On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:03:14 -0800, Gregory Morrow
wrote:
>Slide wrote:
>
>> I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotels
>> web site to get the phone number, and I discovered that the advertised
>> room rate was $102.00/night. Expedia charged my 132.00/night. I
>> called Expedia and was informed that they would not provide the room
>> at the actual rate.
>>
>> Avoid this company. They also have a cancellation policy for a motel
>> room, 1 day in advance, that forfeits one nights stay.
>>
>> Altogether a surprisingly disreputable outfit.
>
>
>Actually, the fact is that you are just dumb...
>
>You booked the room through Expedia,*not* the hotel...a booking site
>can charge any price they want, has nought to do with the hotel's
>actual rate.
>
>In future *always* check the hotel's site first, or better yet call
>them directly. You'll often get a very good rate this way...
I've found Expedia very useful in narrowing the search,
especially their map function.
But I've never actually booked a hotel with them. Quite
often, as the OP noted, direct checking of the hotel
web-site is useful, but other net-bookers usually have
better prices.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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