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Expedia overcharges for room reservations -
I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the
hotel's 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. |
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"Slide" wrote:
I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotel's web site to get the phone number, and I discovered that the advertised room rate was $102.00/night. Expedia charged me 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. Hotels can sell their rooms for less than these folks 'cuz they do not need to pay themselves a commission. Expedia is no different than any retail-travel service which sells rooms at published/rack rates and pockets the commission paid by the hotels. It always pays to check the hotel's website, since you can often find web-rates for less. I only use Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz to identify prospects. |
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"Rog'" wrote:
Expedia is no different than any retail-travel service which sells rooms at published/rack rates and pockets the commission paid by the hotels. It always pays to check the hotel's website, since you can often find web-rates for less. I only use Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz to identify prospects. Yep. There was a time before hotels were net savvy where an agregator like Expedia or Priceline could negotiate a block rate and sell rooms for less than the hotels would sell for. The hotels quickly realized that this was not in their best interests and now you almost always get the best deal available directly from the hotel. -- "Tell me what I should do, Annie." "Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars |
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Slide wrote:
I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotel's 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. It is often cheaper to book hotels directly. Different suppliers charge different rates. Why did you not book directly with the hotel? |
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Craig Welch wrote:
mrtravel said: Slide wrote: I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotel's 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. It is often cheaper to book hotels directly. Different suppliers charge different rates. Why did you not book directly with the hotel? Lack of intellect, I would suggest. Especially based on the style of the complaint here. It's comoon here. |
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On Nov 4, 10:54 pm, mrtravel wrote:
Slide wrote: I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotel's 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. It is often cheaper to book hotels directly. Different suppliers charge different rates. Why did you not book directly with the hotel? Why did you not book directly with the hotel? Expedia advertised the 'guaranteed cheapest rate' ... it did not occur to me that they would jack up the standard advertised rate by 30%. |
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"Slide" wrote in message ups.com... On Nov 4, 10:54 pm, mrtravel wrote: Slide wrote: I booked a room through expedia.com, and afterwards checked the hotel's 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. It is often cheaper to book hotels directly. Different suppliers charge different rates. Why did you not book directly with the hotel? Why did you not book directly with the hotel? Expedia advertised the 'guaranteed cheapest rate' ... do they? Where? There is no such claim on their web site. tim |
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"Craig Welch" wrote in message ... "tim....." said: "Slide" wrote in message Expedia advertised the 'guaranteed cheapest rate' ... do they? Where? There is no such claim on their web site. Unless you look here, of course: http://tinyurl.com/yvynzv "It appears that you are currently located in the United Kingdom. Shoppers living in the United Kingdom who visit Expedia's U.S. site will not be able to purchase airline tickets or holidays....." which is presumably why I can't see such a claim as the UK site doesn't make one. tim |
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Craig Welch wrote:
"tim....." said: "Slide" wrote in message Expedia advertised the 'guaranteed cheapest rate' ... do they? Where? There is no such claim on their web site. Unless you look here, of course: http://tinyurl.com/yvynzv Great, if there are no restrictions, the OP can get $50. Oh wait. Not buried, but in item #1. "In the unlikely event that you find a lower rate on Expedia.com or on another U.S.-based website" He said he CALLED the hotel. |
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mrtravel wrote:
Craig Welch wrote: "tim....." said: "Slide" wrote in message Expedia advertised the 'guaranteed cheapest rate' ... do they? Where? There is no such claim on their web site. Unless you look here, of course: http://tinyurl.com/yvynzv Great, if there are no restrictions, the OP can get $50. Oh wait. Not buried, but in item #1. "In the unlikely event that you find a lower rate on Expedia.com or on another U.S.-based website" He said he CALLED the hotel. My mistake. He didn't say he called, but it would be nice to know how he found a lower rate. Perhaps the rate was no in effect when he booked the Expedia rate. Perhaps he can contact Expedia and tell them he found a lower rate. The guarantee is NOT an absolute claim they will give you the lowest price when booked. It's not like you can claim they are cheating you because they don't know all of the rates that are being offered everywhere. |
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