it's never been easier to plan and book a trip these days, if you have a budget, and you already know your dream destination, you can book your entire trip in few min. flight, hotels and rentals
BUT, if you want to check what benefits you get wen you book via diff traveler providers, you can spend hours trying to search and understand what each travel provider can give you
My question to you, the travelers, what do you prefer to have when you travel, beside cheap prices.
- Get rewarded with points that can be used later
- Free upgrades and vouchers
- special treatment ( VIP)
If you mean travel / hotel rewards then I prefer Free upgrades and vouchers. I don't travel monthly. At most, I take a vacation twice a year so I don't care much about points. VIP treatment should already be given if I am paying a lot of money for the hotel. So the best choice for me is an upgrade and vouchers that I could immediately use in the area where I am staying. But anyway, I continue to use booking or agoda because it is very convenient. I can spend hours and sometimes even weeks browsing on hotels and destinations in their websites and there is no pressure to book. No travel agent is going to call me and pressure me to "buy now". Just doing everything online is the most convenient thing to do nowadays. The hotel and destination discounts are also updated daily on their websites.