Fraud
I am booking a trip to Jasper, Canada, and live in the U.S., so I am not familiar with the hotels in Canada. I thought I was booking a room directly on the hotel's website, as when you google the hotel name, the first website that comes up is the name of the hotel, with the word 'hotel' in the middle. I booked a room on the site for 2 nights, and not until I received my email confirmation did things look off. There was verbiage that stated that the actual hotel may charge additional fees when I check in, such as taxes (normally taxes are paid when you book a hotel reservation). I then called the hotel to confirm my reservation, and they did not have it. They suggested that I wait a few hours for the reservation to come through, since apparently it was a 3rd party booking, in this case. I called the hotel the following day, and they still do not have my reservation. They also do not have any of the room type I booked available on the nights I booked. The hotel also gave me what their rate is for the type of room I booked, and they charge 1/2 of what Hotel-Rez charged me. Again, I was unaware that I was booking with a 3rd party, as they make their website appear to be that of the actual hotel. I just thought that was the going rate because it's a very attractive tourist area.
I then called the phone # from the Hotel-Rez email confirmation, and when I told them the hotel does not have my reservation nor do they have that room available the nights I will be in town, they refused to cancel my 'booking', as it was non-refundable, and asked that I give them time to work it out with the hotel. I told them I do not have time to hope they can work this issue out with the hotel, as I have a trip and flights to book. They did not care. My next call was to my credit card company to dispute the charge.








