Impossible to do anything at all entirely to the satisfaction of a certain class of individuals...
This body of men is commonly designated by their comrades as the "grousers."

- JB Patterson, Life in Ranks

Monday, February 01, 2010

Hotels.com Cancellation Problem

To Whom It May Concern:

I have TWICE called hotels.com to cancel my two-night reservation at Homestead Austin Downtown from 2/13-2/15 (itinerary #XXXXXXX). And TWICE the customer service people told me that they would cancel my reservation and send me an confirmation email in a few minutes. However, BOTH times I failed to receive any email. Now I just checked online to see if the reservation was canceled, and it is STILL there. If I hadn't checked it, the reservation would have presumably remained, and my credit card would have been charged.

So I would like two things:

(1) An email confirming that my reservation IS in fact canceled--a cancellation I'd also like reflected on the website. Although the hotels.com website says I may cancel my reservation online, there is in fact NO option allowing me to do so.
(2) An explanation for why, despite my two phone calls, I never received any cancellation email or had my cancellation reflected on the website.

This is the first time I have used Hotels.com and am very dissatisfied. I no longer intend to use the service again.

Thank you,

Christopher W.