http://www.traveltripz.com/2008/03/06/hotel-review-caesars-palace-hotel-casino-palace-tower-deluxe-room/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.traveltripz.com/2008/03/06/hotel-review-caesars-palace-hotel-casino-palace-tower-deluxe-room/comment-page-1/#comment-22241 Brock Hileman Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:31:40 +0000 http://www.traveltripz.com/2008/03/12/hotel-review-caesars-palace-hotel-casino-palace-tower-deluxe-room/#comment-22241 Buyer beware when booking travel plans through Expedia.com, they just took me for $1096.00. Here is how the monster sets it trap; early last winter I planned a family vacation that entailed flying to Tuscon to rent a car and drive southwest to beautiful San Carlos Mexico. In an effort to keep the travel expenses to a minimum the flight was booked months in advance. Of course as the day of departure approached news of violence in the Mexican border towns filled the media. It just didn't seem practical to put my wife and daughter in possible harm's way for a vacation, so we changed our destination to Florida. This was still weeks before our scheduled departure to Tuscon. We knew there would be expenses involved in changing our flight plans but we weren't ready for phase 1 of the Expedia.com monster trap. After hearing all about their terms of service and how there was nothing they could do because United Airlines was the real culprit, the cheapest fair they offered was FOUR TIMES the cost of booking new tickets through United Airlines. So we booked the tickets ourselves directly through United Airlines. Expedia.com explained that we now had a credit with them but it had to be used within the year. So now I was setup for phase 2 of the Expedia.com plan to steal. As the deadline for our credit with Expedia.com came closer my family again decided to travel to Florida. A major part of the decision was based on having the travel expenses somewhat mitigated by the credit with Expedia.com. What a mistake, here is how it worked out; for us to buy brand new tickets for my wife, daughter and I from Southwest Airlines directly (without Expedia involvement) cost right at $1000.00. To utilize my credit with Expedia.com I would have had to pony up an extra $2600.00. That is above the $1096.00 credit! So that's how Expedia.com stole from me. I gave them $1096.00 in good faith but because of the deteriorating climate in Mexican border towns I felt it was absolutely prudent to change our plans. The dark and monstrous side of Expedia.com sits and waits for victims who need to make a change and when found it pounces without mercy. All the solutions they offered were at FOUR TIMES the fair market value for airline tickets. I gave Expedia.com $1096.00 and received nothing in return, legal or not in my opinion that is at best a very poor way to conduct business and at worst downright theft. Beware of the Expedia.com monster, it's heart is filled with greed and it is patiently waiting to lure you into its trap. Buyer beware when booking travel plans through Expedia.com, they just took me for $1096.00. Here is how the monster sets it trap; early last winter I planned a family vacation that entailed flying to Tuscon to rent a car and drive southwest to beautiful San Carlos Mexico. In an effort to keep the travel expenses to a minimum the flight was booked months in advance. Of course as the day of departure approached news of violence in the Mexican border towns filled the media. It just didn’t seem practical to put my wife and daughter in possible harm’s way for a vacation, so we changed our destination to Florida. This was still weeks before our scheduled departure to Tuscon. We knew there would be expenses involved in changing our flight plans but we weren’t ready for phase 1 of the Expedia.com monster trap. After hearing all about their terms of service and how there was nothing they could do because United Airlines was the real culprit, the cheapest fair they offered was FOUR TIMES the cost of booking new tickets through United Airlines. So we booked the tickets ourselves directly through United Airlines. Expedia.com explained that we now had a credit with them but it had to be used within the year. So now I was setup for phase 2 of the Expedia.com plan to steal. As the deadline for our credit with Expedia.com came closer my family again decided to travel to Florida. A major part of the decision was based on having the travel expenses somewhat mitigated by the credit with Expedia.com. What a mistake, here is how it worked out; for us to buy brand new tickets for my wife, daughter and I from Southwest Airlines directly (without Expedia involvement) cost right at $1000.00. To utilize my credit with Expedia.com I would have had to pony up an extra $2600.00. That is above the $1096.00 credit! So that’s how Expedia.com stole from me. I gave them $1096.00 in good faith but because of the deteriorating climate in Mexican border towns I felt it was absolutely prudent to change our plans. The dark and monstrous side of Expedia.com sits and waits for victims who need to make a change and when found it pounces without mercy. All the solutions they offered were at FOUR TIMES the fair market value for airline tickets. I gave Expedia.com $1096.00 and received nothing in return, legal or not in my opinion that is at best a very poor way to conduct business and at worst downright theft. Beware of the Expedia.com monster, it’s heart is filled with greed and it is patiently waiting to lure you into its trap.

]]> http://www.traveltripz.com/2008/03/06/hotel-review-caesars-palace-hotel-casino-palace-tower-deluxe-room/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Hotel Review: Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas : Travel Tripz Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:49:19 +0000 http://www.traveltripz.com/2008/03/12/hotel-review-caesars-palace-hotel-casino-palace-tower-deluxe-room/#comment-404 [...] Another fault was the lack of a coffee maker in the room.  This was the same problem we had at Caesars Palace. [...] [...] Another fault was the lack of a coffee maker in the room.  This was the same problem we had at Caesars Palace. [...]

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