Did you know you can also scan for cheap hotel accommodation on Skyscanner? The meta search site is best known for finding the cheapest flights available on the internet. Not to be confused with an online travel agency (OTA), Skyscanner does not sell travel inventory but merely searches the internet for the lowest rate and display them in a user friendly format on its site. When you make any bookings, Skyscanner redirects you to whichever booking website you have selected.
Skyscanner is currently working with TrustYou to roll out in phases Meta-Reviews with a straightforward, accessible and useful visual of verified hotel reviews. TrustYou searches, analyses and distills hundreds of millions of opinions scattered across this vast, fragmented market. TrustYou’s Meta-Reviews are based solely on verified travel reviews and do not include data from TripAdvisor.
You would be able to get an overview of how the hotel ranks overall based on all reviews about the property as well as how it appeals to different categories of travellers such as couples, solo travellers and more. Other areas of interest are covered in greater detail such as rooms and amenities, location, dining etc.
This becomes really useful, when consumers read reviews about the hotels that they intend to stay in before making any final bookings. Once there are sufficient reviews displayed within Skyscanner, this saves consumers the trouble of reading reviews by searching online or through TripAdvisor. We understand from Skyscanner UK that the reviews will also determine the algorithm on the backend on how the hotels are sorted in the future.
