Use Claude to check six things before booking hotels — hidden fees, events, fake listings
Spare-Flamingo6080 · reddit · 2026-10-15
After analyzing thousands of hotel rates, the author shares a six-point Claude checklist: compute the real total (45% of 2,702 sampled rates had pay-at-hotel fees; Vegas adds 13% tax), check city events (same 77 NYC hotels: $666 vs $441 medians two Fridays apart), verify room tiers (48 rates that were really 7 rooms), search with kids from the start, confirm the property is real and open, and get the hotel's own confirmation number. Includes the full prompt and a Vegas test where Claude surfaced a $62/night resort fee, a Raiders game, and overbooking complaints.
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