Bookings It´s not that we didn´t expect that, but none of us, usual bookers, knew exactly how big is the commission taken by the company Booking out of the reservations made on its webpage. They told me it´s about 15% of the fee. The question is, as experience says, that hotel rooms are cheaper when you book them directly with the hotel. But not always, sometimes they are more expensive. Booking wants to help you, booking insists and booking bothers you. The Booking webpage is a good way to kill time, read something in the bathroom or entertain yourself as you´re waiting for the bus or plane. Reading comments can be a good sociological experiment. That same hotel awarded with 9 points out of ten most of the times, and then if you read a little further you see a 3 points mark..and you wonder why is that. “The sheets had a bad smell and the night recepcionist was very rude” “Splendid cleanliness and very helpful staff” Both comments about the same hotel, yes Not so many years ago, you wouldn´t book a hotel in advance, even less during the low season, when you were travelling with your backpack. Nowadays, looking for acommodation, watching the pictures and reading the comments on your mobile phone is a compulsory step(and an enjoyable one) on those exciting days before you travel from one place to another