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Originally Posted by cathvash
I had totally forgotten about this... My experience with facilitator-hotel bookings was not so good... The first trip, they tried to book me in a $675.00/night room in Moscow! I am convinced that the facilitators make deals with hotels - they bring us and get a booking fee of some sort.
On the second trip, I made my own arrangements. When they picked me up at the airport, they said that they had called the hotel I booked, and had been told my room had been canceled - but not to worry - they would take me to another hotel they knew... I told them my hotel better not be cancelled - I had pre-paid and confirmed reservations! Sure enough, when we got to my hotel, there was no problem at all with my reservation (except the facilitator didn't get a dime!)
I don't think this is reflective of everyone's experience, but it made me a little more skeptical, and I will definitely be making my own reservations from now on..!
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Maybe we were too trusting of our agency's people but it all worked out fine. I forget the exact rate but we paid under $100 per night in the region and under $200 per night in Moscow, which is what we were looking to do.
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2/17/04 Signed up with Agency. Chose Rostov-on-Don region (this agency requires you to select a region up front)
4/22/04 All required documents sent to agency
9/20/04 Got appointment date to travel to Rostov-On-Don (blind referral as expected)
10/5/04 Met our daugher for the first time
12/7/04 Court date
12/18/04 Home with Rebecca (born 4/15/03)
4/24/06 Signed contract with agency to do it again
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