I have never ever found a hotel to have the same or cheaper prices when booking directly on the hotel website. I travel in Europe.
For my last booking the difference was almost 20% (340€ at Hotels.com, 420€ direct booking). I don't know if they enforce some most favourable pricing rules or what, but one of the booking sites is always the cheaper option.
I would prefer to book directly so that the accommodation gets all the money, but I'm obviously not going to pay that much more just out of generosity.
For my last booking the difference was almost 20% (340€ at Hotels.com, 420€ direct booking). I don't know if they enforce some most favourable pricing rules or what, but one of the booking sites is always the cheaper option.
I would prefer to book directly so that the accommodation gets all the money, but I'm obviously not going to pay that much more just out of generosity.