What are the downsides of booking from Hopper?

No guarantee on price drops: While Hopper is pretty darn good at predicting when flight prices will drop, there's no guarantee that they actually will. Sometimes, you'll just have to take a leap of faith (or a flight of fancy) and book that ticket, knowing that you did your best to find the lowest price.



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Hopper is completely free to download and doesn't have any hidden fees or gotcha charges. We're passionate about helping our customers find the best travel deals.

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Think of Hopper as a flight price search engine: it pulls in flight pricing from all the airlines to show you which has the cheapest fares. When you book with Hopper, you're not booking directly with the airline: Hopper is an online travel agency like Kayak, Expedia, Priceline, and many others.

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Does Hopper guarantee your hotel room? If you've used the freeze option, but you haven't paid the full price, you haven't actually booked the hotel room or flight yet, and Hopper can't guarantee that it won't sell out. They only guarantee you won't pay more if prices rise in the meantime.

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I find that if you're traveling on a very tight budget, Hopper can be a great app to scan for cheap flights and hotels. That being said, many online comments have indicated it's an app best used to see what the best rates are, and then to book directly with the airlines or hotels themselves.

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Hopper provides flexible travel services that enable you to cancel your Hopper hotel booking within a defined period of time and receive a full or partial refund from Hopper, as set forth in these Terms.

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Each time you enter a new payment method into the Hopper app, Hopper places a one dollar ($1 USD) temporary charge on your card in order to confirm that the payment method is valid.

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When you attempt to book a hotel reservation with Hopper, a credit card authorization is placed for the purchase before the booking has been confirmed and processed.

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Hopper offers instant booking capability. Hopper does not hide guest details from hosts like Airbnb and Booking.com do. Property managers can get their rental agreements signed by guests through Hopper itself.

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You can cancel instantly right in the Hopper app with no need to talk to customer support or the airline!

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“If you watch a hotel, Hopper will do the work for you and continuously monitor both public rates and any private rates for which you are eligible and explore every channel to secure you a deal that can be around $50 cheaper than prices online,” Brianna Schneider, director of communications, said in a statement.

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Hopper analyzes trillions of data points to offer you data-driven guidance on whether you should book your trip now or wait for a better price.

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