And the booking companies do not allow the guests to have any hotel contact info either. For the record ive never booked through amoma, never actually heard of it before, but red flags get raised for me when i see a number of folks knocking it, when they have never posted on flyertalk before, or have posted 1 time. We booked last minute,unfortunately went with them as they were a few quid cheaper. Thankfully i used my american express, so i disputed the charge and got my money refunded. Many unhappy people have been duped into thinking that they are booking through tripadvisor. The tripadvisor search engine displayed an excellent price on amoma. The mistake was at agodas end so i had to go through customer service and got a. I assumed the transaction would happen at the time of the stay, especially since i had a cancellation clause in the reservation agreement. Has anyone booked this hotel through amoma sarl redirected from here on tripadvisor. I can sort of buy this, but then why had i been booked for the 23rd of august if that was the case.
To make matters worse, the hotel advised that it was amoma who had booked all the other rooms for a tour group. I was left stranded looking for a hotel in lisbon because amoma delayed informing me for over 2 weeks that the hotel was overbooked. Has anyone had any experience of using the travel site amoma. The hotel said they didnt received any reservation. There is a thread on the trip advisor forums you may find interesting. So far the hotel in minneapolis has no information about my reservation, but my credit card company sees the charge already pending. Does anyone ever encounter same experience with agoda. The hotel explained that they had alerted amoma to this fact at the time of booking but no notice was sent to me by amoma prior to my arrival. But i had booked two rooms in sonoma, ca and turned up with my family and outoftown guests, and despite a confirmation number the hotel had no records. Im searching for venice hotels via trivago and a website called amoma. So i cancelled my reservation within five minutes of. Amoma was a website that undercut many headline prices that hotel companies were advertising on their websites by reselling wholesale and inventory aimed at ethnic markets.
From the start of the reservation it was unclear when they or who. Hopefully it has been and you should be able to continue your holiday as planned. Moments after i booked, i called hotel abri who was fantastic through all of this to ask if they received my booking. Amoma is a pure scam bargain travel forum tripadvisor. Ive been traveling for some years now, and decided that i should try other booking service because of a bargain and quite big price difference. Seems to be a little shaky to charge my card when the room is not booked to me yet. So you booked using a 3rd party metasearch site referraloffer tripadvisor. Many unhappy people have been duped into thinking that they are booking through.
Same for booking anything through passthrouh, sponsored link, or other via ta. It is the weekend so will try tomorrow and check with the hotels management about my reservation. It is very lengthy but apparently the consensus is that it is a legit company, however fairly new and also not based in the us so communication was difficult. Hotel booking site stops trading what you need to know. No contact regarding booking from amoma, no warnings that our hotel booking may not be honoured.
I was looking at the website and it includes a breakfast in the room rate which the hotel website does not. Booked a room using cancelon and have been charged by both them and the hotel. What could possibly go wrong there are some great know. I called and spoke with a representative who advised me that they booked my room through a booking agency in spain, who is not even affiliated with the hotel i booked. Hi guys, i have been booking my accomadation through amoma. Amoma ceased operations on friday and posted a note on its website that customers who have open bookings with the company would not likely see hoteliers honoring them.
Later realising that they are asking for international remittance, i gave then a call. They have taken our money and we are now having to pay for everything all over. It says that bookings will probably be cancelled by suppliers, and is advising travellers to contact the hotels themselves regarding any upcoming bookings. Can anyone who has booked a room please tell me what is on their confirmation email. Id love to be able to book small hotels and guesthouses directly because its usually cheaper than going through agoda, booking. I doubt anyone checks them out, or that they have to present any credentials or a resume. If not, and youre asked to pay for your hotel again, keep hold of all evidence including receipts. I have never booked a hotel on the web and this is.
Always remember anyone can post on the mse forums, so it can be very different. I have never booked a hotel on the web and this is the only site that has the. Cancelon has been ineffective andor unwilling to resolve the issue. I booked a room for 2 nights in santiago with amoma, paid and got my confirmation hotel voucher. Amoma like other booking sites is just paying tripadvisor fees for renting space on the ta site. I rang amoma and they said that their supplier pre buys rooms and may not yet have registered my name with the hotel just yet. Amoma prides themselves for their what you see is what you pay policy. We have been robbed of our honeymoon in oludeniz, turkey. Aug 11, 2012 we had a mixed experience with them on our last trip to indonesia. So i recently booked a hotel in orlando, fl, usa through amoma. I have never booked through ammonia, and am not likely to do so. We arrived in orlando to our hotel to be told our booking had been cancelled. I did end up emailing the hotel directly to confirm the booking, and then emailing cancelon a week before departure to ask if the booking was. May 27, 2014 i booked a stay in yellowstone through amoma.
Credit card charge went through and i received the booking confirmation and voucher for the hotel immediately through email. Be careful i was going to book a hotel room in seattle through amoma. My husband and i are looking at staying at the sandpearl resort next month. So you booked using a 3rd party metasearch site referraloffer tripadvisor through a 3rd party ota online travel agent who uses a 3rd party bed bank middleman to procure rooms at a hotel.
