Need help with Travelocity and Expedia questions

[momof2minnies]

Are travelocity and expedia trustworthy? I notice they say the price is for 2 guests, does that mean there will be an additional fee for 2 kids? That would blow the price break if that was true? Is the ressie at the resort under your name?
TIA, Linda

 

[momof2minnies]

Anyone????????

 

[Cool-Beans]

For a hotel, there shouldn't be an additional charge for kids. For a plane (duh) there would be. Most hotels put the rooms blocked for these groups in under "Hotel Reservation Network" or whoever it is and then change the name to the guest's name once they have a guest. I'm not sure how WDW does it, but I can't really see it being done any other way.

All of your paperwork will have YOUR name on it.

Unless they go out of business, they are trustworthy. When all this online stuff started, lots of companies signed up to do it, took the money from the customers, never paid the hotels...and went out of business. Many folks got stranded in strange cities without a hotel or the money to pay for it.

The scam artists are now pretty much out of the way. Expedia and Travelocity aren't scam artists. But, I don't know what their P&L looks like or if they're ready to file for bankruptcy or whatever - can't make any promises.

All that said, I would use them if they gave me the best deals. Have used them.

 

[disneykate28]

I've used Expedia and Travelocity MANY times & never experienced any problems. Cheaptickets.com (subsid. of Orbitz), however, is another story...stay FAR FAR AWAY!!

 

[jstbcuz]

I've used cheaptickets and never had a problem.

 

[G8r4evr]

Ive never had a problem with Expedia or Travelocity and have used both many times. Yes, the ressie is under your name. Im not sure about a charge for extra guests, as I have only traveled with a party of 2...

 

[disneyfan67]

I have used Orbitz and Expedia with no problem. I have gotten good deals off of both. The only drawback is, it's been reported that sometimes those companies can over sell rooms that aren't available in Disney's inventory. I used them to book a room at the Poly for my 2005 trip and had no problems. Be careful of buying packages from them though. I noticed they put the park tickets in at the end of the booking and you see the price jump up considerably. It's better to book your room and airfare together because they can offer some good deals, but don't go with the package option, IMO.

P.S. They don't charge extra for kids in the hotel room. They only use that info for who's in the room.