I’ve been preaching for some time now that the best way to keep hotel and car-rental costs under control is to forget about conventional senior, AAA and other minor discounts and instead use one of ...

For David Pollard, the "aha" moment came after he booked a hotel room in Los Angeles through Hotwire. Hotwire and its competitor, Priceline, offer what are called "opaque" rooms, which is to say you ...

If you really want to save money the next time you need a hotel, Priceline and Hotwire are the way to go. Both sites offer cheap bookings with a caveat — there’s something of a guess factor involved ...

Many of you turn to “opaque” online agencies to get the very best available hotel deals. As long as you can specify the hotel’s quality range and general location, if the discount is big enough, ...

Photo Credit: Here's a screenshot from a recent Hotwire's TV ad that was posted on YouTube and Hotwire's Facebook page. Hotwire has lost share this year and impacted parent company Expedia Inc.'s ...

With Barry Diller assimilating another company into his travel empire, Captain Kirk and his crew are on the defensive. -- the travel site hawked by Star Trek veteran William Shatner -- fell even ...

Things have come full circle in the decade-long Priceline-Hotwire skirmish. Over the last couple of years, Priceline officials conceded that Hotwire was taking share from Priceline's Name Your Own ...

Priceline's "name your own price" feature can save you a great deal on quality hotel rooms (and other travel), but the negotiating process can be time-consuming and setting the right price confusing.

CHICAGO -- Cendants Orbitz will no longer use IAC/InterActiveCorps Hotwire for opaque inventory, opting instead for Pricelines opaque product beginning Jan. 1. In addition, Orbitz got the go-ahead to ...

Expedia Inc.'s Hotwire and Travelport's Orbitz reached an agreement under which Hotwire next year will resume a prior role and provide opaque travel inventory to Orbitz. Priceline.com has been ...