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Booking overseas Hotel online - Major newbie
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Appreciate all the excellent advice.
Just a quick question, if I find a hotel I like and decide to book it, how does the payment work?
Hotel listed as GB£ on booking.com, do I basically pay what I have been quoted?
And if I go direct to the hotel's website, prices are listed in US$, so I guess a currency conversion will apply.
With booking.com if it is a "pay at hotel" booking, you are likely to have to pay in the local currency of the hotel. The GBP price is indicative based on today's exchange rate, but it will be the prevailing exchange rate at the time of payment (or the rate at which you exchange money if you do pay in cash) that will apply.0 -
For comparison I find it easier to change the currency on booking.com to "Hotels Currency" and then compare the rates direct with the hotel's website.Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.0
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