I’m a noob with traveling and booking hotels so apologies in advance if these are dumb questions. I’m traveling in November from USA and I’m debating between booking direct vs with a 3rd party. I have a question about booking direct and one about booking with a 3rd party.
1. How does payment work when booking directly? I went directly to a hotel site that had english which was nice but some things were kinda weird (like asking if my arrival time is between 15:00-29:00). Then it took me to payment thru credit card and gave me my total in Yen. Would they just convert it to USD and it’ll just charge my credit card like any other normal payment? It also gives me an option to pay at the hotel, but how would I pay at the hotel? Do I just give them my credit card, or do I give them a whole wad of cash? lol
2. When do 3rd parties book the actual reservation? I looked on Agoda and it says I don’t have to pay until 5 days before my check-in date. Does that mean they book the hotel about right now? Or do they book the hotel 5 days before my check-in? How do I also go about confirming I have a reservation for a hotel? Can I contact the hotel directly or do I still need to go through the 3rd party?
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