Right Now Part VII
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Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Hurricane City, FL
Right now if I have the extra time for shopping when using priceline or expedia or travelocity etc for airline/hotel/rental car I see what the best price they quote is, and then I call up and try to get the same price from the original supplier, i.e. TWA, Hilton, Hertz. Usually works, and it make it MUCH easier to resolve any subsequent problem.
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Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Seattle, Washington
right now, the reason Mike pointed out. I reserved a room at a hotel titled "Travelodge Portland E Gresham" thinking I was getting a hotel in portland, OR on e gresham (one of the streets downtown). After booking it, I looked up the address and it turns out the hotel is in troutdale, OR...about 15 miles in the wrong direction. Really a stupid mistake on my part. So I called expedia today to see what they could do. There's a travelodge that's actually downtown, and shows availability for the date and type of room I want, but expedia said they were booked. So I asked what the next best thing they could do was. Which turned out to be about 7.5 miles from the track (vs a little under 4 for the downtown travelodge) and cost $30 a night more...and their cancellation fee is $25.
...so I'm gonna end up eating the $25, booking directly through travelodge and never doing business with expedia again.
...so I'm gonna end up eating the $25, booking directly through travelodge and never doing business with expedia again.
