I’m not going to try and convince you to use Booking.com but I’ll just explain why I use it to book hotels and why I believe someone should use it based on my experience.
1. Incredible choice
Whether you want to stay in a chic city apartment, a luxury beach resort or a cosy B&B in the countryside, Booking.com provides you with a diversity of amazing and a breadth of choice options to select from, all in one place.
2.Great look and feel
The website boasts a stunning design that enhances the user experience, making it easy for visitors to find what they need. Its search form features a variety of creative filters, interactive maps, and an optimised search engine to help you discover the best accommodations that suit your preferences. You can customise your search by filtering results based on budget, popularity, star rating, activities, beach access, property type, bed preference, facilities, room amenities, neighbourhood, and more.
3. Secure bookings
Booking.com facilitates hundreds of thousands of transactions every day through their secure platform, and work to the highest standards to guarantee your privacy. I can guarantee you that I’ve never had any issues with them during the last 10 years I’ve been using them.
4. Faster booking process
If you’re a registered customer, they already have your details on file, so you don’t have to enter them every time you make a booking.
5. Best possible prices
Booking.com aims to provide its customers the highest customer satisfaction rate mainly due to the competitiveness of pricing, providing the best possible prices.
6. Secret Promotions
As a Booking.com member, you’ll get access to secret promotions and discounts, e.g. you’ll get an extra 10% off at thousands of popular properties worldwide. Just look out for the Genius logo when you search. Genius accounts also receive complimentary travel perks, including late checkout and a complimentary airport shuttle.
7. Book now, pay later
Booking.com allows you to book your hotel now and pay at check-in or check-out without incurring any extra fees before a specified time. When you make a reservation, there may be instances where the hotel will contact your credit/debit card company to confirm that the card you have used is valid and hasn’t been reported lost or stolen. At this time, they may also verify that the card has sufficient funds to cover the transaction. This is communicated in the form of a pre-authorisation of the full amount of your reservation. The hotel will not proceed with charging your card. The time at which your card will be charged depends on the terms and conditions associated with your booking.
8. Free Cancellation in most cases
Booking.com allows you to cancel your reservation by a specific date. If you’ve booked a hotel but your plans change, you can often cancel your reservation without incurring any fees. If your booking includes free cancellation, you won’t incur a cancellation fee. However, if your booking is no longer eligible for free cancellation or is non-refundable, you may incur a cancellation fee. The property determines the cancellation fees so that any additional costs will be paid directly to them. For example, if I want to cancel my booking, I have until April 12th to do so without incurring any charges. If I cancel after this date, I will be required to pay half of the total booking amount.
9. Personalised travel guides
When you book your accommodation, Booking.com will generate a personalised travel guide for your destination which includes the top things to do, top attractions, city secrets etc.
10. Excellent Customer Support
You can access their 24/7 customer support team for any assistance you may require in over 40 languages, any time of the day or night.
About Booking.com
Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com B.V. has grown from a small Dutch start-up to one of the largest travel e-commerce companies in the world. Part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN), Booking.com now employs more than 15,000 employees in 198 offices in 70 countries worldwide.
With a mission to empower people to experience the world, Booking.com invests in digital technology that helps take the friction out of travel. At Booking.com, we connect travellers with the world’s largest selection of incredible places to stay, including everything from apartments, vacation homes, and family-run B&Bs to 5-star luxury resorts, tree houses and even igloos. The Booking.com website and mobile apps are available in 43 languages, offer over 1.5 million properties, and cover more than 120,000 destinations in 229 countries and territories worldwide.
Each day, more than 1.5 million room nights are reserved on our platform. So whether travelling for business or leisure, customers can instantly book their ideal accommodation quickly and easily with Booking.com, without booking fees and backed up by our promise to price match. Via our customer experience team, customers can reach Booking.com 24/7 for assistance and support in 43 languages, any time of the day or night.
