What if your favorite Cambodian booking site for guest houses?

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GMJS-CEO wrote: I had a couple experiences booking in person with opposite results. In Kep I wanted to extend our stay and the price from the front desk was much better than online. In Bangkok, also looking to extend and the front desk couldn't give me a price as low as online so I just used my phone to book in the hotel lobby and walked back up to the front desk with the confirm saving $40 per night.
I've had that as well. I suspect it's part of the deal with booking.com. If they find out you cut the price for a walk-in customer, they'll drop you from the site. I'm sure they hire mystery shoppers to keep them on their toes as well. In this day and age (and given their size), it would be a death sentence to any hotel.
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:08 pm
GMJS-CEO wrote: I had a couple experiences booking in person with opposite results. In Kep I wanted to extend our stay and the price from the front desk was much better than online. In Bangkok, also looking to extend and the front desk couldn't give me a price as low as online so I just used my phone to book in the hotel lobby and walked back up to the front desk with the confirm saving $40 per night.
I've had that as well. I suspect it's part of the deal with booking.com. If they find out you cut the price for a walk-in customer, they'll drop you from the site. I'm sure they hire mystery shoppers to keep them on their toes as well. In this day and age (and given their size), it would be a death sentence to any hotel.
Exactly, if they find out ur selling the rooms less than what you offer them to sell online, they will drop you.
NO hotel/resort can afford that

a very very few times i have negotiated a lower fare in thailand by speaking with the owners and having them list my reservation as no show.
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