Checked November 5, 2026. Updated weekly
Do the lower hotel prices Underbook shows hold on the booking site?
Mostly yes, for the price. In a check on November 5, 2026, 17 of the 20 lower prices Underbook showed for a Christmas stay were the same price on the booking site about 40 hours later (within 5%, and within 1% at all 17); 1 was no longer offered (Super.com); 1 page could not be read (Vio.com); 1 was no longer offered (Traveluro). What varied more was the room and the cancellation terms. Across Underbook's 2 checks so far (November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026), 36 of 40 lower prices held within 5% on the booking site, reopened 5 and 40 hours after they were shown; 1 came back higher.
So before you book a lower price, read two lines on the booking page: the room name and the cancellation terms.
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What was checked, and how
- The prices: lower prices from Underbook's own recorded answers, where a booking site listed the stay 5% or more below the going rate (the price most sites agree on). Each week's hotels are picked by hand from one search run: a spread of US cities, chains and independents, small and large gaps, and several lower sites.
- The visit: hours later, each lower listing's own link was opened in a normal Chrome browser, signed out, with nothing booked and no checkout page opened. The same was done for one mainstream listing at the going rate (Booking.com, Expedia or Hotels.com) for the same hotel, dates and party.
- What "held" means: the booking site's page showed a price within 5% of the price Underbook showed, on the basis the page states: before tax, or the total with taxes and fees as the site reports them (a resort or destination fee may be extra).
- The room and the terms: read on both pages: the room name, the cancellation line, and whether the price needs a sign-in.
Limits: about 20 hotels a week, one stay, US only, one read each; it shows whether the prices are real, not a rate for any site. Room names are compared as text: two sites can name one room differently, and a name match is evidence, not proof. No checkout page is opened, so taxes and fees added at checkout, and the price a signed-out traveler pays where a page says "Sign in to book", are not checked. Booking.com's all-in figures are estimates from the tax percentages its page lists. Each lower page is opened through Google Hotels' own link, the one a click there uses.
The room and the terms: the honest part
The price Underbook shows is usually the price on the site. What a price alone cannot tell you is which room it is and whether you can cancel, and in the November 5, 2026 check those differed from listing to listing:
- Sometimes a different room. The lower price was for the same room or room type as the mainstream page at 6 of 20 hotels and a comparable one at 2, but a different room at 0, and at 7 the lower site did not name the room at all; 5 could not be compared (the lower price was gone or unreadable, or no mainstream hotel page was read). At 1 hotel the lower room was an accessible suite (the mainstream page listed the same accessible suite at its first-listed price), which a traveler who does not need one may not want to book.
- Often no cancellation line. Free cancellation was shown on 4 of the 20 lower rates and non-refundable on 3; the other 13 did not say. At 1 hotel the non-refundable term was only in the room's name on the lower page, so read the room name too.
- Sometimes a sign-in. 0 of the 20 lower prices said "Sign in to book".
- Fees can sit outside the comparison. Prices are taxes and fees as each site reports them; a resort or destination fee may be extra.
Before you book a lower price
- Read the room name on the booking page and compare it with the room you wanted: beds, view, and whether it is an accessible room.
- Read the cancellation line: free cancellation and until when, or non-refundable. If the page says nothing, find the terms before you pay.
- Check for a sign-in or member price: the price you can book signed out is the one to compare.
- Check the total on the last screen, with taxes and fees as the site reports them; a resort or destination fee may be extra.
Underbook's result says whether a lower listing names the same room as one at the going rate; when it cannot, it tells you to check the room before you book. More on that: how to tell if a cheaper hotel price is the same room.
Updated weekly: every check, newest first
We run this check again each week with a new set of hotels and add it here with its date. The answer at the top of the page is the newest check; older checks stay below, unchanged.
- November 5, 2026: Christmas stay, 17 of 20 lower prices held within 5%, 0 higher.
- November 3, 2026: Thanksgiving stay, 19 of 20 lower prices held within 5%, 1 higher.
Checked November 5, 2026 (newest)
Christmas stay, December 23 to December 27: 17 of 20 held
Underbook's answers for 4 nights, December 23 to December 27, 2026, 2 adults, were recorded on November 4, 2026 between 00:03 and 00:05 UTC. 20 lower prices from 20 US cities were then opened on the booking sites 39.7 to 40.2 hours later: Super.com 10, KAYAK.com 2, Traveluro 2, Vio.com 2, trivago DEALS 2, Agoda 1, Hotels.com 1.
- The price: 17 held within 5% (14 at exactly the price shown, all 17 within 1%), 0 higher, 0 lower, 2 gone, 1 unreadable. 9 of 10 Super.com prices matched exactly.
- The room: the lower page and the mainstream page (Booking.com, Expedia or Hotels.com, at the going rate) listed the same room or room type at 6, a comparable room (same bed and class, the name differs) at 2, a different room at 0; the lower site named no room at 7; 5 could not be compared (the lower price was gone or unreadable, or no mainstream hotel page was read).
