third party OTA (online travel agent) portals. Examples of those include Expedia, Priceline, credit card portals, etc.
  • One reason why we would suggest using a third party booking system- this is a very specific example!
  • Some real world examples of problems we've encountered booking with third party portals (or OTAs)

Support the show

Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/
Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

Get in touch with us at [email protected]
Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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