Agoda rescued me again! Recently, I was preparing to leave on another one of my frequent business trips to Guam when I realized that through an oversight I had failed to secure a room at my normal hotel (they honor my companies corporate rate).
This was a huge problem because I couldn't reschedule and my flight was leaving the next day! I called the hotel directly to plead my case hoping that as a frequent guest they would help me out. Unfortunately, they promptly told me that they were fully booked and there was nothing they could do! So I asked them if maybe they could recommend a different hotel in the area but they said no because the dates I wanted to stay were the same dates as a popular ethnic holiday and all of the hotels in the area were fully booked!
Needless to say I started to panic!
But then I remembered Agoda! I quickly went to their website for help and amazingly enough not only did I get a room at the original hotel I planned to stay; but the eventual cost was even below our corporate rate! And the kicker is that the room I got was at the next level higher! It was amazing! Agoda truly saved my life!