Whats wrong with Hilton, Hyatt, Marriot, or IHG’s websites?

And when things go wrong or you want to change something, I would much rather deal with the hotel directly than deal with a third party.

That limits you to these chains and they are not as popular outside of the USA.

Most of my traveling outside of the US has been in Canada, Mexico, central and South American and the Caribbean. You can find those chains in most of those countries.

I have been to London and found plenty of choices for Hilton. Looking at our bucket list for the next few years (we started traveling a lot post 2021), I’m looking at Hyatts in Spain (Barcelona, Seville and Madrid), in Australia and Japan.

It’s not until I get to countries in Africa where I can’t find many chains. In big cities in Europe, Australia and Asia, the American chains are ubiquitous.