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Hotel questions......

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kahumano Frequent Guest Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Florida,USA	Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 12:19 pm    Post subject: Hotel questions...... Hey all ! Quick question. Part of my trip in November will be spent in Moscow and after doing some research I see the majority of the hotels use third parties for booking. Is this the norm and are these places reliable? Little nervous as I usually book with the hotels themselves to avoid being scammed. If anyone has experience with Moscow-Hotels.net please let me know. Thanks!
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Pasha Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Moscow	Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:35 am    Post subject: . Expensive hotels usually have their webpages with on-line reservation. E. g. www.ukraina-hotel.ru Most likely, you were looking for low budget hotels. Yes, they usually don't have possibilities and staff to do on-line reservations, so they need to cooperate with agencies.
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Guest	Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 11:19 am    Post subject: Thanks Pasha! Yeah, I'm definitely looking for low budget hotels. haha I'll just cross my fingers and hope the company I chose is legit. Karen
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Pasha Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Moscow	Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 2:22 pm    Post subject: . They usually have no reasons to scam. It's easier to do what they supposed to and have a stable flow of customers than to start a new business every time. But please tell me about your experience with them whether it's good o bad.
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David-M-Rowell Frequent Guest Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 29 Location: Seattle, WA USA	Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 2:15 pm    Post subject: Almost all hotels will accept direct bookings, but some will discourage you and instead try and point you to a preferred travel agency. Why do they do this? Guess...... The reason is simple. The hotel might have a rack rate (ie general room rate normally charged to the public) of $100 a night. They sell those rooms to their preferred agency for $40 a night, and the agency then sells them for $80 to the public. Of the $40 profit, it then gives a $20 kickback in cash to the hotel manager, and keeps the other $20 itself. The numbers might vary, but the underlying concept is well known in the Russian hotel industry.
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kahumano Frequent Guest Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Florida,USA	Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:07 am    Post subject: Yeah, once I realized this is how it's done....... I quit worrying. lol as you already know here in the states there are soooo many internet scams that I usually hate going through the "middleman" haha Oh, and Pasha......so far so good The company I went with has already sent the visa support papers and my passport is at the Russian Embassy as I type.
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