Agoda - How do I know for sure I have a room?
I recently booked a hotel in Thailand through Agoda. Hotel may be a bit of a stretch, it's a small mom-and-pop type operation (i.e. bungalows on the beach). I don't have to pay anything until 2 days before the reservation and can cancel for free.
I am a bit worried as I had an experience with Hotels.com where I showed up to a hotel I had already paid for and they said there were no rooms. Eventually Hotels.com set me up at a different hotel but obviously it was a hassle and a bad experience.
How do I know for sure that Agoda actually has the reservation? I am worried because the hotel on their website mentions an affiliation with Booking.com but it was showing no availability when I searched on that site.
Is flipping an e-mail to the hotel an option to confirm? Any other ideas?