Issues With Third-Party Hotel Confirmations During International Trips

[Fehourempard]

Has anyone ever arrived at a hotel abroad only to find that the reservation wasn’t actually confirmed on the hotel’s side? I’m planning a long trip through Portugal and Morocco, and I’m worried about third-party platforms not syncing correctly with hotels.

 

[Zucososh]

I had a similar issue in Marrakech. The hotel hadn’t received the reservation from the intermediary at all. They solved it quickly, but it delayed check-in by almost an hour. Now I double-check all my bookings, especially when traveling during busy holiday periods.

 

[Youst19]

I once dealt with a missing confirmation during a Germany trip. The platform showed my reservation as active, but the hotel insisted they had no record of it. While looking for similar experiences online, I stumbled on hotelbeds reviews, where travelers described comparable syncing issues between booking systems. I didn’t contact anyone or escalate, but reading those stories reassured me that these glitches happen occasionally across different platforms. The hotel eventually found a workaround and placed me in a similar room. Since then, I have always double-verify stays 24–48 hours before arrival.