Reply To: Hotels.com value compared to sticking to one brand

[NorthernLass]

It’s definitely a good idea to keep an open mind; I think the chain hotels have become progressively more and more expensive in the assumption that people won’t shop around. For example, I’m planning a road trip around central Spain next year and there aren’t many chain hotels in that region so I’ve been looking at which other options there are in the cities on our route. Prices for beautiful Parador properties are often on a par, or lower than, (sometimes) bog standard Marriotts (the only chain represented outside Madrid in that region).