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The team behind Luxury Travel Diary and the Luxury Travel Diary Auctions have now launched Luxury Travel Concierge.

What is Luxury Travel Concierge?
Luxury Travel Concierge offers a personalized booking service with 95% of our rates beating Booking.com, Expedia.com, Kayak.com, HotelsCombined.com and in fact all the other openly available online travel agent rates.

Who should use Luxury Travel Concierge?
Everyone who books hotels online. If you are planning to book a hotel stay online, check with Luxury Travel Concierge before making your booking. In 95% of cases, Luxury Travel Concierge will be cheaper. (If you have any upcoming stays already booked at hotels that are refundable, it is also worth checking rates with the team at Luxury Travel Concierge as we should be able to make you a significant saving).

What Hotels Do You Feature?
All the hotels that you would find on Expedia.com, HotelsCombined.com etc.

How much can I save?
That depends on the hotel and the dates you are booking. Let us take some examples:

JW Marriott Essex House New York 1-10 March (9 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $2993 USD room only & from expedia.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $2643 USD room only; a saving of $350 USD (both rates refundable).

Four Seasons New York 1-10 March (9 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $7693 USD room only & from booking.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $6773 USD room only refundable including $200 USD credit; a saving of $1120 USD (both rates refundable).

Park Hyatt New York 1-10 March (9 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $6785 USD room only & from happyrooms.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $6335 USD room only; a saving of $450 USD (both rates refundable).

Grand Hyatt New York 1-10 March (9 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $1824 USD room only & from prestiga.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $1664 USD room only; a saving of $160 USD (both rates refundable).

InterContinental London Park Lane 5-10 Jan. HotelsCombined best price is £1081 GBP inc breakfast from Otel.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate £1004 GBP inc breakfast; a saving of £77 GBP (both rates refundable).

Intercontinental London Park Lane 5-10 May. HotelsCombined best price is £1405 GBP exc breakfast from Booking.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate £1269 GBP exc breakfast; a saving of £136 GBP (both rates non-refundable).

Four Seasons London Park Lane 5-10 May. HotelsCombined best price is £2950 GBP exc breakfast from Booking.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate £2628 GBP exc breakfast; a saving of £322 GBP (both rates refundable).

Hermitage Monte Carlo 5-10 August. HotelsCombined best price is £3515 GBP exc breakfast from Booking.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate £2628 GBP exc breakfast; a saving of £322 GBP (both rates refundable).

Metropole Monte Carlo (pictured above) 5-10 August. HotelsCombined best price is £2703 GBP inc breakfast & from happyrooms.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate £2586 GBP inc breakfast; a saving of £117 GBP (both rates refundable).

On Maui in Hawaii, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea 1-11 March (10 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $10196 USD room only & from booking.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $9556 USD room only; a saving of $640 USD (both rates refundable).

On Maui in Hawaii, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort 1-11 March (10 nights). HotelsCombined best price is $5821 USD room only & from expedia.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $5063 USD room only; a saving of $758 USD (both rates refundable).

Finally in Venice we love the Belmond Cipriani. For a summer stay of 5 nights 5-10 August the HotelsCombined best price is $6400 USD with breakfast & from expedia.com. Luxury Travel Concierge rate $5900 USD room only; a saving of $500 USD (both rates refundable).

Can I collect hotel points & will my loyalty status apply to bookings?
As with all online travel agents (booking.com, expedia.com etc), hotel chains don’t generally give points or elite night credit for third-party bookings. Starwood, Hilton and IHG don’t usually honor elite benefits on third-party bookings while Marriott, Fairmont, and Hyatt usually will. You will need to call the individual hotel to confirm whether your status will be honored. For bookings with Four Seasons and other luxury chain properties, this becomes less relevant.

What’s the catch?
There is no catch. Luxury Travel Concierge buys hotel stays in at wholesale rates and keeps overheads to a minimum. Because we don’t spend on huge TV marketing campaigns and instead get our customers by word of mouth, we can pass better savings directly to our customers.

What Is The Booking Process?
Simply fill out the form on our concierge page with your name, the hotel you want to stay at, the dates you want to book, and one of our travel experts will come back to you with our best rate. If you want to go ahead with the booking, the team will invoice you by paypal detailing the booking. Once you have paid the booking will be confirmed via email.

Can I Cancel My Booking?
As with bookings made with all online travel agents, each rate will come with a different set of terms and conditions. These will be detailed in advance of your booking. If the rate you book is fully refundable then we will refund you in full if you cancel within the specified dates.

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