yes X5. That is why sometime, agoda can be expensive too but on avg still reasonable

some tips :

1. do price comparison (asiarooms, booking.com, agoda, etc)
2. read hotel customer's reviews
3. set to Ringgit as currency (pay in RM)

booked 3 times with Agoda, so far so good...

This post has been edited by wiNd: Feb 8 2012, 10:05 AM

I am wondering how they charge us in currency. First u switch to RM, then u make the booking. So they charge u in RM or they convert the RM back to USD base on their rate and charged us in USD. I can't recalled how they charge in my CC over past year.
Very confusing, some time u see the rate is not what exactly what ur cc charged to u. But I can understand if u buy something in USD the cc will do the conversion rate base on ur cc last cut off time, meaning it depends on our bank. But since they charge us on local currency how suppose cc can't charged us the exact amount show at the website.
Very confusing.....
Has anyone book at hotels.com... their rate quite good. I find agoda very annoying, I can't select number of guest. SO the rate show at the search result may not accurate until u select inside and check. Some hotel only offer single occupancy.

most of the times, search thru this 2 websites will be enough :

http://www.comparehotel.com.my/

http://www.hotelscombined.com/


both of them will search thru most of the major booking websites (agoda, booking.com, hotels.com, etc) and display the results to u, so u can always find the lowest rate from different sites. Sometimes they can even get u lower rate than u directly search on a particular site itself.

had my first experience using online hotel booking...
had done my research and i found sawadee offer more interactive price if u looking hotel in thailand...
and they also accept payment using paypal

yes, agoda is trusted site for hotel booking.

they charge in usd, perhaps their payment gateway based in US?

but agoda may not be the cheapest at all time, you have to use asiaroom, booking.com and many more, also do check on the hotel official sites, which they may have their own promo that can be cheaper than travel agency.

want to ask
plan to buy through agoda
the thing is..my aunt wants to use her account...to earn points
want to ask is....if its registered under her name since use her account
when go to the hotel check in...will there be any problem?

as long as you can input the name of the person who going to stay at the hotel.

coz hotel only acknowledge or allow guest to check-in as per booking stated guest name

Edit: usually got booker name, guest name who gonna stay there. unlke last time i book tune hotel, which booker also the guest

This post has been edited by stargate8: Feb 12 2012, 12:43 AM

hmm....but there is no guest name
they register to the name of the account owner...1 name only
and mind asking..
why per night there saying RM440 and the tax is RM53.70(6 nights)
but the final price is RM27XX.XX???
not RM24XX.XX???
and thn i go searched asiaroom...also RM440 but final price RM26XX.XX??
ps: i checked booking.com...same as asiarooms..RM26XX.XX


This post has been edited by MR_alien: Feb 12 2012, 12:48 AM

meaning agoda not always the cheaper source.

always look at the final price, which is the grand total.

i used booking.com before, its trusted as well.

hahaha....i tried one of the link above
http://www.hotelscombined.com/
i search the same hotel...same room...from RM404 become RM389
grand total become RM25XX.XX
and yes...it linked back to agoda.com for booking
why..same site but different price if link from another site?

hotel tax from RM53.70 become 40.41
HAHAHAA....what a joke

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Feb 12 2012, 01:04 AM

have you complete the booking?
looks like, its true that not every system is perfect.
try clear your browser cache and search again, using 2 browser and 2 sites

its true
when i click booked...the subdomain is NYC..not HKG
they seem cannot process my debit card
AIYA

it came back this to me


who can help me.....if not asiarooms and booking.com is cheaper but still consider expensive

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Feb 12 2012, 01:22 AM

some sites doesn't accept debit card bro.

isn't debit card same with CC?
as long inside enough money
and plus...previously i tried HKG server...it gets accepted

not sure if this help
i used to work in hotel line. as far as i know, debit card cannot be pre-authorized, it must swap as sale straightaway. that's why whenever guest pass us a card to pre-authorize for certain amount (if they prefer to use card instead of cash to pay for deposit), we have to check if that card is credit or debit card.

hmmm...haizzz
but just now the website go to HKG server(the subdomain say HKG not NYC)
the payment page got through..same card no problem but that was way way more expensive

anyway, that thing i mentioned is back in year 2008, not sure if it's same now

thats too bad... next time, use credit card
if u concern on the security, use those card that requires to input OTP which receive via sms.
then you can lower the risk of card fraud.

not security issue...i never had that problem
problem is CC is a debt making machine...thats why i dn't use it
plus this debit card...every transaction made...i get some money back

haizz....same website different server = different price
but cannot get through the payment

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Added on February 12, 2012, 2:07 amahhh...recommendation
http://www.asiawebdirect.com
i dn't know why but this web offers especially cheap price
the price i just stated be4/above
the same hotel, same room, same date...my uncle for RM16XX.XX
anyone uses this web be4?

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Feb 12 2012, 02:07 AM