Hotwire.com
Hotwire is an online travel booking site that offers discounted rates on hotels, car rentals, flights, and vacation packages, with a focus on last-minute deals. It is part of Expedia Group.www.hotwire.com
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Hotwire.com".
Oct 19, 2026
Lindsay KentGUEST
It was called The Carriage Inn.
Lindsay KentGUEST
And it was booked on Hotwire.
Lindsay KentGUEST
This is important.
Lindsay KentGUEST
If people don't remember this app, it's basically like you just book a room and they tell you after where it is.
Michael KaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's eight and three, also with a four forty four seventy ERA.
Michael KaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In a contest at hotwire.com and win a one thousand dollar voucher to use on Hotwire.
Michael KaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To enter, send an email with your name, address, phone number, and hot take on New York, the Boston match to contest@thecarton.com. Each Friday, we'll select a winner.
Michael KaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Keep listening for more details on rules and restrictions.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
The travel assets, we combined them all into an asset called IAC Travel.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
It included Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
And at some point, that entity ran into trouble, and the CEO at the time, Eric Blachford, wasn't really up for it.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
He was more the founder type.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
And it, it was pretty scale business.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
And it was structured as a holding company.
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
We had expedia.com, hotels.com, Hotwire, TripAdvisor all operating independently, and I was...
Dara KhosrowshahiGUEST
I wasn't an operator operator.
RobHOST
Then call the third party he booked through for their payment info.
RobHOST
When you book through Priceline, Expedia, Hotwire, et cetera, you pay them, and then they take their commission out and populate a virtual card with the exact amount you're supposed to charge them for the room and tax.
RobHOST
In my opinion, if payment is guaranteed from Priceline, there is no point in the guest waiting to get into their room.
RobHOST
Just put them in the room and sort payment out with the third party.
RobHOST
So instead of putting this guy in a room and then calling Hotwire, they gave him the keys to a room, didn't put his reservation in the system, and considered that good enough.
RobHOST
Then they called my GM and told him I was setting them up to get fired by putting in a reservation without payment.
RobHOST
Um, hello, McFly, payment is guaranteed by Priceline.
RobHOST
So we left her.
Rob StuartHOST
Okay, now mafia travel family number two, Expedia Group.
Rob StuartHOST
And this is Expedia, Hotels.com, VRBO, the aforementioned Trivago, Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotwire, Wotif, never heard of that one, ebookers, CheapTickets, Car Rentals, and of course, Expedia Cruises.
Kerri StuartHOST
Yeah.
Kerri StuartHOST
So the bottom line, these online booking sites know that they're getting your money one way or [laughs] the other.
Steve KauferGUEST
It was Evite.
Steve KauferGUEST
It was TripAdvisor and we were part of IAC, uh, Then in 2005, IEC spun out all of their travel holdings, Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Vacations, and TripAdvisor into the Expedia Inc.
Steve KauferGUEST
And I had a new boss.
Steve KauferGUEST
Uh, I had who is now the CEO of Uber.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
That intel helps you refine your idea.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
Maybe your twist is focusing on discounted last minute spots, like a Hotwire for fitness classes.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
This research phase is where you turn a rough idea into a more concrete concept backed by evidence.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
Step number five is carve out your unique value and differentiate with a blue ocean strategy.
Jenn HobbyHOST
It'll be a little getaway for you.
Jenn HobbyHOST
It includes breakfast and dinner, round-trip airfare, courtesy of hotwire.com, and the value is $5,200.
Jenn HobbyHOST
And you have 20 seconds and only one guest, so good luck.
Regis PhilbinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Candace, here it is.
Jenn HobbyHOST
It'll be a little getaway for you.
Jenn HobbyHOST
Includes breakfast and dinner, round trip airfare courtesy of HotWire.com, and the value is $5,200.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
[claps] Woo!
Jenn HobbyHOST
And you have 20 seconds and only one guess, so good luck.