Can Hilton Travel Agent Rates really save you money on your hotel booking?
What are Hilton Travel Agent Rates?
Like other major hotel brands and travel providers, Hilton Hotels & Resorts is known for offering preferred lower rates to travel agents, either for the agents themselves or for them to book on behalf of their clients. Launched ten years ago, Hilton Worldwide Travel Agents does more than just offer travel professionals a booking portal to get a discount, however. In addition to a discount that's said to be up to 50%, Hilton offers travel tools and resources, pays commission and participates in the 'Unlimited Budget' program, the travel agent incentive program that pays cash rewards. There's also a useful educational tool - the Hilton Travel Professionals Program - where you can learn more about the brand to benefit your clients. Hilton Worldwide Travel Agents has a promotional page, where you can find exclusive rates, discounts and points offers for travel professionals and consumers. Right now there's just one promotion for travel agents, to encourage you to stay at each of Hilton's brands:

How do I use Hilton Travel Agent Rates?
You can directly access the site here and search for rates. However, with several San Francisco searches we tried, including the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, no travel agent discount showed:


The Hilton HHonors Travel Agent and Airline Employee offer...
Hilton HHonors has a special promotion that's been running for at least a couple of years, where travel agents and airline staff can get a discount of up to 50% when you book a stay at one of 250 hotels worldwide. We searched San Francisco again and the same hotel that showed no travel agent discount earlier, the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, came up at $199.75 before taxes for travel agents and airline staff, instead of $423 before taxes for the HHonors Semi-Flex rate: