Previous research has shown that room rate has a significant influence on purchase decisions (Law and Leung, 2000; Wong and Law, 2005). Two factors related to room rate were analyzed – one from the quantitative data (ability to easily find the rate) and one from the qualitative data (mention of the room rate in the free responses). These two factors were nearly uncorrelated with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 20.040; as such, it is believed that they capture different facets of room rate. The respondents’ ability to find rate information on the site was significantly related to site appeal. However, the frequency that rate availability was mentioned in the free responses was low enough that it was not found to be significant. It is important to point out that the respondents were not in an active purchase scenario. Since study participants were not engaged in actual purchase decisions, it is likely rate information would be less important to them than it would be for individuals actively purchasing hotel accommodations. Further research is needed to assess the impact of room rate availability among individuals actively purchasing hotel accommodations. Consumer research indicates that intentions to purchase and actual purchase decisions were not always consistent (Shoemaker et al., 2007). This suggests further study is needed to identify the role of rate in purchase decisions.