Honest review
Bluepillow (bluepillow.com) is a travel search site built mostly around vacation rentals (its About page counts more than 10 million listings), and its hotel prices show up on Google Hotels under the name "Bluepillow.com" next to Expedia and Booking.com. Its terms name Blue Pillow S.p.A., of Milan, as the company behind it, and say plainly that it is not a travel agency: the room is sold by another provider. In our own data it was the cheapest site for 30 hotel prices, most often in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. But those cheapest listings never named the room. Here is what we measured and how to check a Bluepillow price before you pay.
We have no affiliate relationship with Bluepillow. Underbook (built by us) leads with the lowest price it finds, whoever lists it, and says whether it names your room.
A real search site with a named company behind it. Its low price is a lead to check: the listing does not say which room it is, and the booking is with a provider Bluepillow names only when you book.
What is true in its favor
Why you should be careful
Company details read from Bluepillow's Terms and conditions, Privacy policy, About us page and site footer on September 30, 2026. They can change.
Measured, September 2026
Across 9 snapshots taken between September 22 and September 29, 2026, we recorded every booking site's price that Google Hotels showed for the same two-night stay, 3,753 hotel prices in 199 cities. At 2,760 of them some site was 5% or more below the rate most sites agreed on. Bluepillow was the cheapest site at 14 of those 2,760, twentieth overall and typically 14% below the going rate: 7 in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, 4 in the US, 2 in Europe, 1 elsewhere in the Americas.
21 of the 30 times Bluepillow had the lowest price were at independent hotels. Its largest gap stands out: 86% below the going rate at The Concept Hotel HCMC- District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City); the next was 39% at JO&JOE Auckland (Auckland). And across all 30, its listing named the room 0 times. When Agoda was cheapest it named the room at 147 of 232 hotels; Booking.com at 159 of 211; Vio.com at 56 of 342. A price with no room attached may be for the smallest or a non-refundable room, and you cannot tell from the listing.
These are before-tax prices from one moment in each snapshot, not completed bookings. Method and the CSVs are on our hotel price study.
Underbook (built by us) is a free Chrome extension that does the first two for you while you shop. On a hotel page it shows other booking sites' prices for the same hotel and dates side by side, and says whether a cheaper listing names the same room or needs a check before you book. We earn nothing from Bluepillow.
Yes, as a search site. Bluepillow's terms and privacy policy name the company behind it: Blue Pillow S.p.A., Ripa di Porta Ticinese 63, Milan, Italy, VAT number IT09929610963, registered with the Milan companies register. Its terms say it is not a travel agency: the room is sold by a travel agency, hotel or other provider, and Bluepillow passes your booking to that provider. Treat its low price as a lead to check: in our data its cheapest hotel listings never named the room.
Sometimes. In our September 2026 price snapshots Bluepillow was the cheapest site at 14 hotels where some site was 5% or more below the going rate, typically 14% below, 7 of them in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Across 3,753 hotel prices in 199 cities that is a small share: most of the time another site was lower. At none of the 30 times it had the lowest price did its listing name the room.
A travel agency or other provider, not Bluepillow. Its terms say the provider's name and its booking terms are shown to you at the time of booking, that Bluepillow forwards the booking to the travel agency named there, and that the agency then emails you the details. Read that provider's terms before you pay.
That depends on the provider you book with. Bluepillow's terms say the provider's terms set your rights, including cancellation, and that for problems, complaints or refunds you contact the travel agency that handled the booking, not Bluepillow. Check the cancellation policy shown at booking.
Yes. Its terms mention the compensation Bluepillow receives from travel agencies, and say that neither the price nor that compensation is a factor in how it orders results, which it ranks by relevance (reviews, clicks, bookings and similar). A "Recommended by us" label marks listings whose hosts pay a fee.
Underbook is a free Chrome extension that shows every site's price for your hotel and dates side by side and says whether the cheaper listing names your room. You can also check a hotel on underbook.co without installing anything.
Real prices, hotel by hotel
From our price snapshots of September 25, 28 and 29, 2026: each hotel's page lists every booking site Google Hotels showed, the going rate, and whether the cheapest listing named a room, with a button to check today's price for your own dates.
Some hotels where Bluepillow had the lowest price we found, 5% or more below the going rate (each page shows every site's price):
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