Chris26WI Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I just discovered the (German?) jetlagtravel-site.... they sell hotel rooms in Ebay.de... the hotel list at their website for Europe hotels... looks almost just the same as the Priceline-hotels (according to the hotel list here)... - apparently they book rooms via Priceline on demand which they resell... - yes, seems really like that - looking at their "booking"-site at jetlagtravel.de... almost exactly the same procedure as in Priceline...http://www.jetlagtravel.de/alternativhotels.htmexample for their offer for JW Marriott Bangkok in Ebay.de:http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...6502138179&rd=1 Link to comment
thereuare Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 A little fishy to me:Their website is a .de extension (this isn't what is fishy)... and if you look at their contact information it's a PO Box in Florida with a non-US telephone number. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
djohannw Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 It's a german website. This is from DENIC (the .de name-authority) whois:Domain: jetlagtravel.de Letzte Aktualisierung: 31.10.2003 Robert KristoficJetLagTravel EinzelfirmaHaldenstrasse 29D-70771 Leinfelden-EchterdingenGermanySo the site is around already for a while - domain was registered more than a year ago. Then again, from the secondary contact-information it is hosted by a cheap webhosting-reseller in Berlin - Strato (probably most low-cost domains are either hosted there or with Puretec). Funny that it ios hosted exactly one IP-adress away from my family-homepage...;-)))!That said: I have thought about such a business-model myself some time ago, but for legal reasons I decided against it. German law requires a lot of prerequisites before you are able to do such a stunt...Greetings - Dirk Link to comment
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