Tourism HW #1

Darien Borgella Hotel Operations 09/11/2018 HW #2 Expedia.com Buffalo Marriott Harbor For a guest room with a king sized bed with a lake view costs $271.61 and after tax which was $41.29 the rooms final cost on expedia is $340.29 No restrictions on the room. Expedia does have a Cancellations or changes made after 11:59 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada)) on Oct 20, 2018 or no-shows are subject to a property fee equal to 100% of the total amount paid for the reservation. Booking.com Buffalo Marriott Harbor For a guest room with a king sized bed with a lake view costs $251 which has a 13.75% tax and is non-refundable. This room offers breakfast as well for $12. For a refundable room the room will cost $299 and the tax will be 13.75%. FInal cost will be $340.11 No restrictions to the room. The room doesn't allow pets and there is no space for extra beds. The hotel does allow children. Priceline.com Buffalo Marriott Harbor For a guest room with a king sized bed with a lake view costs $251. Taxes for this nonrefundable room are $34.51 which brings the room to $285.51. For a refundable room it’ll cost $299 and taxes are $41.11.This hotel has free internet access in public areas and has a fridge equipped in the room. This room doesn’t have any restrictions on it. Marriott Harbor Buffalo Marriott Harbor For a guest room with a king sized bed with a lake view costs $299 and tax will be $41.11 making the final cost $340.11. For a Marriott rewards member rates the room will be $293 with a tax of $40.29 making the final cost $333.29. No restrictions on the room. 2. Each booking website has accurate information on the hotel room from parking to breakfast to parking at the Marriott. There wasn't much of a difference in finding the information for the room in these different websites. 3. The rates one each site matched and there was little to no difference in price for the rooms at the Marriott. The prices with tax all added up to be $340 for the most part. 4. As a consumer I personally feel like Expedia.com was more user friendly. The website is lively, and much more appealing to the eyes than the other websites for booking in compasion. Expedia gave me much needed information about the hotel in detail like the other sites and it wasn’t hard to find at all. Also Expedia has plenty of offers to give which could benefit lots of people. Expedia frequent users who book through them are able to accumulate points to save or use towards bookings for a cheaper discounted room. If you use this booking site frequently they also offer a credit card which will give you 25,000 points and much more.