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.

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

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.

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

some sites doesn't accept debit card bro.

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.

lucky u understand... some will start cursing at the site.

oh by the way, do take note on the nationality requirement.
for certain nationality, hotel room can be cheaper in some countries.

tips, you may book hotel via OTA if they are cheaper than hotel itself, then after received confirmation from OTA, you may call hotel to verify your booking, but wait at least 1 or 2 days after received confirmation, before calling hotel.

how many of you book agoda but end up unable to confirm room, but not being offer help or option for other hotel?

my colleague booked from www.my.pyotravel.com, his preferred hotel was unable to confirm but this OTA give other choices for him to choose, either same price or top up a bit for better hotel or better rooms.

so no matter how big or small an OTA, service is matter to us, coz we don't want to end up in somewhere without room to check-in.

i hate it when advertised room rate exclude tax&fee, have to go till the end to see the final price.

coz different agency have their own focus product and contracting rate.

we have to be savvy and always compare

even though the site has currency option, as long as the payment gateway is in usd, they will charge in usd. then exchange rate comes into play, usually bank's rate slightly higher.

if worry then buy from local OTA, this pyo travel is local co

last time i bought from hotelclub, the points expired before i can use it.

therefore, i dont like points system. unless it doesn't expire

oh but i'm using maybank card. so i notice the xchange rate slightly higher

oh, but only slightly, as usual, i dont mind about the exchange rate, coz not much for few Ks transaction.

by the way anyone buy from asiatravel before? how was it?

that is because, system still need people to update the inventory. therefore, OTA will still display available, but hotel staff have not update in agoda system.

vice versa if allotment was given to agoda.