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I recently tried to book a four-star hotel through Expedia's, which doesn't reveal the name of the hotel until you pay for it.

Are “unpublished” hotel reservations too hard to cancel?

January 22, 2024October 26, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Derek Ho’s Expedia booking goes sideways, and he needs help. Can this trip be saved?

Categories Commentary, The Travel Troubleshooter
They'd made reservations at the Hilton Arc De Triomphe hotel in Paris back in June, using his HHonors points, and selected a special room

A perfect Paris vacation foiled by a flagging flap — what can I do?

January 22, 2024October 15, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It was supposed to be a special trip for Alana Pitts and her father to celebrate his birthday in Paris. They’d made reservations at the Hilton Arc De Triomphe hotel in Paris back in June, using his HHonors points, and selected a special room on the executive floor with two queen-size beds.

Categories Commentary
The storm that left large swaths without power provided an uncomfortable lesson to hotel guests and their reservation.

Unnatural disaster: What to do when your hotel doesn’t have room

January 22, 2024July 14, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

The deadly storms that left large swaths of the East Coast without power just before the Fourth of July holiday provided an uncomfortable lesson to hotel guests like Ken White: Always call to confirm your reservation — especially when the place you’re visiting is reeling from a natural disaster.

Categories Commentary, The Navigator
There's been a lot of talk about stolen property in hotels -- see last week's story on the safe removed from a Radisson room.

A stolen West Point class ring, and all I get from my hotel is an excuse?

January 22, 2024July 10, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

There’s been a lot of talk about stolen property in hotels — see last week’s story on the safe removed from a Radisson room — and today’s case presents us with a similar problem.

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