we booked a four-night stay and arrived to find a wonderful hotel with everything in order for check-in. we later decided to shorten our stay by one night. the customer representave who answered our call seemed to be unable to hear us - on two different calls. when we finally found someone to speak to, we were hung up on several times. finally, we found someone who told us to check out, then call customer service. he said that they would confirm our check-out with the hotel and then reimburse us for the other night. after leaving the hotel, we called hotels.com and were told we would not get our money back. next trip, we will find an american company to book with.

In June my husband was going to a function in MD. He would be drinking and wanted me to drive him so we booked a room in Fredrick so I would not have miles and hours to drive back and forth. I wanted to stay at the Hilton Garden Inn or another similar level hotel. I thought i had called the hotel directly to ask about government rates. When I spoke to the reservation person he asked me how much I wanted to pay and what kind of room I wanted. He said well I can get you that rate at the Sleep Inn and it gets the highest customer rating. I was taken back considering that I thought I was talking to the Hilton. I said what are there no rooms at the Hilton and he said no that he could get me a room at a top rated Sleep Inn. I used to be a road warrior and I would not normally have EVER stayed at a Sleep Inn. I said I want to stay at the Hilton and he kept insisting that the Sleep Inn had higher customer ratings. When we went to book the room then and only then did I find out I was actually talking to Hotels.com. I said I thought I was talking to the Hilton. He said well they are booked and I can get you a better rate here.

I was not thrilled at staying at the Sleep Inn - it was at least clean and quiet but certainly not to my level of standards - by a very long shot. But as we were only there one night and I would be driving back and forth I took the room.

We just got our charge card bill and there was an odd charge on the bill from Hotels.com. We were being charged a Canadian exchange rate for the date in question. Hmm - Frederick, MD is not in Canada as far as I know. It turns out that the reservation agent for Hotels.com was based in Canada and NOT ONCE did he say one word about being in Canada - just as he was not clear about not working for Hilton. They charged us a $2.78 charge. Granted it was not big but think if they do this all the time - it adds up. They are running a scam charging extra and not letting people know.

This is not the first time we have been overcharged via Hotels.com. We were charged once for a trip to NYC 8 months after our trip and AFTER we had paid for the trip many months earlier. I don't trust them and for those of you who use them - watch your bill - don't be surprised if they charge you bogus amounts.

The "price match guarentee" on hotels.com is no guarentee. I found the same hotel at a cheaper price and they are supposed to match it. The agent said they couldn't because it was below market value. She flat-out lied to me twice during our conversation and refused to furnish her bosses name. The price match guarentee is a lie - there is no satisfaction here or matching. They will simply refuse to match. What a frustration! I will never again use this service for my travel needs.

In March I gave my debit card number to Hotels.com to make a reservation for a spring break trip for my kids & youth pastors fm our church. In the course of a conversation that lasted approximately 30 minutes I ended up telling the Hotels.com rep to cancel the transaction as they did not have sufficient rooms to accommodate the three families traveling together as their website had indicated. At the beginning of the conversation they had three rooms available, I gave my information, I was put on an extended hold only to have a rep inform me when she returned that only 1 room was available with absolutely no other explanation. I told the rep that was unacceptable, cancelled the entire transaction and hung up. Hotels.com forwarded this illegitimate transaction to the hotel anyway and I was charged for a no show. There is no confirmation on my part that this "reservation" was ever authorized.

Booked a room through Hotels.com, received a confirmation/email, arrived to hotel and hotel had no record of reservations, referred to call customer service at hotels.com, was put on hold for an excess of 20 mins each time, then disconnected, after 5 reps, finally got a rep who told me there was a problem with my payment even though they debited total amount from my accnt the same day I booked, missed an engagement I was in Vegas for and matter wasn't resolved until the next day. I have never had an experience this horrible dealing with travel sites. Will never use these folks again!! Sent an email detailing my experience and still no reponse from company.