Where a hotel can legally undercut a booking site

Afghanistan: not in our checked setAlbania: not in our checked setAlgeria: not in our checked setAngola: not in our checked setArgentina: not in our checked setArmenia: not in our checked setAustralia: Partly freeAustria: Direct can undercutAzerbaijan: not in our checked setBahamas: not in our checked setBangladesh: not in our checked setBelarus: not in our checked setBelgium: Direct can undercutBelize: not in our checked setBenin: not in our checked setBhutan: not in our checked setBolivia: not in our checked setBosnia and Herzegovina: not in our checked setBotswana: not in our checked setBrazil: not in our checked setBrunei: not in our checked setBulgaria: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingBurkina Faso: not in our checked setBurundi: not in our checked setCambodia: not in our checked setCameroon: not in our checked setCanada: not in our checked setCentral African Republic: not in our checked setChad: not in our checked setChile: not in our checked setChina: not in our checked setColombia: not in our checked setCongo: not in our checked setCosta Rica: not in our checked setCôte d'Ivoire: not in our checked setCroatia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingCuba: not in our checked setCyprus: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingCzechia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingDemocratic Republic of the Congo: not in our checked setDenmark: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingDjibouti: not in our checked setDominican Republic: not in our checked setEcuador: not in our checked setEgypt: not in our checked setEl Salvador: not in our checked setEquatorial Guinea: not in our checked setEritrea: not in our checked setEstonia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingeSwatini: not in our checked setEthiopia: not in our checked setFalkland Islands: not in our checked setFiji: not in our checked setFinland: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingFrance: Direct can undercutFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: not in our checked setGabon: not in our checked setGambia: not in our checked setGeorgia: not in our checked setGermany: Direct can undercutGhana: not in our checked setGreece: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingGreenland: not in our checked setGuatemala: not in our checked setGuinea: not in our checked setGuinea-Bissau: not in our checked setGuyana: not in our checked setHaiti: not in our checked setHonduras: not in our checked setHungary: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingIceland: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingIndia: not in our checked setIndonesia: not in our checked setIran: not in our checked setIraq: not in our checked setIreland: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingIsrael: not in our checked setItaly: Direct can undercutJamaica: not in our checked setJapan: Direct can undercutJordan: not in our checked setKazakhstan: not in our checked setKenya: not in our checked setKosovo: not in our checked setKuwait: not in our checked setKyrgyzstan: not in our checked setLaos: not in our checked setLatvia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingLebanon: not in our checked setLesotho: not in our checked setLiberia: not in our checked setLibya: not in our checked setLithuania: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingLuxembourg: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingMacedonia: not in our checked setMadagascar: not in our checked setMalawi: not in our checked setMalaysia: not in our checked setMali: not in our checked setMauritania: not in our checked setMexico: not in our checked setMoldova: not in our checked setMongolia: not in our checked setMontenegro: not in our checked setMorocco: not in our checked setMozambique: not in our checked setMyanmar: not in our checked setNamibia: not in our checked setNepal: not in our checked setNetherlands: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingNew Caledonia: not in our checked setNew Zealand: not in our checked setNicaragua: not in our checked setNiger: not in our checked setNigeria: not in our checked setNorth Korea: not in our checked setNorthern Cyprus: not in our checked setNorway: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingOman: not in our checked setPakistan: not in our checked setPalestine: not in our checked setPanama: not in our checked setPapua New Guinea: not in our checked setParaguay: not in our checked setPeru: not in our checked setPhilippines: not in our checked setPoland: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingPortugal: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingPuerto Rico: not in our checked setQatar: not in our checked setRomania: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingRussia: not in our checked setRwanda: not in our checked setSaudi Arabia: not in our checked setSenegal: not in our checked setSerbia: not in our checked setSierra Leone: not in our checked setSlovakia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingSlovenia: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingSolomon Islands: not in our checked setSomalia: not in our checked setSomaliland: not in our checked setSouth Africa: not in our checked setSouth Korea: Direct can undercutSouth Sudan: not in our checked setSpain: Direct can undercutSri Lanka: not in our checked setSudan: not in our checked setSuriname: not in our checked setSweden: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingSwitzerland: Direct can undercutSyria: not in our checked setTaiwan: not in our checked setTajikistan: not in our checked setTanzania: not in our checked setThailand: not in our checked setTimor-Leste: not in our checked setTogo: not in our checked setTrinidad and Tobago: not in our checked setTunisia: not in our checked setTurkey: not in our checked setTurkmenistan: not in our checked setUganda: not in our checked setUkraine: not in our checked setUnited Arab Emirates: not in our checked setUnited Kingdom: Partly freeUnited States: Parity still bindsUruguay: not in our checked setUzbekistan: not in our checked setVanuatu: not in our checked setVenezuela: not in our checked setVietnam: not in our checked setWestern Sahara: not in our checked setYemen: not in our checked setZambia: not in our checked setZimbabwe: not in our checked setLiechtenstein: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA rulingMalta: Direct can undercut, via the EU and EEA ruling

True Trip CostsLegal freedom to undercut, not a promise of a lower price. Checked .

  • Direct can undercut33 countries
  • Partly free2 countries
  • Parity still binds1 country
  • Not in our checked setNot the same as parity applying

Among the 36 countries in our checked set, hotels are legally free to undercut booking sites in 33; 2 are only partly free, and the United States is the only checked country where parity can still bind.

36 countries carry a position here, from 15 rulings and statutes. The thirty EU and EEA states take their colour from one ruling that covers all of them, so they are shaded from the bloc rather than checked one by one. Malta and Liechtenstein are drawn as dots because the world outline this map uses does not draw them at all.

Rate-parity law by country, from the rulings and statutes behind each jurisdiction. Legal freedom to offer a cheaper direct rate, not a promise the direct rate is cheaper.

truetripcosts.com/how-to-pay-less-on-hotelsChecked Sep 2026