Bookings.com Be On Your Guard.

Also, I can't remember if it was bookings.com or something similar but my mum "used to have" a mobile phone on my contract. I told her no end of times about ringing the hotels who were on some dodgy pay extra tariff. First time it happened cost me £6 so I told her and she said "oh sorry love"...... err Where's my £6 but I didn't want to ask for it.
The same second, and third, and fourth time.... ummm

Some people just don't take the direct hint!
Subtle approach required.....
My mum decided/ I encouraged to get a new handset and so ended up on a different network

Be careful of what numbers you're using as not everything is include in " unlimited minutes".

 

Places like booking.com are great for searches but they take a cut, and the hotel may allocate a rubbish room (near the lift or over the smoking area for example) to folks coming through a third party because of it. Once you find your location it's worth calling the hotel directly to see if they can give you a deal or at least match the price as they will get the whole tarrif that way and you may well get a better room or even an upgrade on checking if they're not full.

This was a tip I picked up when I did a contract a few years ago for a small independent hotel chain. May not work for proper Air BnB sites (ie not holiday homes in disguise), but its worth a try.

 

That said, the HUGE benefit with Booking.com is the ability to cancel at short notice. It's proved priceless many, many times in the past.

I also have to say that I've never been allocated a substandard room, either.

 

Same here. I always book rooms with free cancellation up to a couple of days before booking date. This enables me to change plans and routes if needed. Also never had substandard rooms.