- How much lower: where the room was the same or comparable (8 hotels), the lower page was 11.7% to 52.2% below the mainstream page before tax, a median of about 29%. Across all 14 hotels with a dollar comparison: 10.7% to 52.2%.
- The terms: free cancellation was shown on 4 of the 20 lower rates, non-refundable on 3, and neither on 13. 0 of 20 needed a sign-in to book.
| Lower site | Prices checked | Held within 5% | Same or comparable room | Different room | Room not named | Free cancellation shown | Sign-in to book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super.com | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| KAYAK.com | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Traveluro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vio.com | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| trivago DEALS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Agoda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotels.com | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All | 20 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
Groups of 1 to 10 prices are far too small to rate a site, and the sites were picked by hand for a mix, not in proportion to how often each is lowest.
| Hotel | Lower site | Underbook showed | Booking site page | Result | Room | Cancellation | Below the mainstream page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVEN Hotel Miami - Airport by IHG, Miami | Super.com | $95 before tax | $95 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | not stated | 52.2% |
| Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu | Super.com | $474 before tax | $474 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 40.2% |
| Dauphine Orleans Hotel, New Orleans | Super.com | $85 before tax | $85 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | non-refundable | 35.2% |
| The McCormick Scottsdale, Scottsdale | Super.com | $100 before tax | not read | gone | not compared | not stated | not compared |
| Loews Nashville Hotel at Vanderbilt Plaza, Nashville | Super.com | $148 before tax | $148 | held (+0.0%) | same | free cancellation | 30.1% |
| Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa-I-75 @ Bruce B. Downs by IHG, Tampa | Super.com | $99 before tax | $99 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 26.5% |
| Moonrise Hotel, St. Louis | Super.com | $149 before tax | $149 | held (+0.0%) | not compared | free cancellation | not compared |
| Beacon Grand A Union Square Hotel, San Francisco | Super.com | $171 before tax | $171 | held (+0.0%) | not compared | free cancellation | not compared |
| The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle, Washington DC | Super.com | $119 before tax | $119 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 17.4% |
| Ramada by Wyndham Boston, Boston | Super.com | $85 before tax | $85 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 16.0% |
| The Royal Sonesta Houston Galleria, Houston | Vio.com | $90 before tax | not read | unreadable | not compared | not stated | not compared |
| MGM Grand, Las Vegas | Vio.com | $109 all-in | $109 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 27.2% all-in |
| DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown, Minneapolis | Traveluro | $87 before tax | $87 | held (+0.0%) | same | non-refundable | 28.8% |
| Dream Hollywood, by Hyatt, Los Angeles | Traveluro | $246 before tax | not read | gone | not compared | not stated | not compared |
| Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta | trivago DEALS | $86 before tax | $85.50 | held (-0.6%) | same | non-refundable | 28.2% |
| Hilton Garden Inn Anaheim/Garden Grove, Anaheim | trivago DEALS | $151 before tax | $151 | held (+0.0%) | same | free cancellation | 11.7% |
| Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown/N Loop/Michigan Ave, Chicago | KAYAK.com | $102 before tax | $103 | held (+1.0%) | not named | not stated | 26.7% |
| Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel, Detroit | KAYAK.com | $145 before tax | $145 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 17.4% |
| Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Orlando | Agoda | $158 before tax | $158 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 10.7% |
| Mediterranean Inn, Seattle | Hotels.com | $127 before tax | $126 | held (-0.8%) | not named | not stated | not compared |
Underbook showed: the lower site's price in Underbook's recorded answer, a night, on the basis the booking page states (before tax, or all-in: the total with taxes and fees divided by the nights). Booking site page: that price read on the site's own page. Room: the lower page's room against the first-listed room on the mainstream page, compared by name. Below the mainstream page: the lower page's price against the mainstream page's first-listed price for the same stay, before tax unless marked.
Checked November 3, 2026
Thanksgiving stay, November 25 to November 29: 19 of 20 held
Underbook's answers for 4 nights, November 25 to November 29, 2026, 2 adults, were recorded on November 3, 2026 between 14:22 and 14:24 UTC. 20 lower prices from 20 US cities were then opened on the booking sites 4.6 to 5.0 hours later: Super.com 10, KAYAK.com 2, Traveluro 2, Vio.com 2, trivago DEALS 2, Agoda 1, Hotels.com 1.
- The price: 19 held within 5% (14 at exactly the price shown, all 19 within 1%), 1 higher, 0 lower, 0 gone, 0 unreadable. All 10 Super.com prices matched exactly. The one higher price: Agoda at Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, shown at $121 a night before tax and $132 on its page (+9.1%). Prices move between a search and a visit, so one higher price is not proof the listing was wrong.
- The room: the lower page and the mainstream page (Booking.com, Expedia or Hotels.com, at the going rate) listed the same room or room type at 8, a comparable room (same bed and class, the name differs) at 4, a different room at 3; the lower site named no room at 5.
- How much lower: where the room was the same or comparable (12 hotels), the lower page was 15.9% to 37.1% below the mainstream page before tax, a median of about 26%. Across all 19 hotels with a dollar comparison: 7.0% to 39.5%.
