Just wanted to quickly chime in as I had an experience with Easyclicktravel.com the last couple days that I wanted to share. I was a little hesitant to book with them, and after this experience I remain so. I found an amazing deal on a hotel for a trip I'm taking in a couple months. Seemed too good to be true (and it was!), so I booked it. I was uneasy about the whole thing though, as easyclicktravel.com seems a little shady. Misspellings in hotel descriptions, rates that noone else has, etc. Anyway, I was happy when I immediately got a confirmation number, so I called the hotel directly to confirm my reservation. They did indeed have the reservation in their system, but under a Government/Military rate--which I do not qualify for. Obviously the easyclicktravel.com website made no mention that this was a gov't rate, or else I wouldn't have booked it. They simply listed it as "2 Room suite, 2 dbl beds, poolview, nonsmoking" and said it was "available." Anyway, I called EasyClickTravel back immediately and they insisted that it's NOT a gov't rate, and that it must be the hotel's mistake--it's actually a special agent rate. I waited a couple days and called the hotel's customer service center again to try and straighten it all out. AGain I was told that the travel agency (easyclicktravel.com) had booked my reservation at a Gov't rate and that I'd have to show my ID at check-in. Well, after calling EasyClickTravel AGAIN and speaking to someone new, I insisted that they call the hotel directly and straighten this out. She did, and did indeed find that the reservation was booked as a Gov't reservation and that the hotel would require proper identification at check-in. She couldn't explain why it wasn't showing up as a Gov't rate on the website and said she'd "look into it." Anyway, I cancelled the reservation. Another interesting thing about this--and it may speak to the OP's question--my credit card was never charged for this booking. I was told that in some instances it is, but in other instances it's simply used to "hold" the reservation and taht the hotel will charge you at check-out--presumably the rate you were quoted on easyclicktravel.com's website. Anyway, just goes to show that you have to do your own due diligence in situations like these. As the mod said, call the hotel directly to confirm, and if something seems too good to be true, then it probably is. The whole thing left a nasty taste in my mouth, so I'll probably stick to Priceline, Hotels.com, etc.
