Hotels-Rates.com Consumer Reviews - Page 2

I just booked a hotel reservation online today. I realized there was a $24.99 fee for booking but thought that was how they would make money because they were getting me the hotel room at a lower rate. BIG MISTAKE! After making the reservation and contacting the hotel to confirm that it was accurate, I was told by a hotel worker they charge the same price per night as Hotels-Rates.com but without the extra taxes and the 24.99 service fee. I ended up spending way more money. When I realized this I was outraged. I attempted to call the number on my itinerary that was listed for Hotels-Rates.com. Well convenient for them, it was out of service.

After a ton of investigating online, I found this number for a woman named ** who claims to be a manager. Please call it if you have had similar experiences and let her know how dissatisfied you are. She seems to think that her and this company are doing nothing wrong but they are making thousands of dollars per day by ripping off innocent people like us. Here is the number **.

I booked a room with Hotels-Rates, without doing my homework. I know, shame on me. They claim to have the best rates, but charge a service charge, just for booking through them. I found I could have gotten a better deal, and without this service charge! I called to inquire about the service fees, and possibly cancel. Finding a number to call was nearly impossible. The only number available was in my email, not on their website. Once I finally got a hold of somebody, they were extremely rude to me. On top of being rude, I asked to speak with a manager, but the girl told me she was it.

Disappointing to find that a company would have such rude people in the customer service department! This has been an awful experience! I just hope that I can save someone some time, money and grief. DO NOT BOOK through HOTELS-RATES. (This is not to be confused with hotel-rates! They are pretty tricky, don't you think? One has an s in the name.) I repeat, DO NOT BOOK through HOTELS-RATES!

LA, CALIFORNIA -- I make a hotel reservation through Hotels-rates.com website a month ago. The hotel description of the hotel I pick on the webpage clearly stated that the rate includes Room and Taxes on a Single full-Sized bed room. However, after I check in the hotel on the day I reserved, I found out the rates was more than it was shown on the webpage. I contact Hotels-rates regarding the issue, they insist that it was nothing wrong on the information show on the webpage and they send out confirmation with the rate after my reservation process.

I point out that it was too late to cancel the reservation after I make the booking process and the booking fee had been charged at that moment if I see the confirmation rate is different. In other words, they provide false information on the website to mislead consumer to buy their product/service, they would not care the customer will end-up pay more to the third party.

I send email to them with a copy of reservation page with the "mislead" information that I print out on the day of booking to prove the case, I never received any feedback from them. What kind of service HOTELS-RATES.COM provide to consumer!!!??? Justice... would you willing to buy service from them after you read this review.

AUBURN, CALIFORNIA -- I used hotel-rates.com to book a room in Auburn CA online. Once the reservation was made with a credit card purchase, the amount was almost $30 more than what the quote was. I called hotel-rates.com customer service number and asked why it was higher than the quote. They said the extra fees involved raised the price. I asked for a break-down of these fees. The CS representative asked me to hold and she came back explaining there was a $19.99 booking fee added. I asked them to remove this fee, that there was no indication of any extra booking fee when I made this reservation.

They claimed that the extra fee would be refunded to my credit card within five business days. I am not holding my breath to see this refund but will definitely be checking to confirm this fee is removed. I would recommend anyone using this Hotel-Rates.com service to double check the charges after making reservation OR better yet, use another booking service!

PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- I googled 'hotels near sky harbor airport with shuttle service'. I found a good selection of hotels with airport shuttles and after making a selection, I clicked 'book'. I was sent a email detailing my choice and it was then that I learned I was charged a booking fee: $25 which was 1/3 of the cost of the hotel. I'd like to know that before I commit my credit card. From now on if I use their site, I'll make my choice and then contact the hotel directly to book the stay. I do not like being flim-flammed on the internet.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE -- I made a reservation for Days Inn West Nashville online ($69.99) per night and was charged $186 something. Way more than just taxes. Per hotels-rates.com, they could not breakdown the $42 difference because the hotel "tells" them what to charge. However the hotel couldn't break down the charges because I booked through hotels-rates.com. No one to speak to personally and no way to contact except email through their website. They could only send me an invoice through email but not broken down because "they don't know the breakdown". What a rip-off.

I called to make a reservation for Pahrump NV (no Choice Hotel there). When I arrived at the Best Western I found out that the rate was $50.00 less if I had booked it myself. I realized that there would be a charge but that is unreasonable. I know now why I stick with Choice Hotels. I will never use your service again.

BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA -- Arrived at nine in the evening. What a shock. Looked like a flea pit. Dirty carpets, tiny room, enough for half a person. Horrible, horrible place. Scratched like hell when we left. $114.00 down the drain. Won't use this reservation place again.

Booked a room thinking I was dealing with Best Western directly. Was not told who I was dealing with until the end of the call. I wanted to cancel at that point and they refused and the run around began. I will be filling with the BBB.

Used Hotels-Rates.com once to book a nights stay in St. Louis. When I checked out the front desk would not provide a receipt, when I called Hotels-Rates.com I was told that they would only fax me one - no emails, etc. Bad news folks - stay away!