Website strangeness
Apr 17, 2013 | 3:14 pm
#1
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Website strangeness
Am searching for a stay in Dubai for a few days next week. On the search results page, I get "from" x, but when I click through "view rates", none of those rates are available. Can I get those rates by calling in, or is it just a website error?
Apr 17, 2013 | 4:12 pm
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I've been thinking about posting the same question, been looking at New York over Labor Day weekend, same thing--lots of "rates from" what seem to be low rates that are nowhere to be found when I pick the hotel and click through to the actual rates. Marriott Concierge, care to explain? Socrates?
Apr 17, 2013 | 5:23 pm
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Is it a multi day reservation? They tend to give you the lowest rate for any room, and any night in your range. So the first two nights might be 450, but the last night 250, it will say "from 250"
Apr 17, 2013 | 5:43 pm
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Yes, I'm looking for a four day stay, and I see the rates change sometimes during the four days, but there are several hotels that say "from" a rate that is well below anything I can find for any of the four days. IIRC, in some cases the lowest actual rate is nearly double the "from" rate.
Apr 17, 2013 | 8:36 pm
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That's disingenuous.
Apr 17, 2013 | 8:42 pm
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THAT'S where they can get the "from" rate? A date two weeks out of the date(s) you asked for? REALLY effin' disingenuous. Borderline fraud IMHO.
Apr 17, 2013 | 9:50 pm
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Weird.
Apr 17, 2013 | 11:12 pm
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Apr 18, 2013 | 8:25 am
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Your original post was at 1:14 AM Dubai time. I am wondering if the hotel was updating its rates at that time; after all they have to do it at some point and it only makes sense to do it overnight.
I, like the other posters, found 1150 AED when I did a search, but we found those prices during normal business hours of 7:50 AM, 9:12 AM and now 6:20 PM in Dubai respectively.
I, like the other posters, found 1150 AED when I did a search, but we found those prices during normal business hours of 7:50 AM, 9:12 AM and now 6:20 PM in Dubai respectively.
Apr 18, 2013 | 8:28 am
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Your original post was at 1:14 AM Dubai time. I am wondering if the hotel was updating its rates at that time; after all they have to do it at some point and it only makes sense to do it overnight.
I, like the other posters, found 1150 AED when I did a search, but we found those prices during normal business hours of 7:50 AM, 9:12 AM and now 6:20 PM in Dubai respectively.
I, like the other posters, found 1150 AED when I did a search, but we found those prices during normal business hours of 7:50 AM, 9:12 AM and now 6:20 PM in Dubai respectively.
Still, I'll get it booked.
Apr 18, 2013 | 10:00 am
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It certainly doesn't sound like they are deliberately misleading, rather that there was some kind of glitch.
Apr 18, 2013 | 11:46 am
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I have experienced this as well with the Marriott at Westchase. It only seems to be that hotel, but it is quite frequent.