Kounelaki wrote:I think that if you book a room in advance through Expedia, you don't have to pay until you get to the hotel.
and then you gotta call every week to check if they still have your reservation! ;-)
i booked online that way one time and i called the hotel to say i wanted to PREpay to make sure i had a room when i got there (for bunnymen in NYC) and they ASSURED me the room would be there, but lo and behold, it wasn't. they overbooked. i DEMANDED a room anyway, and told them to make SOMEONE ELSE go to their other branch farther up manhattan, because i was in a hurry and was ASSURED i'd have the room, even tho the travel site didn't let me prepay.
i usually like the pay when you get there method, but i always call the hotel now to book directly with them if i'm in NYC!
one other time in the UK somewhere they didn't even have a *record* of the reservation! LUCKILY they weren't completely full!