Avoid Travelweb!

[chirurgino]

Fellow residency applicants--as you make hotel reservations AVOID travelweb.com and associated sites if you may need flexibility--I had to cancel a hotel reservation because of an interview switch and I lost ALL my money because of some fine print, even though it was more than a month away!!

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[Apollyon]

Once you buy a ticket or room from Priceline, it's yours to keep, nonrefundable under virtually any circumstances.

 

[MichiMO]

Yeah, I just had this problem too and I booked directly on the Day's Inn website and still couldn't change it. If you think you may need to change your plans, call to make a reservation. From what I can tell, most internet reservations are not able to be cancelled or changed. You might have to pay a few bucks more per night, but flexibility is a nice thing

 

[San_Juan_Sun]

I got a hotel from hotels.com, and decided to change it because the program offered to put me up in a much nicer place. Hotels.com tells me that the fee is nonrefundable ($170) for my hotel, so I simply called the hotel itself to decline my reservation, and they didn't charge me a thing.

 

[citarita]

I bought a $233 plane ticket from priceline, and had to cancel it the next day. Called the customer service number on my itinerary and got everything back minus $5, but it was within 24/hrs of the purchase, and I think it depended on the airline, but you should try calling them.