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We had a lots of problems wit Octopustravel.com We booked a hotel in London for 1 night. We arrived at that hotel in the evening. BUt than, they said that all the rooms were full beacause of restorations.... But they offered to drive us to anyother hotel in the northern part of London. It would be the same company and the tube way to London city center would be even shorter. After waiting 30 minutes (!) for a driver, who drove us through the whole city in his own private car, we arrived at that "hotel". It was not a hotel. It was a block of flats for the underclass. They offered us a room which was shabby, dirty and smelly. It was even ...

With offices in London, Sydney, Osaka, Hong Kong and Los Angeles and special rates on more than 15,000 hotels in 112 countries, Octopus Travel (www.octopustravel.com) is one of the biggest hotel discounters on the web. I first discovered them through their affiliate scheme with easyjet and have had absolutely no cause for complaint since. BOOKING YOUR HOTEL Their homepage is split into three vertical sections, general information on the left (travel guides, currency converter, weather reports and passport/visa information), special offers on the right and booking facilities for hotels, excursions, apartments and group bookings (nine people or more) down ...

I used Octopus Travel to book a hotel in Birmingham for an overnight stay on the 9th of June. I chose Octopus because they had well priced accommodation and a varied selection. So I booked a room with them at the Crowne Plaza hotel. This is where things got unbelievable: - I booked the hotel and they sent me a confirmation e-mail telling me that I needed to take a "Voucher" that you yourself print off, which you hand in at the check in desk on arrival. This in my opinion was a stupid, which made me start to think that they have a very odd system and I had worries that things weren't going to be straight forward. So I e-mailed them asking if my ...