Expedia

Search results on hotel booking websites often fail to show the total cost of your stay, leaving travellers struggling to compare prices and find the cheapest overall deal, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.

Travel site Expedia has launched a new loyalty scheme offering points on bookings that can be exchanged for money off future reservations. Yet while it's possible to bag yourself a saving with the scheme, when booking always check if better deals can be found elsewhere.

Shoppers will earn just half as many points for spending the same amount of cash at Sainsbury's from April next year, it was announced today.

UK hotels and online travel agents will have more freedom to offer discounts on rooms following an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into deals struck by Expedia and Booking.com .

Two online travel agents and a hotel group have said they will "relax" an agreement, which the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was concerned prevented other online travel agents from selling discounted rooms.

If you've unwittingly bought travel insurance because an airline or booking website automatically opted you into cover then MoneySavingExpert.com is today urging you to reclaim that cash.

Holidaymakers could end up shelling out a needless £250 because some internet booking sites automatically add insurance to your travel arrangements.