http://ask.metafilter.com/107955/Has-anyone-ever-heard-of-southtravelcom/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Has anyone ever heard of southtravel.com ? en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/107955/Has-anyone-ever-heard-of-southtravelcom Has anyone had a good or bad experience with a UAE based travel agency known as <a href="http://www.southtravels.com">SouthTravels.com?</a> <br /><br /> They appear to be an agency similar to asiatravel.com, a Singaporean company with which I've had good experiences. I've been looking at their selection of hotels and guest houses in Pakistan, specifically Islamabad. Here's <a href="http://www.southtravels.com/asia/pakistan/index.html">their Pakistan page</a> and <a href="http://www.southtravels.com/asia/pakistan/destinations.html#islamabad">the page for Islamabad</a>.<br> <br> In the past when I have booked budget hotels in the UAE through asiatravel, the reception desk at the hotel has had a printout ready with my name and passport number when I check in. At one place it was in a folder with printouts from 3-4 other booking agencies. It looks like this is emailed or faxed to the hotel once per day. Is this sort of arrangement also common in Pakistan? Southtravel appears to be a legit organization, I'm not too paranoid about giving my VISA card number to them, but I'm looking for any good or bad experiences out there on the net before making a booking... post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.107955 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:23:54 -0800 thewalrus hotel travel pakistan online booking eticket hotels islamabad