I got worried about these last year after our trip to Texas. There was a couple checking in in front of me who had used one of those, maybe Priceline. The manager was telling him he no no reservations, and the guy had a print off showing he'd paid the site, but the manager wouldn't honor it. He told him he'd have to pay him, and deal with Priceline for the other money. It may be a rare story, and I got checked in before they were finished talking,so I don't know how it ended. I'm sure there's thousands of good stories, I just hadn't used them, and saw that. VRBO is great if you're needing a condo though!
Last guy we used on VRBO had his own website, so he just had you go there to avoid the fees. Only weird thing was we had to agree to sit on the toilet 20 minutes a day.I used to love VRBO, and still use them some, but these little fees sites like that are charging now has started to get out of hand. Someone bought them and homekey. Tripadvisor maybe?
Good to help small businesses. I'd use them more but my wife likes to stay places where you can go to the bar in your pajamas and people bring food to your room. Most of my work travel is for conferences where it's just not convenient to stay away from the hosting hotel.I like airbnb. Rarely use hotels.
I know it doesn't work for all and it doesn't always work for us, but I prefer the home feel rather than a hotel feel. Plus when traveling with the dog, it's less anxiety than a hotel.Good to help small businesses. I'd use them more but my wife likes to stay places where you can go to the bar in your pajamas and people bring food to your room. Most of my work travel is for conferences where it's just not convenient to stay away from the hosting hotel.
Yeah. I've found that calling the hotel directly is usually my best bet these days.
Something similar happened to me with Booking dot com. Completely my fault as i booked the wrong weekend. Hotel was gracious and made accommodations. But i gave up trying to recoup my money through the website. On holds, transfers to other departments, and finding people who understood English was difficult. I ended up considering it 'stupid tax' and lesson learned to check my info prior to purchase.I got worried about these last year after our trip to Texas. There was a couple checking in in front of me who had used one of those, maybe Priceline. The manager was telling him he no no reservations, and the guy had a print off showing he'd paid the site, but the manager wouldn't honor it. He told him he'd have to pay him, and deal with Priceline for the other money. It may be a rare story, and I got checked in before they were finished talking,so I don't know how it ended. I'm sure there's thousands of good stories, I just hadn't used them, and saw that. VRBO is great if you're needing a condo though!