It is not a secret any more, almost each sane person goes in the Internet to find hotel when going to Kiev. The first some references in Google on demand « Kiev accommodation » and you can see that the first of five position are sites of tourist agencies, or so-called booking services. These services give the detailed information about Kiev hotels on the sites and suggest to book room without the commission, and sometimes even are cheaper, than on reception of the hotel.
How they can earn, you ask. And probably also do not ask, as already many know that these agencies, in a fashionable way booking services, receive good discounts from hotels of Kiev which reach 30 %. Naturally, having such discount, they can quite share to it with you, having suggested to book room through their site, we will tell at a discount 5 %.
Moreover, Kiev Hotels are compelled to offer discounts to the partners-agencies proceeding from sales volumes, i.e. the more they involve tourists, the discount is more at them. The sharpest services of booking, do not feel sorry for the discounts and for all other travel agencies. Thus, having received a discount, we will tell 20 %, they offer a discount for intermediaries of 10 %. The more intermediaries, the more tourists it is involved, the more discount at travel agency which works directly with hotels of Kiev.
One more variant which the advanced domestic tourist agencies successfully use consists that they act as intermediaries between hotels of Kiev and the international systems online reservations owing to that hotels of Kiev not always have competent experts for participation in such programs independently. The international portals on booking of hotels not only in Kiev, but also all over the world, ask a discount of only 15 % from usual tariffs of hotel. Local tourist agencies placing the information on hotels of Kiev in these systems of booking already receive from hotels of 30 % a discount 15 % from which go to destination to the international service of booking
Thus, it is possible to draw a conclusion that the prices which offer hotels of Kiev to the end user, it is artificial are overestimated almost on 30 % as the improbable competition in this market forces them to work with travel agencies and all possible intermediaries for attraction of clients. At this conjuncture in a prize there are only services of booking which creating nothing new, and only thanks to faster mastering by methods of sales through the Internet, receive the earnings. There is one way to save your budget it is to book Kiev apartment as perfect alternative to local hotel room.