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Postby the big bang » Tue May 07, 2013 8:19 pm

anyone ever booked through the website wotif.com?

when i'm looking for places to stay, i use the website to browse for hotels, but then i usually just call them and book over the phone, never actually booked through the website.

the thing i'm most interested in about them is there 'wothotel'. they dont tell you the name of the hotel, all they tell you is the suburb the hotel is in, no name or address for it, and what features the hotel has. these rooms are usually at a massive discounted rate, and was wondering if anyone has ever done this, or if it was worth the risk!

EDIT: here is the sorta thing i'm looking at. a 5 star hotel for $134 a night sounds pretty good to me.
http://www.wotif.com/hotel/View?hotel=M ... &region=38

while i'm here, may as well ask how you all find and book the cheapest flights and accom.

cheers people
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Re: wotif

Postby Pag » Tue May 07, 2013 8:30 pm

I've used wotif for one of those mystery hotels for a night in the city, got the Grand Chifley on South Tce and all was good.

To book hotels, I use http://www.tripadvisor.com.au if it's somewhere I haven't been to get a gauge of what others think of the place, then when I find something I like, I check http://www.hotelscombined.com, which finds the best rates of various discount sites, and I see what I can get for that particular place.

Or if you have an Entertainment Book, use the gold card and check out what rates you can get, depending on what hotel chain you are looking at.
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Re: wotif

Postby Jim05 » Tue May 07, 2013 8:41 pm

Used Wotif plenty of times.
Never had an issue with their mystery deals
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Re: wotif

Postby the big bang » Tue May 07, 2013 9:03 pm

cheers guys. so the 5 star for $134 a night in Surfers would most likely be a winner then ya rekon?
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Re: wotif

Postby the big bang » Tue May 07, 2013 9:14 pm

Jim05 wrote:Used Wotif plenty of times.
Never had an issue with their mystery deals



also, after you book the mystery deal, do they tell you straight away the name of the hotel so you can look it up to see if you like it/its suitable for what you need?
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Re: wotif

Postby the big bang » Tue May 07, 2013 9:25 pm

and if the room isnt suitable, can you cancel for a full refund?
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Re: wotif

Postby heater31 » Tue May 07, 2013 9:49 pm

I booked a 5 Star in Melbourne once and they sent me to the Hilton South Wharf. Never stayed in 5 star accommodation before or since but I couldn't fault it.

Only issue I had was rather minor as I didn't have a credit card at the time but a debit mastercard they charged me $500 for room service and would refund the difference on checkout. The peanut on the counter forgot to give me my cash and I forgot to ask, the shift manager called me when I was in Southern Cross railway station chucking my bag into a locker for the day so I had to go back and collect it :oops:
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Re: wotif

Postby Jim05 » Tue May 07, 2013 11:42 pm

the big bang wrote:
Jim05 wrote:Used Wotif plenty of times.
Never had an issue with their mystery deals



also, after you book the mystery deal, do they tell you straight away the name of the hotel so you can look it up to see if you like it/its suitable for what you need?

Once you have booked and paid they will send you details of the hotel and the name.
You cant cancel or get a refund.
If you click on the mystery hotel it will tell you what suburb it is in. Thats usually all I need to know.
Once I find a hotel in an area I want I just book it, never had an issue and use it regularly when I go to Melbourne and Sydney
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Re: wotif

Postby The Ash Man » Wed May 08, 2013 2:45 pm

I use it all the time
Used to use when travelling for work too
I did mystery hotel a couple of months ago and Rendezvous, very happy
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Re: wotif

Postby bulldogproud2 » Thu May 30, 2013 1:03 pm

There is a way to work out what the Mystery Hotel is before booking it. Look at all the features offered by the Mystery Hotel and then look at all the hotels in that star-rating section and match the features.
Having said that, I have never been disappointed by their Mystery Hotels.

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Re: wotif

Postby Banker » Thu May 30, 2013 2:40 pm

A quick google search of the Mystery Deal description usually works

I have stayed at the Rendezvous and Intercontinental in Adelaide with the wotif mystery deal
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