How do travel apps that claim they can book, for example, a hotel for cheaper than the original price, do it? Is it legit?

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How do travel apps that claim they can book, for example, a hotel for cheaper than the original price, do it? Is it legit?

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It’s a volume discount to a service in exchange for that service doing some of their marketing and advertising for them and bringing in more customers. In turn, the travel service gives a small portion of that discount to you, the customer, and keeps the rest as profit.