Hoshino Resorts reveal Agoda (subsidiary of Booking Holdings which also own Booking.com) engages in fraudulent resale of hotel rooms

[Sauron]

Hoshino is fantastic but moi no stay cos marneeno

 

[zoossh]

Agoda's headquarters is in Singapore. The company is based at the UOB Plaza, 80 Raffles Place, Singapore 048624.

A fraud occurs when a company advertises, sells and collects payment for a non-existent service, in this case: hotel room that does not exist for the dates booked. Customers are inconvenienced, and the hotel is denied the rightful revenue from this customer who has to book elsewhere.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...rseas-booking-sites-may-not-be-valid.7137357/

Not surprised.

and just last year they had hiccups with payments to the hotels

 

[Ahemahem]

Hoshino so atas
cant afford

 

[stanlawj]

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...rseas-booking-sites-may-not-be-valid.7137357/

Not surprised.

and just last year they had hiccups with payments to the hotels

I think need to raise awareness about this matter. And customers should stop using Agoda to put pressure on them to change their practices.

 

[Vitacimin]

time to switch to booking.com.

luckily i always use agoda ... and it has been flawless
everytime also no problem.

Agoda = booking.com leh

 

[j4jersey.]

I used a overseas Chinese app to book hotels,
Been always cheaper by quite a bit for me to not book with agoda and bookings

 

[popdod]

time to switch to booking.com.

luckily i always use agoda ... and it has been flawless
everytime also no problem.

I switched to Trip.com recently
coz
85% of the time, the hotel rates are much cheaper

and even during short booking period, the airfares are much better.

Agoda used to be my regular site for hotel booking , now a lot lesser


Trip.com for the win.

 

[popdod]

3rd party gives them much more internet traffic exposure ba . Lots of discount and membership tier also .

Direct usually is to rip off loyal local customers lol.

must compare, a few times. Direct can be cheaper. Kid you not.

Did that for okinawa. Compared agoda , booking com. Then direct r much cheaper.

only 1-2 encounters though.

 

[Ahemahem]

i think booking.com still ok
never use agoda liao

 

[TehOPengSiuDai]

time to switch to booking.com.

luckily i always use agoda ... and it has been flawless
everytime also no problem.

I have been using Agoda for the past 5-6 years and so far no issues for me. Have also used Booking but on fewer occasions. Booking’s prices seem a tad bit higher than Agoda?

 

[TehOPengSiuDai]

must compare, a few times. Direct can be cheaper. Kid you not.

Did that for okinawa. Compared agoda , booking com. Then direct r much cheaper.

only 1-2 encounters though.

Yes sometimes it does happen. So need to do homework and compare prices abit.

 

[PAP4ever]

i got scammed by agoda before too.

booked a suite in the thailand hotel. description, pics, all showing suite. During checkin, hotel told me the local rep only booked a normal room. Called agoda but they said there is nothing they could do.

For normal rooms, i think agoda is ok if the savings is substantial. Otherwise, if you are looking at other room types, etc.... better go direct. nuff said.

 

[popdod]

Yes sometimes it does happen. So need to do homework and compare prices abit.

yah. Usually I just look at google map , the location/train station nearby , narrow down a few hotels

activate shopback , open the booking,trip, agoda & direct hotel sites , keyed in the dates. And compare prices.

doesnt take much of the time. Less than 1/2 hour gao dim.

 

[tatsit]

I never had problems with agoda or booking

 

[parchiao]

Book the cheapest, whether is booking or agoda, confirm with the hotel reservations all is in order.

 

[Vitacimin]

yah. Usually I just look at google map , the location/train station nearby , narrow down a few hotels

activate shopback , open the booking,trip, agoda & direct hotel sites , keyed in the dates. And compare prices.

doesnt take much of the time. Less than 1/2 hour gao dim.

Prices through shopback referral link is more expensive than clicking from gsearch or tripadvisor

 

[popdod]

i got scammed by agoda before too.

booked a suite in the thailand hotel. description, pics, all showing suite. During checkin, hotel told me the local rep only booked a normal room. Called agoda but they said there is nothing they could do.

For normal rooms, i think agoda is ok if the savings is substantial. Otherwise, if you are looking at other room types, etc.... better go direct. nuff said.

I only received scammer message impersonate from the hotel that my bookings r cancel and ask me click a link to get refund


but the links looks super weird , eg. The letter “o” is number 0. I don’t hotel name will use number 0 to replace the letter o.

emailed to Agoda & hotel direct.
both deny any booking cancelled. Ask me don’t click the link.

 

[asymmetric]

Agoda is the best

 

[popdod]

Prices through shopback referral link is more expensive than clicking from gsearch or tripadvisor

but with the 4-5% rebates you factor in vs direct prices , u still have some savings.

I remembered I calculated before.

 

[drkcynic]

I have zero loyalty to any of these platforms. Whichever is the cheapest.

Here people so principled one ah? If book direct from website more ex by 1.5 times still will book? I clap for you.