I have booked several rooms with Hotels.com. I have never had any problems with them. I travel for my job and deal with MANY booking agencies and MANY hotels. Recently, I booked a room at a hotel and the hotel refused to take my reservation because they oversold their rooms and did not close the inventory with the 3rd party companies. Two other guests were allso refused by the hotel but they booked through another company. Hotels.com worked with me and got another place for me to stay very quickly and processed a refund for my original reservation. I also got a $100 credit to use with them for my next stay. Well Done Hotels.com!