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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 9:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
One variation, if you can find such an offer in your destination, is to book a "guaranteed dollar rate" - these are promotional rates in which the hotel locks in a rate quoted in (and payable in) US dollars. To me, the one advantage would be absolutely certainty of what you will be paying.
I wouldn't do that without first calculating what they are using to convert their current euro rate to the "guaranteed dollar rate"....too easy to get a 3-5% conversion fee added into your cost without knowing it.
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