{"id":628,"date":"2012-11-09T12:07:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/?p=628"},"modified":"2013-02-14T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:47:07","slug":"travel-tips-vol-2-hotels-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/2012\/11\/09\/travel-tips-vol-2-hotels-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tips Vol. 2: Hotels Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All About Hotels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><strong>What is a \u201cPublished Rate\u201d hotel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egencia has 4 types of hotel rates: (listed in preferred order for booking)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Negotiated Rate Hotels<\/strong>&#8211; Mozilla has negotiated a corporate rate with these hotels based on an assumed number of room nights. You reserve these rooms in Egencia and the hotel bills Mozilla. <em><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Good choice!<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Egencia Preferred Rate Hotels<\/strong>\u2013 Catering to business travelers and offering the most business amenities. Rooms are charged directly to Mozilla. <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Good choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Expedia Special Rate Hotels<\/strong>&#8211; Catering to business and vacation travelers with varying degrees of flexibility and amenities. Rooms are charged directly to Mozilla. <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong> Good choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Published Rates or \u201crack rates\u201d<\/strong>&#8211; Hotels with whom Egencia does not have contracted rates. These hotels are reserved in Egencia but <em>require payment on arrival to the traveler&#8217;s credit card<\/em>. Rooms are filed as an expense and then reimbursed by Mozilla. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Oops! Try again.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-630\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-11-05 at 1.40.10 PM\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-1.40.10-PM.png\" width=\"652\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-1.40.10-PM.png 652w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-1.40.10-PM-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. How do I tell what kind of room rate it is?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a few ways you can check what kind of rate you\u2019re picking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colored Pins<\/strong>&#8211; Your hotel search will produce a list of hotels. The pin color is associated with the type of rate. <em>Published rate hotels will only show in your search results if there are no other results available .<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Green Pins = Negotiated Rate Hotels <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Good choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nYellow Pins = Egencia Preferred Rate Hotels <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Good choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBlue Pins = Expedia Special Rate Hotels <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Good choice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nGray Pins= Published Rate Hotels <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Oops! Try again.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-14-at-3.39.09-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-851\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-14 at 3.39.09 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-14-at-3.39.09-PM-300x287.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-14-at-3.39.09-PM-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-14-at-3.39.09-PM.png 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Continue to Booking<\/strong>&#8211; Once you continue to the booking page to select your room you will see the type of rate the room is listed at the top of the screen.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-2.36.01-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633\" title=\"Rate Name\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-2.36.01-PM.png\" width=\"683\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-2.36.01-PM.png 683w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-2.36.01-PM-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. <strong>How do I know if this is a good hotel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egencia has recently added TripAdvisor hotel reviews to their hotel search.\u00a0 You can read reviews before you book to determine if this hotel will be a good fit for your travel needs.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.16.15-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-637\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-11-05 at 3.16.15 PM\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.16.15-PM.png\" width=\"549\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.16.15-PM.png 549w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.16.15-PM-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>How do I change my hotel reservation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call your hotel directly. Hotel contact information and terms are always included in your trip information under the &#8220;Hotel summary.&#8221; If you have any problems you can always call an Egencia representative to assist you.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.31.08-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-641\" title=\"Hotel Summary\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.31.08-PM.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.31.08-PM.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/places\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-05-at-3.31.08-PM-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All About Hotels 1. What is a \u201cPublished Rate\u201d hotel? Egencia has 4 types of hotel rates: (listed in preferred order for booking) Negotiated Rate Hotels&#8211; Mozilla has negotiated a corporate rate with these hotels based on an assumed number of room nights. You reserve these rooms in Egencia and the hotel bills Mozilla. 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