Comments on: Toldja! New forecast confirms 2010 will be Year of the Deal http://www.elliott.org/blog/toldja-new-forecast-verifies-2010-will-be-year-of-the-deal/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: frostysnowman http://www.elliott.org/blog/toldja-new-forecast-verifies-2010-will-be-year-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-25809 frostysnowman Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:10:18 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=9074#comment-25809 I think costs remaining flat, particularly in the case of air fares, is not indicative of 2010 being "The Year of the Deal" in any way. I agree that I'm seeing more hotel bargains, but when it comes to air fare and rental cares I don't think there are that many deals to be had right now. I think costs remaining flat, particularly in the case of air fares, is not indicative of 2010 being “The Year of the Deal” in any way. I agree that I’m seeing more hotel bargains, but when it comes to air fare and rental cares I don’t think there are that many deals to be had right now.

]]> By: David Whitley http://www.elliott.org/blog/toldja-new-forecast-verifies-2010-will-be-year-of-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-25800 David Whitley Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:22:32 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=9074#comment-25800 Thoroughly agreed. There's a lot of travel industry fat that has not yet been trimmed (particularly in relation to hotel room rates). 2010 will see more of it being trimmed. But as a lot of poorer quality operators go under, capacity will be cut and prices will steadily start to stabilise then rise again. I find a good rule of thumb is looking at how much commission affiliate advertisers pay - if it's 2% for a flight or 8% for a hotel room, then that amount can realistically come off the price of the flight or hotel room for the consumer. Thoroughly agreed. There’s a lot of travel industry fat that has not yet been trimmed (particularly in relation to hotel room rates). 2010 will see more of it being trimmed. But as a lot of poorer quality operators go under, capacity will be cut and prices will steadily start to stabilise then rise again.

I find a good rule of thumb is looking at how much commission affiliate advertisers pay – if it’s 2% for a flight or 8% for a hotel room, then that amount can realistically come off the price of the flight or hotel room for the consumer.

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