Hotels.com has always in the past offered fair and attractive accommodation offers. But my last experience has left me with a bitter taste.
Today I attempted to book a 3 night stay in Minneapolis. When I input the data, hotels.com suggested a very nice property, one that was within walking distance of the place where I planned to visit and one with nice amenities.
When I attempted to book the property, I offered both a room with 2 double beds or 1 king bed. However I was not given the option of selecting which room I wanted. Because I was traveling with a non familymember, it was important to select the 2 double beds rooms.
So I called hotels.com. The representative was helpful and was able to pull up the accomodations but she was unable to view the same rate I was seeing on my Internet screen. Her rate was $30.00 more per night than what I was being displayed.
She asked me to send her a screen copy of the rates that were being displayed on my computer, and I did that. And even though I did that, she said she could not honor the rate that was shown on my computer, and she could only offer the rate that was displayed on her screen. I thanked her and said I would complete the reservation on my own (since she could not lower the rate).
As I progressed through the booking screens the rate again rose another $30/night. Now what was originally an acceptable rate had now risen by $60/night and was unacceptable.
So I did not complete the reservation. I called the hotel direct and booked the property at the original discounted rate first shown on the hotels.com pages.
Just a warning to anyone that uses hotels.com. Check your final rate... I was appalled at what was offered to me for the actual reservation, and I was able to get the same property at a significantly lower rate by simply calling the property direct.
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