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zag
Administrator
Online hotel booking sites
All,
I am trying to book a hotel using some of the online sites such as , [broken link removed], http://ie.hotels.com/hotel-htdocs/ie/index.htm (www.hotels.com),
www.expedia.com,
www.travelocity.com/, etc . . . but keep coming up against the problem that many of the sites just don't cater for including children in the deal.
They will take the request for 2 children and 2 adults and come back with a goodish price, but then when going through with the process there is invariably some text saying that the rates are only good for 2 adults and the hotel will charge extra on departure, or even that the room is only good for 2 adults and the hotel may not be able to accommodate more than that. Given that the request included details of 4 guests this is a bit of a pointless quote.
So, here's the question - does anyone know of any hotel booking websites where you can *definitely* book rooms for more than 2 people ?
I have fired off emails direct to a number of the hotels and am waiting for their responses, but if anyone knows of a good site it would be great.
By the way, I am looking anywhere around Amsterdam - Delft, Leiden, Haarlem, the Hague, if anyone has any suggestions.
Dank u (as they say in the Netherlands),
z
Cligereen
Unregistered User
Try this
Hi Zag,
I have used
www.wotif.com/ to book hotels for the four of us (2A+2Ch). I've used them a few times and never had any problem. If you click on the names of the hotels it will give you details of the hotel and tell you what the max occupancy is. You can specify how many will be in the room (or the number of rooms required if more than one).
Not sure of those locations you mentioned though, I've never looked for them. Worth a try.
Clig.
Tall Chapy
Frequent poster
Family Rooms
Here are a few family/Quad Rooms
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zag
Administrator
Re: Fami
Thanks for the links everyone.
I am working through them and through some others I found last night.
I found quite a good site -
www.bookings.nl/ - which seems to be the only one I could find that highlighted the special deals that each hotels run. Some discount for weekends, some for weekdays, some for stays of 3 days or more. It also shows the number of each room type available which is pretty useful. It also seems to have sections for almost every teeny-tiny townland in the country.
Some of the links that TC provided above provide even more detail - it's amazing how much effort must be put in by someone out there in keeping all this information up to date. It seems strange that the hotels maintain web presences in so many places and in so many formats.
TC - as a matter of interest how did you come up with these links ? I did a fair bit of searching around yesterday and didn't come across most of those sites. I'm just wondering what approach you took.
For anyone else out there who is thinking of booking hotels online it is well worth checking out - I was thinking of the Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam (among many others), but the overwhelming poor reviews it got was enough to turn me off. By way of contrast - I am now looking at the a-train hotel nearby. It has got nothing but good reviews (apart from one from a person who found out he wasn't allowed smoke stuff there) while in its previous incarnation it got terrible ones.
Cheers,
z
Grizzly
Unregistered User
Schipol.
Try [broken link removed] They often have 3 nights for the price of two etc. By becoming a member you can also earn points etc.
Gresham hotels have a hotel in Amsterdam with bus from airport dropping you at the door.
Tall Chapy
Frequent poster
Family Rooms
Hi Zag
Basically, I checked out Hotelclub first, as I find it a good website & also to get a grasp on you problem.
Which soon became obvious.A good few website asked for the number of children. But they never say how many beds they give you.Some do, but they give you 2 double beds & if you have a teenage 'child' & a younger child of the the opposite sex, this becomes awkward and is not a great way to start a holiday.With one child refusing to sleep in the same bed as the other.
So I started looking for rooms with suites. Then on one website it said family rooms available. So I just put in a search (yahoo)for family rooms netherland might also have includes amsterdam & just picked what I thought where suitable to your needs & posted them
ann
Unregistered User
hotel websites
Have u tried
www.octopustravel.com they cater for children and are quite reasonable
Elcato
Very frequent poster
Re: hotel websites
One bit of advice Zag. Make sure there' a lift in the hotel. Stairs are a nightmare in Holland and don't seem to have any safety checks.
garrettod
Very frequent poster
PriorityClub.com
Hi,
Not entirely sure if this is of use or not, but I normally try to use
www.priorityclub.com
It's the affiliate network for Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza etc and offers members points towards their airline miles or hotel stays etc
It's got a price promise for the hotel group it represents also, claiming to always offer the cheapest deals.
Regards
G>
