May 27, 2014 i booked through the agency because when i checked on the hotel website they were showing no availability. I booked my hotel but became suspicious that my booking. The only solution amoma offered was either significantly inferior rooms in the same hotel at a minor discount from those we booked, or a worse hotel at a cost greater. The only solution amoma offered was either significantly inferior rooms in the same hotel at a minor discount from those we booked, or a worse hotel at a cost greater than that we could get online today, or the return of our money. 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. Using amoma, i booked a hotel in rome, florence, venice and milan with no hidden charge for a debit card purchase. 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. So i cancelled my reservation within five minutes of. They charged my credit card, sent me a confirmation then cancelled the hotel booking and kept the money. It says that bookings will probably be cancelled by suppliers, and is advising travellers to contact the hotels themselves regarding any upcoming bookings. It is the weekend so will try tomorrow and check with the hotels management about my reservation. I had never heard of this site before but i dont spend much time in hotels. I doubt anyone checks them out, or that they have to present any credentials or a resume.
I have never booked a hotel on the web and this is the only site that has the. Upon searching and looking at their website, they seem. Hotel was unable to confirm my reservation and amoma tried to bait and switch offering an alternative hotel in a much less desirable neighborhood. The hotel booking website has stopped trading if youve booked a trip or youre on holiday at the moment, heres what you need to know. Its telling customers who have booked rooms via its site to contact their hotel to check if their reservation. Amoma works with a third party they called them their supplier whom they had to call, and the third party then had to call the hotel, and it was a big mess hotel and supplier are the first two parties. Im searching for venice hotels via trivago and a website called amoma.
Amoma works with a third party they called them their supplier whom they had to call, and the third party then had to call the hotel, and it was a big mess has anyone else had challenges with amoma. Hotel booking site stops trading what you need to know. They have cheated the system for 2 years and have caused many hotel. They quickly refunded my payment, but the experience wasted a few hours, ruined the weekend, and left me searching for a place to stay at the last minute at higher rates. I had booked a hotel in dubai through tripadvisor search which directed me to. 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. To make matters worse, the hotel advised that it was amoma who had booked all the other rooms for a tour group. The number that came up had an area code i was unfamiliar with so i cleared the. They had not confirmed the reservation with the hotel, and there was no reservation to be pulled up when we tried to check in at the hotel.
I booked my hotel but became suspicious that my booking was a scam. Has anyone had any experience of using the travel site to book hotels. Aug 09, 2015 i booked a hotel with amoma for accommodation in vietnam, and boy oh boy. Aug 11, 2012 at the hotel they didnt even have a trace of our booking and were fully booked for days to come anyway. Independent hotel booking site amoma has shut down, leaving travellers across. Amoma like other booking sites is just paying tripadvisor fees for renting space on the ta site.
Its telling customers who have booked rooms via its site to contact their hotel to. 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. It is the weekend so will try tomorrow and check with the hotel s management about my reservation. So i cancelled my reservation within five minutes of making it even though they had told me. Now its reported troubles may have repercussions across the hotel and. Budget travel booking site amoma closes down potentially leaving. Online travel booking and bidding agencies anyone used to book hotels. Those who booked hotels and extras via the site are warned that they are now. Have booked two rooms through them for prague in october, room rates were a lot cheaper than booking through hotel itself, emailed the hotel. Perhaps if i had i wouldnt have had the problems i encountered. I called the hotel directly and sent them the voucher and they said it was legitimate. The tripadvisor search engine displayed an excellent price on amoma.
They then offered me an alternate hotel which they advertised. Booking through a company like amoma isnt the same as booking directly with the hotel or a more established and wellregarded ota thirdparty hotel booking site. I was looking at the website and it includes a breakfast in the room rate which the hotel website does not. So i recently booked a hotel in orlando, fl, usa through amoma. Amoma works with a third party they called them their supplier whom they had to call, and the third party then had to call the hotel, and it was a big mess has anyone booked in. I booked a hotel in orlando orlando world center marriott. I was left stranded looking for a hotel in lisbon because amoma delayed informing me for over 2 weeks that the hotel was overbooked. Hotel booking website has gone into administration, blaming hotel price comparison sites for its downfall.
We immediately tried to phone but their phone number in thailand kept bouncing off. Seems to be a little shaky to charge my card when the room is not booked to me yet. Really good deal this morning for my honeymoon in may. 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. Amoma sent me a few days before travelling a mail to book a rental car. Amoma is the third party, you the consumer are the fourth party when using a reseller.
We happened to find out about it because we called the hotel about booking an additional room. So far the hotel in minneapolis has no information about my reservation, but my credit card company sees the charge already pending. I just booked a hotel today 21814 with and they called me within 10minutes to confirm the reservation. Africa for 31st december only to arrive and find that amoma hadnt booked the hotel for us despite having received. The tripadvisor search engine displayed an excellent price on, so i clicked on the link and was taken to the amoma site. We also contacted via email to sort it out and help us find the sort of accommodation we had paid for but got no reply until the next day. The hotel agreed to cancel our reservations and we have been getting nothing but the run around from amoma. Moments after i booked, i called hotel abri who was fantastic through all of this to ask if they received my booking. 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. I have received an amoma confirmation and was told the hotel would show my reservation within 72 hours. One of the hotels was booked on a credit card and my bank eventually hit me with a currency exchange fee for that booking. Maybe nothing is showing on the hotels system because amoma is still trying to source a room at the cheap price you paid them. A rep emailed me back in the middle of the night advising that i cannot cancelrefund my booking.
We booked a room though amoma in new orleans and had to cancel our reservations. We received an email that we have been charged for the room and the hotel still has not received the cancellation request from amoma. Com that i found through trip advisor it was advertised on the ta hotel page. Com seems to have the cheapest prices for a few hotels, never heard of them before and i was wondering if they were legit. Amomas website is warning that bookings are now likely to be cancelled by hotels.