In Reply to: asiarooms.com posted by ibuwoo on Tuesday, 21. August 2007 at 05:36 Bali Time:
I recently booked two hotels in Ubud with AsiaRooms.com on Aug. 16th. One hotel took about three days to confirm while the other took close to 5. When I called AsiaRooms.com, they explained the reservation request had been sent to the hotel and they were waiting for a response. So I assume the hotel took its time, since all other notifications from AsiaRooms.com were prompt.
We're flying out to Bali tonight, so I was a bit worried about the time it was taking to receive confirmation. This was more my bad since I should've booked more in advance.
The prices were good overall. The big plus here was the online credit card payment process, since other "big" sites didn't have this. This was extremely important to me since I was not about to e-mail or fax my CC#. For extra procaution, I used vitual account numbers (VANs) to make my reservations.
I'll probably use a local travel agent or book direct with the hotel while in Bali for the nights we do not have booked. This is mainly because I would like a more "real-time" response from the hotel so we can have a more flexible itinerary while in Bali.