Originally Posted by
jiejie
Any 5* hotel is going to add a hefty middleman markup, which for a quick phone call, doesn't seem to be a lot of value-added there. I guess I'm just used to doing more for myself.
No confusion. We were both coming to the same conclusion: Getting a guide through a hotel or getting one in another fashion has the same likelihood of getting a decent/crap guide. You'll pay much more by going through the hotel.
In both scenarios someone is making a call and a guide is assigned. Period.