Vacancy v no vacancy at same hotel diff travel sights/?

Question

Same hotel, same dates, same everything except some sights, including the official hotel web sight, says full while others say no vacancy. wtf

Answer 1

see the way these sites work is that a lot of them are given blocks of rooms that they are allowed to sell from the hotel.  Once they fill their blocks they have no more vacancies however another site may have a larger block or may not have sold out yet.  If they say there is room then you can feel free to book it without worrying about the what the other site sells.

Answer 2

Just go directly to the hotel's site.. it's usually a better deal as you're not paying the commission (about $5 )