Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies - Anyone used (or heard of) TravelEasy.com.au?

I've been searching for some hotel deals for a trip next year and I've been finding some very cheap hotels through TravelEasy.com.au (through wego.com). The rates are often half what other sites are quoting and, for this reason, I'm very suspicious of them!

Is there anyone here who has used them? There are very few search results for them on Google, and their website seems to suggest they're a one-man-company somewhere in Sydney (whereas I'm based in the UK).

Would love to take advantage of some of their prices!

Al

I just thought I'd follow up since nobody else seems to have had any experience of them.

I decided not to use them in the end. They don't seem to be registered travel agents in Australia, they list two different addresses on their website, and Google turns up nothing about them (negative or positive).

Given that their rates were unbelievably low and the lack of positive feedback on here, I decided it was too much of a risk when booking my holiday.

I might give them a go for a random night some time when it doesn't really matter if it all goes wrong (with my credit card meaning I have nothing to lose).

Al

Greetings from Sydney Australia,

I read your notes with great interest and thank you for taking the time.

Unsure, if its good form or not to reply to your posts,

1. Yes, traveleasy.com.au was founded by myself, so from that point of view it can be described as a one man show :) ,
2. Our rates are not last minute rates generally, they are based upon booking ahead to obtain the best contract rate from suppliers. Just like you do for the airline airfare deals.
3. We are not a travel agent and as such do not provide travel advice
4, All payments are by VISA or Mastercard or PayPal, which protects both ourselves and the traveller.
5. Google index - we are new - 3 months old as you see us now - so takes time - we have invested heavily in our technology to deliver the best hotel deals and will continue to do so. We are really trying to make it simple and easy.

I hope this helps in some way, I do hope you try us and enjoy the great deals.

Cheers
Keith
traveleasy.com.au

P.S. shall fix the address problem - we recently moved to our new office next door - not sure why Google have not updated for us.

We are at level 1, 69 Liverpool Street, Sydney.

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the response and thanks for addressing my 'issues' I had. I apologise if I was slightly negative about TravelEasy ... it easy to be suspicious of new startups which seem to undercut some of the bigger names.

Still, hopefully some people on here will use your site ... and I wish you all the best with the business.

Al