| This web site has the best rates available. Due to contractual obligations, the rates published here and those quoted over the phone will be exactly the same as the rates quoted by on-line travel sites, such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and all others. However, various discounts and extended stay packages are available only through on-line bookings via this web site. |
| On-line travel sites (Expedia, for example) complete bookings through what the industry terms a "Global Distribution System" (GDS). GDS listings for independent properties, such as the Roosevelt Inn, are provided by various consolidators who group properties together in order to provide enough volume for GDS listings. We work through a company called InnPoints. (By the way, chains handle GDS listings through their franchising networks.) |
| Unfortunately for you, the guest, there are charges by each party to the transaction. The global distribtion system makes a charge as well as either the consolidator or the franchiser. Moreover the originating travel site expects a commission. |
| Direct on-line bookings at this site reduce these transaction charges and/or commissions and we are able to pass the savings on to you via various discount codes. These discounts start at 2 per cent off and may be as much as 20 percent off the published rates. |
| A final note: Virtually all on-line travel sites are travel agents. Travel agents have their place and often provide valuable services. But we recommend if you choose to use a travel agent, you should use a local travel agent in your own home town. These people are your neighbors and provide a real service. Supporting them not only helps your own community, but also, if anything goes wrong, you have a real person right there in your town who can be your personal advocate. If you choose an on-line travel agent, you may end up having to deal with some nearly-English-speaking call center robot in Bangalore who has no authority to solve your problem. |