First time long-haul flier – checking before I start booking Hi, my wife and I are looking to go from the UK to Japan in a few months. We know our dates and an example itinerary, and we’ve had a look round the sub to check how/when to book things, but I just wanted to check a few things before we commit because we anticipate that the holiday will cost about £6-7k all in. Flights: direct with airline is ch…

Best plan for booking trains in Zurich I’m flying to Zurich in a few weeks, immediately taking the train to Lucerne for a night and then going back for a few days in Zurich before flying home. It looks like the trains are significantly cheaper if I book in advance, but I’m concerned that any delay in my flight would mean I’d miss my train to Lucerne. Is there an alternative, or any w…

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China Eastern booking Issues & Solutions I’m posting this because like many before me I’ve encountered issues with China Eastern Airlines and their “website” I spent hours googling for solutions but ultimately trial and error lead me to find what works and doesn’t (at least for me). I’ll list below the issues I’ve encountered and how I solved them in case this helps someone in the same…

Dual Spanish and USA Citizen – different names on passports – What name to use for flight booking? I am originally an American citizen, but after living in Spain for over 10 years I have acquired Spanish Citizenship. The main issue I have is I want to fly to the US but my American Passport and Spanish Passport have different names. I want to buy a round trip ticket from Spain to the US and then back to Spain. What Passport name do I use? Exam…

So tired of hotel booking practises and refundable rates. Am I wrong? Do you remember the days when you could cancel a hotel 24 hours before without penalty or charge? I travel quite a bit and I am getting irate with having to spend, often over $50 per night, to get a refundable rate. I am presently booking a trip and I am starting to boycott the hotels that are charging these extorted rates. Luckily, there are st…

Very Small Taxi Booking Site in Cambodia- Woo + PayPal or Stripe Gateway? I realize there’s not much nice being said about PayPal, but it’s the only gateway I have that I would have to pay tons of money for. But I just heard in a tutorial that I should be using Stripe. As far as I know, if someone books a taxi, we transfer the reservation fee to my connected bank, and unless there’s a problem that’s that. But what I h…

Need advice on booking hotels in Japan for 7 people with uneven room split I’m trying to book hotels in Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka) for a group of 7 people. We need 3 rooms, but I’m a bit confused about how to do it properly. Here’s the setup we need: Room 1: 3 people (1 large bed for a couple + 1 single bed) Room 2: 3 people (1 large bed for a couple + 1 single bed) Room 3: 1 person (1 single bed) When I use Booking…

Suggestions and advice for booking round trip flights with a rental car in USA Last year my boyfriend’s family and I traveled from North Carolina to Oklahoma and the planning was a disaster. His dad accidentally booked a flight with a 14 hour layover- we drove 30 minutes for the first flight which landed only three hours from our house, where we stayed for 14 hours until our next flight. When we arrived to Oklahoma City we…

Don’t respond to messages from booking sites saying you need to click a link to confirm a reservation. It’s a spreading scam. I have heard of this happening but tonight it happened to me. I received a WA message from a “company” name withheld introducing them as “check-in manager” and saying I need to fill out a special form, with a link to said form. Then “confirm 2 push notifications in your bank application or enter the SMS code to complete the data verification. bl…

What poorly rated hotels did have/end up booking only to find out it was not that bad? Often some good rated places either fail us completely or perhaps had an off night specifically for us. Sometimes we end up being desperate in a place with no more space and have to settle for less. But what were instances of actually badly reviewed places that turned out to be not that bad in the end? submitted by /u/orangek1tty …

Wrong country of issue on passport when booking China Eastern flights Hi, So I booked return flights for London to Sydney for myself and my partner. I was rushing through it because the website kept kicking me out. I triple checked all the details, however, one thing I forgot was my partner’s Australian passport details: everything was right except the country of issue on his passport had defaulted to United Kingd…

Singapore Airlines – Can’t update passenger details in website booking? Has anyone ever had issues editing passenger details on the Singapore Airlines website? I have a booking for 2 people in March – I’m putting in our country/citizenship and frequent flyer details. When I click ‘Update’ it still says there’s fields to review for the 2nd passenger, however there is nothing highlighted and nothing that isn’t optiona…

My hotel cancelled the stay, so I can’t leave an honest review on Booking dot com and won’t refund I booked a hotel via Booking dot com. The reviews and pictures were great. Once there, I pay for all 5 nights. Two nights later, I get a message from Booking asking if I paid and if I’m staying there. I answer honestly, and simultaneously get a message from the owner saying he cancelled the booking to save on commission. Into our second nights, …

2025 Sick New World festival was canceled due to booking too many bands and poor ticket sales submitted by /u/DamnitRidley

What do you consider to be a low review on sites like Booking or Hotels.com? I made a post earlier asking for opinions on a hotel with a 6.4 on Booking and 7.0 on Hotels, and was surprised to hear so many people say they’d never stay at a hotel with reviews that low. I know those reviews aren’t great, but I wouldn’t have put them in “don’t book this under any circumstances” territory. So what do you generally consider t…

Booking flights on Kayak I am looking into flights for Southeast Asia and wondering if I should book on the airlines website or if I can book through Kayak, as the prices are cheaper there and it says that it books directly though the airline. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. submitted by /u/bb4220

Booking train tickets in Sri Lanka through 12go.asia? Hi! I’m leaving for Sri Lanka next month and I wanted to do the famous Kandy – Ella (or Nanu Oya/Nuwara Eliya, in my case) train ride, however, when I checked the tickets for Dec 23 from the official gov’t website, they’re all sold out. I saw that 12go.asia are selling train tickets, however I read that they will need to deliver the tickets to …

Contractor, booking air tickets, paying directly vs business paying USA flights I’m a independent contractor and prefer to book my (budget approved) air travel and then submit receipts to the client in my invoice. Currently a client is pushing that they book my (approved schedule) flights for me. Please what are the pros and cons of each method. I’m mainly concerned about making adjustments during travel disru…

If necessary to use a third-party for foreign hotel booking, which is best? Or to be avoided? Yes, I know directly booking with the hotel is preferable, whenever possible. I do this, even when the price is alightly higher because it is advantageous, in my experience. However, I’m looking at hotels in Bangkok on Google Travel, and many of them don’t have direct links. If I search for direct hotel links, I fear diversionary scams — cloned…