I've used hotwire. Thing is, I knew which hotel I was staying at. There was a hotel I wanted to stay at that had a couple of ammenities that no other hotel in the area had. So, I went looking on hotwire and matched up the ammenities to what I wanted and got the hotel I wante for about $50 less a night than the doing it direct. Thing is, you can't always do that because *most* hotels are the same and/or have the same ammenities. We knew the one we wanted did a wine and cheese party at night (others don't), so it was easy to see which one it was on hotwire.

Good luck

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