I have never even heard of them until now and i am just a little leary of. Sep, 2019 hoteliers probably disliked more than any other online travel agency in the past few years. Hey, maybe that is just such example in the hundreds and hundreds of such hotels on their site. Com and i am wondering has anyone used it or had any issues with them, from what i can see on trust pilot everything seems to be fine with them but just wondering if anyone else on here has had any first hand expierences or know any information about them. I booked a room through amoma a month ahead of time because they had the cheapest rates which should have prompted me to do some research i was skeptical with giving them my credit card information so i decided to pay through paypal which. The only issue i did have last year was when booking on the website instead of the app. They are block booking rooms in high demand hotels and then selling them on at inflated prices adding no value but taking a fat profit. Yep arrived in melbourne for spring carnival weekend with 2 night stay at travel lodge south bank. So weve been scammed and had to pay again for a room fortunately there was one. I used cancelon to book a hotel near disneyland in paris and while it was fantastic value, and we ended up saving a lot of money, there was always a fear there that the booking will fall through. Anyone have any experience booking thru ta via amoma. Finding an agent through ta, is no endorsement or guarantee of performance.
Anyone booked fiesta americana thru tripadvisor but amoma. If you booked your hotel through amoma and youre already staying there, its worth speaking to the hotel to check your booking has been paid for in full. What could possibly go wrong there are some great knowhow posts here, which discuss all the risks involved. We arrived today having already paid for a room to find it had been cancelled last week. If you booked your hotel through amoma and youre already staying there. Booked three hotels only to learn after i stayed at the hotels that the bookings did not. These 3rd parties dont usually give names until shortly before arrival. At the same time, friends of ours tried booking and the charge did not go through booking said pending. I am really afraid that i will lose my money right now and dont know what to do besides what they said in their mail to contact the hotel which i already did. The website to book our room would not accept our c. Com seems to have the cheapest prices for a few hotels, never heard of them before and i was wondering if they were legit. Amoma cancelled our all inclusive resort holiday 2days before we arrived without any notice or justification. That night i got an email saying amoma had tried to call me but no reason why, and asking me to call them in the uk.
I booked my greece hotels thru anoma last night please help has anyone had any other problems i actually found the website thru tripadvisory amoma. Edit 180919 i wrote the below 2 years ago and read today that amoma are now. Today we tried to book a hotel reservation through amoma. Amoma is the third party, you the consumer are the fourth party when using a reseller. Online travel booking and bidding agencies anyone used to book hotels. Amoma can display whatever they like on their website, but the truth is they dont want the public to know that they dont have direct access to hotel inventory. We arrived in orlando to our hotel to be told our booking. Or does anyone else get the sense that folks are posting on this thread with a 0 or 1 or 2 post history, being negative about this site. Today i made a booking using amoma for venetian las vegas and chose to pay by bank transfer. So i recently booked a hotel in orlando, fl, usa through and ive just received an email from them saying that they ceased their service and that my booking might get cancelled. It does some things well, but booking does not seem to be one of those. Do yourself a favor and book through a legitimate booking site.
Not to mention, that my daughter booked her room at the same time i. Sep 14, 2019 amoma ceased operations on friday and posted a note on its website that customers who have open bookings with the company would not likely see hoteliers honoring them. My daughter has booked a room through them, the money has gone from her account. That guy was speaking too fat but was professional and had my booking details handy. I came across it through travigo and the hotel im looking at is about 20% cheaper than all the rest of the travel sites so im wondering if its legit. The next day i had an unidentified call from an overseas number leaving no message. Today, i get an email from them saying that the reservation didnt go through. When booked in may i went online through trivago and directed to amoma. However, it turned out that i had paid a 30% markup to amoma. I booked my hotel but became suspicious that my booking was a scam. It turned out, however, the hotel s true address was the same street number but in peabody, 25 min away from what was supposed to be. It is called, has anyone heard of amoma posted feb, 2014. Id like to share my experience with amoma, which was basically the worst experience i ever had with any booking site.
If they dont have your name, that doesnt mean you dont have a reservation. The mistake was at agodas end so i had to go through customer service and got a refund within a week. Feeling more suspicious about the agenda of certain brand new posters. Everyone volunteers their time on the forums and its a great hobby and. No advice and staff at travel lodge were absolutely useless in advice or trying to match the original deal or best rate for a 2 night stay. The reason i book the hotel through amoma was because of the low rate and the address shown on amoma s website was in central boston. In that case, contact curry village and see if they have your booking. I have received an amoma confirmation and was told the hotel would show my reservation within 72 hours. I made the reservation around feb 7a few weeks ago. Hi, ive done a few searches using trivago for a few different cities awhile ago and each time, hotels from the website was much cheaper than all the other sites. Com that i found through trip advisor it was advertised on the ta hotel page.
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