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I am trying to book a hotel in Florence. So far I have tried booking.com - Venere

hotels.com and otel.com The best rates are on otel.com and I was wondering if anyone

has used them before. Any suggestions or opinons ? Thanks

I used booking.com for hotels in Munich and Prague last May. It worked out well and had no problems. No experience with the other sites you mention.

> The best rates are on otel.com

Ok, but you don't say about payment conditions. The only time I tried otel.com, for a hotel in Prague, it required a pre-payment. It seems to require often pre-payment, hence better rates than others. I have booked many times with venere and booking.com and I always paid direct to the hotel at check-out. I do prefer paying this way. But if you are fine with otel.com's conditions, it's fine to use them, I suppose.

The question arises: why are you not dealing with the hotel directly so you can at least compare rates?

kappa1 ... otel.com does require pre-payment.

I am able to cancel up to 4 days before arrival. I also prefer to pay the hotel directly but

the rates they gave me are half of what the hotel rates are on their website. I did e mail the

hotel regarding rates & waiting for their reply.


dukey1 ... As you can see, I am dealing with the hotel & waiting for their reply.

I am at the beginning stages of research for my hotel room in Florence.

Thanks