FraKHegly

Just to expand on the earlier post. I am NOT saying that the TripAdvisor rating on the TripAdvisor site is not dynamic. What I am saying is that the the number published on Hotwire is not linked directly to the rating on the TripAdvisor site. It is a static number and is changed every so often- This is visable in the source code on Hotwire (It says static). So this is why there is an inconsistency between the start rating on Hotwire and TripAdvisor- Which is what I was warning people about. The point I was making is that it if you are trying to work out which hotel it could be, the TripAdvisor rating of one hotel could be 2.5 stars and another could be 3.5. So it helps (obviously not 100% accurate) if the rating published on Hotwire matches the one on TripAdvisor. I was trying to work out which hotel I had and Hotwire said it had a TA rating of 3.5. I looked on TA and of the 2 hotels it could be one was 3.5 stars and the other was 2.5. Obviously we cannot tell when it was updated, but I think it is a help.

In fact the TripAdvisor rating is listed on many of the hotels. So all you need to do is use the list from this site and then type the possible hotels into TripAdvisor. If we consider a 3.5 star downtown LA hotel it could be either: Westin Marriot Wiltshire Millenium If the SPA icon is not here then you can discount the Millenium. The high speen internet is not such a sure fire hit though. Anyway if you then look at the Trip Advisor ratings you will see that the ratings vary, so by discounting the ones that are not the same you narrow down the list even more. Remeber that the trip advisor rating is static not dynamic (you can see by looking at the source code). In saying this it will most likley be updated monthly and the hotels will have a lot of reviews and will not change by a .5 star rating that often.

Just wanted to let you know I just booked a 3.5* Downtown Hotel October 7-9 $74 per night The hotel was the Westin Bonaventure- Which was a great deal :) Just wanted to thanks everyone on the site becuase I don't think I could have taken the plunge without the list narrowing down the hotels. The icons showing were Hotel Amenities Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center Thanks