an interesting point of view

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Posted by happyhols on Thursday, 7. May 2009 at 11:54 Bali Time:

In Reply to: The dynamics are changing?? posted by Baldie on Thursday, 7. May 2009 at 11:38 Bali Time:

A very interesting point of view raised..and for the most a very accurate insight into what kind of pattern may emerge. I have (more than a few times) done the flight component separate to the accommodation depending on current flight deals and again having just done another booking, find myself in this situation of do I book my accommodation now or do I wait closer to the time (next March). I am all in favour of last minute accommodation websites as I do believe you get some really good deals - parcel that with the cheap flight and you are paying what you used to pay to go to Bali with accommodation 10+ years ago! I think travel agents will definitely suffer over this...but then again they can hike the cost of the accommodation up to cover whatever commission they are going to miss out on...and they do...we booked our accommodation for our upcoming trip through a travel agent - normally I wait till closer to the time and then book the accommodation but I thought I would go against my grain and secure my accommodation early. Over the past 2 months I have watched the accommodation I have booked and paid for reduce in price on a last minute accommodation booking website...wow does that hurt! There will be a definite rise in competitiveness amongst the travel agents out there now - maybe it could have the opposite effect of a price hike in accommodation due to this? Its a hard one to predict. Given that the current GFC is no where near the end I think there will be a lot more airline sales to come.

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