Great deals on expedia hotels: Ever get bumped?
Sep 21, 2009, 6:42 am
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Great deals on expedia hotels: Ever get bumped?
My wife and I are going to Paris in about 10 days. We managed to book a room at the Hotel St. Christophe for $127 per night back in February. After we booked this rate soon disappeared, and the hotel is now booked, save for one night on our trip, which is priced at $185 per night.
This hotel has a good TripAdvisor rating (136 of 1921) and gets generally good reviews. It's right on top of a Metro station in the Latin Quarter, so we like the location. A little further NW would be better, but....
I've monitored the Paris hotel prices, and clearly we got a "deal." Not a ridiculous deal, but the hotel is booked, and I would assume if they were going to walk someone they would walk the cheap Expedia sale rather than the higher-priced sale. To get anything comparable would probably cost $200 per night at this point. Has this ever happened to anyone, and if so how did you handle it?
I should note that I've gotten good "deals" before with no problem. It just bothers me a bit more that I bought so far in advance, and that the dollar has tanked.
Thanks.
This hotel has a good TripAdvisor rating (136 of 1921) and gets generally good reviews. It's right on top of a Metro station in the Latin Quarter, so we like the location. A little further NW would be better, but....
I've monitored the Paris hotel prices, and clearly we got a "deal." Not a ridiculous deal, but the hotel is booked, and I would assume if they were going to walk someone they would walk the cheap Expedia sale rather than the higher-priced sale. To get anything comparable would probably cost $200 per night at this point. Has this ever happened to anyone, and if so how did you handle it?
I should note that I've gotten good "deals" before with no problem. It just bothers me a bit more that I bought so far in advance, and that the dollar has tanked.
Thanks.
Sep 21, 2009, 8:37 am
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On Expedia bookings where I've been "walked" to another hotel, I've always ended up in a better place than I booked.
Sep 21, 2009, 8:44 am
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As this is focused on low rates from on-line booking or bidding sites, let me move this to the special forum for this subject. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.