Hotels com: Making Hotel Reservations Easy

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Travel )



Today, jetsetters need a way to make travel arrangements instantly. Hotels com is an easy way of getting instant hotel confirmations from hotels anywhere around the world, without going through a travel agency and having to wait for them to confirm the reservations. You can make instant decisions at the comfort of your home, 24 hours a day.

Hotels com offers one of the cheapest rates available (at times cheaper than the rates that the hotel of your choice would offer you). Should you find a cheaper rate elsewhere, you can inform them within 24 hours from the time you made the booking, and they will refund the difference in your hotel cost to your credit card. All bookings are done in a live manner so that when you request for a hotel room, you get instant confirmation.

In order to book your hotel accommodation, you need to provide your check in date, check out date and the city where you plan to visit. Different choices of hotels will be shown on screen with the rates per night. A map of the hotel vicinity and information on the specific hotel is provided so that you can view the facilities that each hotel has. Some even provide pictures of a typical room that you would choose to stay in. Once you make your choice, you click on the name of the hotel or the select button. Their program will then compute the total amount due for you. Other personal information must be given on the reservation form found on the website to make your hotel reservation.

Some hotels will ask you to pay for your entire accommodation upfront and this will be charged to your credit card. Some hotels will just require you to guarantee your reservation by providing your card details, and others instantly charge a one-night room deposit to guarantee the room reservation.

Certain hotels have a cancellation rules to their booking. At times you are allowed to cancel up to 6 pm on the day of arrival before you are charged a one night’s deposit; others charge you for the entire stay if you cancel at the last minute. It is therefore recommended that prior to making any reservations, is that you make sure that the hotel that you choose is where you really want to stay and that your dates are final. Of course, if there are inevitable changes, then you will have no choice but to absorb paying the penalties.

Hotels com can also accept reservations for car rentals and vacation packages on the same site (depending on the country site you choose: hotels com has a number of country sites to choose from and charges are made in the local currency of the country site). By providing information required you can make instant vacation package and car rental reservations in the same manner as booking your hotel reservation.

Other travel websites on the Internet that offer a similar service are ww priceline com and Pleasant Holidays com.


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