Octopus Travel:

"OctopusTravel was launched in Europe, Asia and the US in 2001 and has proved a hit with internet-savvy travellers, here's why:

- 21,000 hotels and over 1000 sightseeing products worldwide at discounted prices. We have a team of 100+ travel professionals worldwide, negotiating the best rates for each hotel and sightseeing product sold by us.

- Price Promise - We are confident we have the best prices on the internet. If your customers can find a lower price, we will match it, subject to a few terms conditions*

- Instant Confirmations - Most hotel bookings are confirmed immediately. We include detailed hotel reports, pictures and maps to make choosing the right hotel an easy process.

- Rooms for sold out dates. In most instances we pre-buy hotel rooms to make sure we can still confirm requests, even when everyone else is sold out (subject to availability).

- Independent hotel reports. We provide unbiased in depth reports of the hotels and in many cases also include pictures and local maps.

- No hidden extras. The prices on our site include taxes, service charges and in most European hotels we include breakfast".

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