Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies - Cancelon - a new hotel booking website

Has anyone heard of this website for hotel deals?

www.cancelon.com

Is this legal? Trading non-refundable hotel rooms?

Reservations are supposed to be non-transferable and the arriving guest is often asked to show a photo ID, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes.

"Cancelon" sounds like a robot from Futurama.

Reservations are supposed to be non-transferable and the arriving guest is often asked to show a photo ID, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes.

"Cancelon" sounds like a robot from Futurama.



Easy way around the non-transferable: adding a second guest name to the reservation, almost no hotel cares who checks in :p

Et voila, bender can drink his beloved beer at the Robo-arms-inn. :cool:

Looks like a company from Israel based on whois information. Domain has been registered for over a year. Based on twitter and facebook accounts, activity started in December 2011.

http://www.whois.net/whois/cancelon.com

13) User Agreement, notices and edits

If you choose to use the Website, your usage and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Private Policy and to our User Agreement, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes and application of the law of Israel.

FAQ:
How do I change the name on my reservation?
Contact the hotel and check with them if and how can you change the name on the reservation. Normally there are no costs, but make sure it is the case with your reservation as well.
Please note! It is you, the Seller, that is responsible to make sure a name change on the reservation is allowed by the hotel and that a future Buyer can use your reservation. In addition, it is the Seller's responsibility to call the hotel and change the name on the reservation or add the name of the Buyer, once a transaction has occurred

I had to cancel my hotel reservation and it saved me $200 on my deal. Of course I had to sell it for 60% of the original price, but it is better than nothing

I had to cancel my hotel reservation and it saved me $200 on my deal. Of course I had to sell it for 60% of the original price, but it is better than nothing

i doubt it,very few hotels available rite now on their web site,it's hard to sell anything on a web site like that.

It's an interesting idea. I wonder if they get enough business to last.

I guess it all depends on us if they have enough inventory ...

I know that if the hotel and the site, you booked your reservation with, allow the change of name, then you can sell your hotel reservation.

also in their FAQ:

"If you made the reservation via a booking site, you will probably need to contact them as well and ask them to send you a confirmation email with the name change.
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If the site or the hotel are giving you a hard time then there won't be any deal anyway.

Let's watch them and see how it develops

i doubt it,very few hotels available rite now on their web site,it's hard to sell anything on a web site like that.

I saw that Cancelon is running marketing campaign to sell my reservation, I guess this is how they found buyer, I am located to in Boston and they found for me buyer from Sandiego

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It's a (somewhat) slick website. If I were the owners of Cancelon, I would have populated the offerings with 500+ offers to get some traction. Other than that, it looks like a great startup project for a student... nothing more.

Then again, isn't that how thefacebook.com got started?

It seems to be such a poor deal. I could get a better deal on Priceline or Hotwire, without the hassle of checking in as a different person. Most of the people on here are discounting 10-20%. Not exactly a bargain.

Seems like this is just a way to "scalp" rooms (limited supply items) like concert tickets. There could be speculators buying dozens of rooms when prices are low with no intention of staying, then selling them at jacked up rates as checkin date approaches. Seems like little to no risk if you time the buy correctly.

The leisure traveler could find it much harder (and more expensive) to make a legitimate reservation if this thing ever takes off.