Any safe and secure online hotel booking website?
As I know www.agoda.com and www.booking.com are the best.

Anyone book from http://www.iatrip.com before? Found the rate is cheaper....but donno secure or not...
Kindly advice....

I'm a regular of http://www.hostelworld.com/
So far no problem with my bookings i've made in the past (NYC, Japan, SG)

This is more on hostel....good also...

For oversea, The best is agoda esp Indonesia, Singapore (Asiarooms too)
For local, cuti.com
For Thailand sawaddee
For Phillipine - Hotelclub

Those were the one I used before. All reliable wth sawaddee given almost realtime respond!

Thanks for the sharing.
Notice that Agoda offering the "rewards earn"....true one ar?

My mom uses http://www.hostelworld.com/

And a friend of mine recommends http://www.ratestogo.com/

pyotravel

pyotravel expensive ler....from reliance very expensive one...

can try this.. http://asiatravel.com/

Tried hostelworld.com for US and Europe. Good for low-end accomodation and dorms.

Tried agoda.com for Asia. No complaints. Just that the reward points are only valid for one year. I did not know that and missed the opportunity to use them. With China, you can make booking without paying deposit. Done that through a China hotel site, can't remember the name.

I doubt you can get 'cheapest rates' on any single site.

This post has been edited by tehtmc: Sep 9 2010, 01:27 PM

hostelworld is not cheap if you are traveling >2pax and only need a room. The sell by per pax instead of room.

for local i always check cuti.com, the rate always cheaper.

booking.com also not bad...

well, i think hostelworld will route to all hostel only. I think it's quite alright Unless you want to just hop on and hope for the best, I think hostelworld is suitable ... or you're refering to hotel and not hostel?

Found booking.com quite cheap, but it is excluded the service charges, may I know how we going to pay the service charges? During the visit?

Hi All,

Want to share a link with you all, its an online hotel booking for world wide hotels.

www.bookhotel.com.my



This post has been edited by samuel10: Nov 16 2010, 03:14 PM

My favourites:

a)hotelscombined
- will multi search and display each offers from different website agents

b) asiarooms
- can filter the distance to your selected location

hi guy/gal

anyone know which is the best websites to book hotel room?

saw few sites like asiago or agoda...

different site different rate...

i goin to stay in shanghai....

any recommendation ? cheap

Yup, point system is true. I've booked with Agoda numerous times with no problem at all. The points can be used to be like a rebate to pay off for your next booking if got enough points.

You can also try www.wotif.com.au or www.lastminute.com. Both are reliable websites.

Usually, I try to check the hotel's website if they have any special promotions and will it be cheaper than the ones booked on the 3rd party website.

Also, at times, the hotel will only charge you upon check out (if book directly with the hotel) rather than having to pay in advance.

www.pyotravel.com
www.expedia.com
www.orbitz.com
www.hotelclub.com
www.hoteltravel.com

I have also checked out www.booking.com and found it always more expensive than all the sites listed above. Anyway, i am going to Taipei next month and Hong Kong in mid-February. I booked a room at Park Taipei Hotel via Expedia for US$405.80 for 4 nights and Harbour Grand Hong Kong for only US$430.56 for 4 nights via HotelTravel.


Not really. I found them extremely competitive especially if you are looking for hotel accommodation in Singapore.

Hey,

Just a note, if you call the hotels in taipei directly, they usually give a discount of 20% to 30%. I think their standard procedure.

Have been booking hotels this way for my GM for all his Taipei trips.

Thanks. Might just do this when i return to Taipei next time

is that corporate rate?

Nope.

It's the call-in rate.

Can try www.Comparehotel.com.my
It display rates from different booking networks with one search...
Agoda.com is good choice too

This post has been edited by playoff: Jun 13 2011, 10:36 PM

You can also try http://www.hostels.com/

can try agoda.com...really competitive price

I have been using the following website for booking
1. www.agoda.com
2. www.hotels.com

thanks

cuti.com
anyone used their service before ?
can be trusted ?
plan to book hotel with them
rate they quote also more cheaper

This post has been edited by holoman: Jan 3 2011, 10:09 AM

can try to search via -> http://www.hotelscombined.com/

it gives you more selection as it is the serach engine for hotels










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This post has been edited by fsx160: Jun 15 2011, 01:03 AM

I always use these two:
agoda.com
hotelclub.com

If I don't have any specific hotel that I intend to stay, I'm always use Priceline Fantastic save if you know how to bid their price.

This post has been edited by Putraskyline: Jan 7 2011, 08:21 PM

booking.com

fast and easy booking.

Hi, I was searching for online room reservation sites to look for hotel at Hat Yai (Sep) & Jakarta (July) but got the info that some rooms are unavailable, I'm not sure it means Fully Booked or not yet open for reservation.

Can you please recommend me some reliable Online Room Reservation sites that I can check other hotels' status?

