Originally Posted by
Biffin
Hmm. From the comments posted here, it doesn't look good. The question is do I check with Expedia to see if it will be honoured. I'd rather know before I go as I have other travel plans for the same trip; I don't want to turn up at the hotel and be hit with a huge bill.
fishee - when Travelocity honoured your booking, did you check with them before you went?
Is your room pre-paid? I think this might be important, as others have said.
My room was pre-paid and I had a CC statement. I emailed travelocity after the charge showed up on my CC, and wrote that I had purchased plane tickets to Italy and wanted to make sure there were no problems with the hotel and to please send a confirmation. They sent me a confirmation # and told me to have a good trip.
I brought with me to the hotel -- CC statement, travelocity email confirming reservation, and the regular itinerary stuff you print out on-line during purchase process.
Our plane tickets were FF award tix so it wasn't going to be too big a deal if travelocity called trying to get out of it before I left. I can see how this might be nerve-wracking if you purchase non-refundable tickets for a trip you would not otherwise take.
If you're heading to this city anyway as part of your travel plans, can you have a back-up hotel (or hostel) in case something goes wrong?
Good luck.