{"id":585,"date":"2012-01-15T18:23:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2016-01-17T13:35:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T21:35:32","slug":"otel-com","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/otel-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Otel Reviews | Otel.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a onmouseover=\"window.status='http:\/\/www.otel.com';return true;\" onmouseout=\"window.status=' ';return true;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/ti118y1A719PTQUQZSTPRQYQXUZR\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Otel.com reviews\" alt=\"Otel.com deals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/ne98elpdjh26373C56243B3A7C4\" width=\"120\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Otel.com has more than 9000 destinations worldwide with a selection of 55,000 hotels<\/li>\n<li>Direct contracts with hoteliers enables <a title=\"Otel.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-3040923-10600162\" target=\"_blank\">Otel.com<\/a> to offer competetive rates and great availability<\/li>\n<li>Otel.com Secret Hotels &#8211; Discounted up to 70% OFF\u00a0&#8211; Hotels\u00a0so cheap that Otel.com cannot publish the hotel name. The name of the hotel is a secret until after the booking is made<\/li>\n<li>Otel\u2019s Best Rate Guarantee<\/li>\n<li>Otel.com FivePlus Loyalty Program offers 5% Cash Back for return customers. FivePlus does not limit you to a particular hotel chain or brand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Our Editor&#8217;s Review<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Otel.com FivePlus loyalty program is really cool if you travel fairly often, or take a long trip.\u00a0\u00a0 You can very quickly rack up enough &#8220;FivePlus credits&#8221; to earn a free hotel night.\u00a0\u00a0 Every time you book a hotel on Otel.com, you get &#8220;FivePlus credits&#8221; equal to 5% of the hotel rate.\u00a0\u00a0 Let me explain&#8230;.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s say you stay in a hotel for 7 nights at $200\/night.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After that stay, 5% of the\u00a0rate becomes your &#8220;FivePlus credit&#8221;, or in this case it would be $70.\u00a0\u00a0 That means you get to take $70 off your next hotel booking on Otel.com!\u00a0\u00a0 Most reward programs take much longer and you need to spend nearly twice as much money to get $70 off.\u00a0\u00a0 If you choose, you could keep that $70 in your FivePlus account, and keep racking up credits until you have enough credits for a free night at any of Otel.com&#8217;s 9,000 hotels.\u00a0\u00a0 Which at this rate, it won&#8217;t take long.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your FivePlus credits never expire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We always like to filter our results &#8220;by price&#8221; which will re-order the list of hotels from the least expensive to the most expensive.\u00a0\u00a0 For some reason, when we would click on the button to filter hotels &#8220;by price&#8221; some hotels were towards the top that were more expensive.\u00a0\u00a0 Made our search a little more time consuming.\u00a0\u00a0 There is nothing else we can complain about here, as Otel.com is a great simple site with a nice loyalty program.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Otel.com Fees and Policies *<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancellation policy varies by hotel.<\/li>\n<li>Otel.com does not directly charge a cancellation fee, however any charges by the hotel will be passed onto you.<\/li>\n<li>Typically (varies by hotel) there is no charge for cancellations or amendments up to 4 days prior to initial check-in time.<\/li>\n<li>Cancellations made within 4 days of the check-in date will be assessed a one night room rate, plus applicable taxes and fees.<\/li>\n<li>No cancellations on or after check-in date.<\/li>\n<li>No refunds for no shows or early checkout.<\/li>\n<li>$0 for first amendment to a reservation. 10 EUR or $15 to amend a reservation after the first one.<\/li>\n<li>Some hotels charge a &#8220;resort fee&#8221;, typically $10-$20 a room a night. This rate is paid directly to the hotel and not to Otel.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Based solely on research done by TravelSiteCritic.com.\u00a0 May be inaccurate and subject to changes.\u00a0 Please read their policies prior to booking.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Otel.com Coupon Codes and Travel Deals:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/g5102kjspjr6A7B7G9A687FCE79C68B8GACCECF777\" target=\"_top\">Hotel specials up to 70% OFF here on Otel.com<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/4m115tkocig15262B45132A792471363B57797A222\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0&#8211; deals updated daily<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/r098gv30v2IMJNJSLMIKKSNRSNJIKNKSMOOQORJJJ\" target=\"_top\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/nc117drvjpn8C9D9IBC8AAIDHID98ADAICEEGEH999\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em;\"><span style=\"display:none;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p> Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are \u201caffiliate links.\u201d This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. 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