I currently use hotels.com to book my hotels for work. I use hotels.com because every time I accumulate 10 nights of bookings I get a free night.
I stay in random hotels in metro Aus + NZ and only spend around 100 - 150 p/n where possible.
Is there a another booking site that people use which has a better reward system?
I'll check out Orbitz for my next booking. Hotels.com does price match too. In my situation as long as the price is close to the best around work is happy.
I just search for the cheapest option - whether it be expedia, hotels.com, orbitz etc. Most hotel rewards are rubbish in my opinion, so i try and find the lowest cost per night for the hotel i want. with regards to hotels.com, you dont accumulate "nights" if you use a discount code.
cashrewards on expedia is good too 5.5% back.
Also re hotels.com, you can get about 5% off if booking through cashrewards, similar to expedia which is mentioned above.
Thus if you don't use a code so that you earn your reward nights (which I assume you keep for yourself) then you can also get about 5% as a cashback which you can also keep.
Personally, I like Orbitz's system. I find their prices (in US dollars) are consistently cheaper and they almost always have a 15% off coupon code on their website. If you use the app, you get 5% in orbucks that you can use for your next stay, I like getting the benefit sooner. Their prices almost always work out more than 5% cheaper than hotels.com so it is better value in my mind even though hotels.com are giving you effectively 10% on every stay. I gain the most benefit from the best price guarantee which you can claim at any time and they give you a $50 if you find it cheaper elsewhere. This works for me because I don't generally book hotels 10x in a year.