Hotel booking sites

zilla6

I often book direct with the hotel. But a couple of times I've booked with booking.com. Whilst they seem to give good hotel rates, the problem is they are based in Amsterdam, so I am charged a non sterling transaction fee + conversion from £ to Euro on my credit card.

Any one got any suggestions of hotel sites that are UK based?

jpsartre

I mostly use Ebookers. You get 3% bonus on bookings and there's a often 12% cashback on Topcashback. Hotels.com offer a good reward scheme as well. Alternatively you can get a card that doesn't charge transaction/conversion fees.

comeandgo

zilla6 wrote: »

I often book direct with the hotel. But a couple of times I've booked with booking.com. Whilst they seem to give good hotel rates, the problem is they are based in Amsterdam, so I am charged a non sterling transaction fee + conversion from £ to Euro on my credit card.

Any one got any suggestions of hotel sites that are UK based?

I don't understand how booking.com are charging you anything? I use them regularly and they just book a room for me. I pay the hotel direct.

zilla6

I don't understand how booking.com are charging you anything? I use them regularly and they just book a room for me. I pay the hotel direct.

How are you paying the hotel direct - online in advance or when you actually get to the hotel?

Twice I've booked via booking.com and both times my credit card statement says :
"Hotel on booking.com Amsterdam NLD" and then a non sterling transaction fee.

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zilla6

I don't understand how booking.com are charging you anything? I use them regularly and they just book a room for me. I pay the hotel direct.

After writing the above reply, I had another look at booking.com and pretended to book a hotel, and that came up as reserve and pay the hotel on arrival. So maybe the 2 occasions I've used it before, those hotels needed immediate payment.

If it is an overseas hotel and I pay on arrival at the hotel, I'll still get charged the currency conversion fee if I use a credit card though!

jpsartre

zilla6 wrote: »

If it is an overseas hotel and I pay on arrival at the hotel, I'll still get charged the currency conversion fee if I use a credit card though!

That depends on which card you're using.