- The terms: free cancellation was shown on 8 of the 20 lower rates, non-refundable on 2, and neither on 10. 1 of 20 needed a sign-in to book.
| Lower site | Prices checked | Held within 5% | Same or comparable room | Different room | Room not named | Free cancellation shown | Sign-in to book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super.com | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| KAYAK.com | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Traveluro | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vio.com | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| trivago DEALS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Agoda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotels.com | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All | 20 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Groups of 1 to 10 prices are far too small to rate a site, and the sites were picked by hand for a mix, not in proportion to how often each is lowest.
| Hotel | Lower site | Underbook showed | Booking site page | Result | Room | Cancellation | Below the mainstream page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown/N Loop/Michigan Ave, Chicago | Super.com | $131 before tax | $131 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 26.0% |
| Dauphine Orleans Hotel, New Orleans | Super.com | $133 before tax | $133 | held (+0.0%) | different | non-refundable | 39.5% |
| Holiday Inn Express & Suites Nashville Southeast - Antioch by IHG, Nashville | Super.com | $78 before tax | $78 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 37.1% |
| Hotel Zoe Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco | Super.com | $133 before tax | $133 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | not stated | 28.5% |
| Courtyard by Marriott Washington, DC/U.S. Capitol, Washington DC | Super.com | $83 before tax | $83 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | free cancellation | 17.8% |
| Hyatt Place Tampa/Busch Gardens, Tampa | Super.com | $95 before tax | $95 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | not stated | 15.9% |
| The Windsor Suites, Philadelphia | Super.com | $179 before tax | $179 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 26.3% |
| Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel, Detroit | Super.com | $220 before tax | $220 | held (+0.0%) | same | free cancellation | 26.4% |
| Hotel Max, Seattle | Super.com | $103 before tax | $103 | held (+0.0%) | same | not stated | 29.0% |
| MGM Grand, Las Vegas | Super.com | $133 before tax | $133 | held (+0.0%) | same | free cancellation | 19.4% |
| Sheraton San Diego Resort, San Diego | Vio.com | $194 all-in | $193.75 | held (-0.1%) | not named | free cancellation; sign-in to book | 20.4% all-in |
| Ramada by Wyndham Boston, Boston | Vio.com | $110 all-in | $110 | held (+0.0%) | not named | not stated | 16.7% all-in |
| Novotel Miami Brickell, Miami | Traveluro | $181 before tax | $181 | held (+0.0%) | comparable | free cancellation | 34.4% |
| Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta | Traveluro | $81 before tax | $81 | held (+0.0%) | same | non-refundable | 31.9% |
| Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu | trivago DEALS | $357 before tax | $357.25 | held (+0.1%) | different | free cancellation | 21.8% |
| Hilton Garden Inn Anaheim/Garden Grove, Anaheim | trivago DEALS | $119 before tax | $118.50 | held (-0.4%) | same | free cancellation | 22.5% |
| Talking Stick Resort Hotel, Scottsdale | KAYAK.com | $145 before tax | $146 | held (+0.7%) | not named | not stated | 31.8% |
| DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis - Park Place, Minneapolis | KAYAK.com | $109 before tax | $110 | held (+0.9%) | not named | not stated | 7.0% |
| Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Orlando | Agoda | $121 before tax | $132 | higher (+9.1%) | not named | not stated | not compared |
| Sara's Inn on the Boulevard, Houston | Hotels.com | $167 before tax | $167 | held (+0.0%) | different | free cancellation | 14.1% |
Underbook showed: the lower site's price in Underbook's recorded answer, a night, on the basis the booking page states (before tax, or all-in: the total with taxes and fees divided by the nights). Booking site page: that price read on the site's own page. Room: the lower page's room against the first-listed room on the mainstream page, compared by name. Below the mainstream page: the lower page's price against the mainstream page's first-listed price for the same stay, before tax unless marked.
Do lower prices hold: common questions
Do the lower hotel prices Underbook shows hold on the booking site?
Mostly, for the price. On November 5, 2026, 17 of 20 lower prices Underbook showed for a Christmas stay were within 5% on the booking site about 40 hours later, and 0 were higher. The room and the cancellation terms varied more.
Is the lower price for the same room?
Not always. Of the 20 lower prices checked on November 5, 2026, the lower page listed the same room or room type as the mainstream booking page at 6, a comparable room at 2, a different room at 0, and named no room at 7; 5 could not be compared (the lower price was gone or unreadable, or no mainstream hotel page was read). Read the room name on the booking page before you book.
Is the lower rate refundable?
Often the page does not say. On November 5, 2026, free cancellation was shown on 4 of the 20 lower rates, non-refundable on 3, and neither on 13. Read the cancellation line on the booking page.
How much lower was it than Booking.com, Expedia or Hotels.com?
Where the room was the same or comparable (8 hotels), the lower page was 11.7% to 52.2% below the mainstream booking page before tax, a median of about 29%, on November 5, 2026.
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