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Above: a screenshot of default search results on Booking.com for a room in Bath on 12th September 2017
for one night. (Search made on 25 July 2017 at 09.39.)
* FAKE DISCOUNTS:
The above ‘discounts’ do NOT apply to the dates shown as Booking.com admits in a block of smallprint
that appears if you hover your cursor over the tiny ‘?’ next to the prominent “-41% TODAY” flash.
The higher price applies at some other day within a 30 day period - eg. Booking.com would show the
price for Sunday 8th January as a ‘discount’ based on the hotel’s New Year’s Eve or Christmas Day price.