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One of the effects this has on me is that I will use booking.com to find places (amongst other tools), but book directly with the accommodation. Only if the acc
by Freak_NL 4y ago
One of the effects this has on me is that I will use booking.com to find places (amongst other tools), but book directly with the accommodation. Only if the accommodation doesn't do its own booking will I use booking.com to book (about once every twenty places).
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoI also had great results just walking up to the reception desk and booking there. Some deals are too good to be put online.
- vshade 4y agoBut when you are taking vacations with your family you don't want the stress and the risk of not finding a good accommodation.
- distances 4y agoEvery time I've checked this, direct booking was more expensive than Booking.com or Hotels.com.
- criddell 4y agoIt often is, but I still book direct because I want to be a customer of the hotel and not of some third party. When things go wrong, I don't want to be be told to take it up with the third party (and this has happened to me).
- gramie 4y agoI book directly. If there is a problem with the reservation, hotels have much more flexibility to accommodate changes. You can usually cancel on the arrival date with no penalty, change room type, etc. I've heard others say that if you quote an online price, the front desk can match it (better to get 100% of the discounted price than 60%), although I haven't tried it myself.