Hotels.com Complaint

Hotels.com aka ian travel services - refund issued but 2 days later found only 50% of refund

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Posted By: gMasta on 1/7/2010

On December 28 2009 I arrived to Orlando FL - earlier than expected at 6am and I called hotels.com from there to find me 2 rooms for me and my friends with early check-in - it took them about 5 minutes and after my 300$ "to make sure those rooms will be available" I drove about 20 minutes on the other side of Orlando to the hotel - but guy in the reception area told me that they can't check me in right now - but 3pm ! so I called hotels.com and the same guy was searching again for the rooms for about 15 minutes but couldn't find anything so I told him I just want to cancel this whole thing and I will look for the hotel myself - he said no problem and we cancel whole thing.

BUT 2 days later I checked balance on my credit card and found out that they charge me 150 dollars (a half of the whole thing)!!! so I called again and now they telling me that I just canceled one room and (oh yes) their providers or whatever they told them they can't cancel this, plus they told me I supposed to check it on my email - NO I don't have computer with me- I'm on the vacation ! so she said ..ohh too bad - but we have to charge you 150 dollars - so I just recommend to stay away from this scum company - I already filed complain with Better Business Bureau and my credit card also is blocked and they doing their investigation - hopefully I will get money back!

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    justthefaxx (01/07/2010)      
    You won't, a last minute cancellation will always have some type of penalty on it.

    LadyScot (01/07/2010)      
    Though $150 is steep, you get paid for work you do don't you? You asked them to find you the rooms, they did so. So they should be paid for the work they do.

    James236 (01/08/2010)      
    The OP says it was 6 a.m. and he booked the rooms asking for early check in. When he got to the hotel 20 minutes later, the guy there said he could only check-in at 3 p.m. This was not what he paid for so he cancelled. He is entitled to all of his money back.

    goduke (01/08/2010)      
    I've never had a 6 a.m. early check in at a hotel. Earliest I've ever seen is 11 a.m.

    James236 (01/08/2010)      
    In that case goduke, when the OP asked for a room with early check in hotels.com should have said it's not available. Instead Hotels.com took the money and the early check in turned out to be not available. If the customer asks for something impossible, the answer is "No" not "Yes I'll take your money".

    I had an early check-in at 7 a.m. last year. If the hotel doesn't have full occupancy and a guest turns up at 6 a.m. and the room is available and ready and made up, the hotel loses nothing by allowing them into the room.

    momsey (01/08/2010)      
    LadyScot, they didn't do what was asked. They shouldn't be paid just because they did SOMETHING.

    jktshff1 (01/08/2010)      
    never mind


    goduke (01/08/2010)      
    I don't disagree with you James.

    LadyScot (01/08/2010)      
    Momsey, it sounds to me as though the hotel needs to stop advertising on H.com's info board that they accept early checkins.

    James236 (01/08/2010)      
    LadyScot an early check-in is not something the hotel advertises or not advertises. Whether it is available depends on the level of occupancy at that point in time. If there is full occupancy obviously it will not be available at 6 a.m. because guests have to leave and then the room made up. When the OP phoned hotels.com, and said he wanted a room with early check in, the hotels.com rep should have contacted the hotel to ask if they had a room right away as the guest was there in Orlando and ready to check in. Only if the answer was "Yes" should h.com have charged the credit card. Perhaps someone did not understand English, and most of us ... more >>

    LadyScot (01/08/2010)      
    Thank you James for the clarification. I had guessed that the hotels site would have info that the average consumer can't see on the site, such as early check ins. I retract my former post.


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