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I was doing a stint of formulating our national enterprise architecture, something I was invited to because of my local work on the subject. During this period
by moksly 6y ago
I was doing a stint of formulating our national enterprise architecture, something I was invited to because of my local work on the subject.
During this period I staid at hotels quite often, and learned that the best way to get a good and cheap booking is to E-mail the hotel directly. The cheap part came from being an enterprise organisation, but as far as secure and easy booking goes I always email hotels directly for private stays as well. Maybe it’ll cost me a few extra dollars, but I avoid the hassle of having to deal with hotels.com who among other things charge you up front and make it almost impossible to cancel.
- iaw 6y agoMy experience (years ago) was that the hotels would prefer people did this as they don't like the middlemen either.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI always lookup the hotel on an aggregator (Hotels.com usually) and then call the hotel directly to book.
- notdang 6y agoand you call the number listed on hotels.com? In this case you are calling hotels.com and not the hotel itself.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoNo, I lookup the hotel's actual phone number. I don't rely on any contact info on hotels.com, only their map data of where the hotels are and rates for rough pricing.