What is the difference between hotel rack price and same-trip price? Does the same-trip price mean that if you book in advance, it will be cheaper?

I work in the sales department of a hotel. I can answer your questions for you.

Hotel prices are usually divided into retail prices, front desk discount prices, and reservation center discount prices.

The prices you see online on Tongcheng are discounted prices from the reservation center. The hotel cooperates with third-party platform promotion in order to increase the vacancy rate, so the price is usually cheaper than the front desk.

If the hotel rooms are not very tight, you can still enjoy the preferential price from the reservation center by calling Tongcheng at the hotel gate.