On the surface, these apps seem to provide users with huge discounts on hotels, trains, and flights with little to no in-app advertising. How can these businesses be profitable?
In: Economics
Most of them make money by getting a cut of the sale for whatever room/trip you buy through them.
The “discounts” they offer are largely lip service. Flight and hotel booking prices fluctuate regularly so they can claim they’re offering a “discount” but really the actual vendor (the airline or hotel) is just very willing to sell the item at much lower prices than listed on their site for various reasons.
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