Million Thanks

I would like to comment that there is no way to say which web site is cheapest. Eg, in my recent trip to Hong Kong & Macau, I booked all 3 hotels from 3 different web sites. There are times eventhough I noticed booking.com is usually on the highside but I still managed to get a good bargain. Prices can be seen at http://gblog.gpros.net

www.agoda.com for Asia hotels.

www.expedia.com for my stays in Europe. www.lastminute.com may have some bargains and 'secret' hotels, but the selection isn't as good as expedia or hotels.com .. my friends have no problem booking with www.booking.com

Which one you have try?
Which one better rate?
Which one better customer service?
Which one more flexi ?
Which one better choice and variety?

And share your bad experience place your online hotel room reservation ...

-problem solved-

Feedback : asiarooms's customer service only speaks English.I'd encountered with a helpful Australian accent guy I find oversea customer servicing better than ours =_=' Just had a very VERY bad booking experience with local hotel reservation officer.Isk !

This post has been edited by pchan: Apr 29 2011, 12:22 PM

i use asiatravel.com, holidaycity.com or direct the hotel website if available

i book from agoda once and after i reach the hotel and they said i din book at all~~although the hotel find me a room then but it's arab season in kl, if the hotel can't find me a room where could i find then~~
bad experiences~

It's the hotel that mess wth your booking & not agoda since they fulfilled your booking at last.

Me have same exp, the hotel said they never received anything for my booking. But I showed them the confirmation booking form. They only told me if i have the form, definitely have room for me even if their record doesnt show.
I asked them the same question as well, what if the rooms are full? Sadly both hotel operator & Agoda cant answer me

Agoda give me a good services..
I've been booking hotel for my Korea vacation for oversea and Perak for my local booking..both also give me a smooth chek in upon my arrival..

I have been used for AGODA for several years, and never encountered any problems. Please do verify with the hotel after your booked.

Few days ago, I booked a room in Taiwan at Booking.com. I was booking in a hurry because only got 1 room left for that hotel. Now, I'm scared that the website might be a scam. Anyone got use that website to book hotel before?

Hi guys,

I planned to make a reservation in one of the hotel, however their website does not have any online booking procedures. So I have to send my reservation inquiry through email. I received their response few days later, and they were asking for my credit card details to confirm the booking.

As much as I hesitated to do, I did provide them some information mainly the 16 digit, validity and name, however I did not give any security pin code.
Will this be okay? Now, I'm feeling a little bit worry though

I'm just wondering whether anyone have any similar experience? Can such method be trusted? I understand it is unsafe to do this via email (or even phone) and the risk is there, but would like to hear your feedback. Any comments are welcome.

Thanks!

which country is this?

Normally they will using your CC to hold the booking in advance.

If u didnt give your security pin, then its fine. just the name, number will do.

If u really wanted for the room, other else u can request to do a deposit via bank transfer if outstation and within msia just bank in to them.

Is it better to book directly through hotel website or through booking.com or agoda.com? Prices are about the same.

Thanks

If prices are the same, I usually book directly with the hotel. Especially if the hotel can communicate in English. Or else I'll book thru booking sites but will still email them to double confirm the booking before I leave for my trip.

normally i will book through agoda.com.......direct booking with hotel is only for genting

if both more or less are the same price, better book with hotel directly, safer that way
there are cases of booking thru 3rd party website, paid, but hotel don't have the booking.
if book thru a 3rd party website, always double confirm with the hotel about your booking.

When is your trip? Soon or are you booking well in advance? If it is soon, then just book directly with the hotel.

I usually book my room well in advance so I prefer booking.com because most of the time, they do not require a full payment or even a deposit. I prefer to pay only upon check-in as I do not like to deal with refunds if there are any changes to my plans.

If the hotel accept email reservations without any payments, then I'll do that too. I only go to Agoda.com as my last resort (coz they require full payment). I also use hostelworld.com and hostelbookers.com frequently.

No matter who you book it, always follow up the reservation with an email or a phone call for confirmation.

This post has been edited by Serendipity123: Nov 15 2012, 09:21 AM

So far I know only a few agoda.com, booking.com and hotelclub. Any other recommendation?

Threads merged.. The 1st page poll speaks for itself All the sites having their pros & cons.. agoda wth the reward system & on overall u get the cheapest - but not all the time.. Booking,com having no reward system but you able to pay at the hotel rather than pay in advance

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 21 2013, 09:23 AM

i am going to SF. USA in Sep. i found out alot hotel out of deals in agoda while other like booking.com still available. i wonder which info are accurate.

Any good recommended hotel or website to get good hotel deal for san francisco?

As I said earlier, agoda is not the best deal.. If you search and find booking.com better, do use them Sometime, agoda is cheaper but sometime booking.com or even hotel.com.. you really have to try each one & check-out. I used agoda, asiarooms, booking.com, hotel.com, and locally cuti.com.my and for Thailand- sawaddee

Sawaddee? Any particular place in Thai or for all?

All.

I am using Sawadee for Thai and official hotel website for others.

just to check. I booked hotel from expedia.com.my. It is consider as direct purchase or just purely reserve the room and pay later?

This post has been edited by virgoguy: Jul 23 2013, 03:57 PM

this one is sawadee?

http://www.sawasdee-hotels.com/

Nope, this one : http://www.sawadee.com/

Personally i think trivago is d best, it compare many sites for even better views.

I vote Agoda for Asia, and Expedia for the EU.