Agoda.com may not be a common household name when someones looking to a book a hotel on the Internet. If you've never heard of them you're not alone. What you've most likely have heard of is Priceline.com, especially if you're from the United States.

Well Agoda.com is actually a part of Priceline.com. All Agoda does is basically focus on getting the best rates for anyone shopping for great hotel deals all over the world. But they particularly specialize within the Asian hotel marketplace.

I get a lot of emails asking me if Agoda has better rates than their competitors. And that's 1 million dollar question. Now I'm not qualified to answer that question because I've never booked hotels through any company all over the world. I can confidently and comfortably say that Agoda provided me great rates for hotels in Europe and Asia where I travel mostly for business. However Agoda does have an advantage over their competitors. They offer their customers a Best Price Guarantee. They'll either match or beat a price if you find a better deal within 48 hours from booking with Agoda.

But there is a way to get even more discounts from Agoda and that's by using Agoda Reward Points that you earn and can use for future discounts. You'll find out more information about that below.

Personally I've used Agoda for about 2 years. I've recommended them to friends and family for hotel reservations all over the world. Up to date we don't have any complaints about Agoda's services and are very satisfied with them.

I've used many hotel reservation websites on the Internet and I still do to this day. Agoda offers rates that are either a bit lower or about the same as their competitors. But the benefit of using Agoda is their rewards program.

It's basically a points earning program where you can accumulate points and use them for future hotel discounts. It's really easy to earn points and there are 2 ways to do so.

1. You can earn 4% - 7% of the price of the room automatically.
2. Write a review about your hotel stay and earn 500 points.

Once you reach 12,500 points you automatically get $25 for future discounts. Or you can do what I do and accumulate more points for even bigger discounts.

Another really easy way to earn points is to write a review after you've checked out of the hotel. Agoda will send you an email within 2 weeks after your departure requesting your review and in return you get 500 easy points to add to your account.

It's free to join the Agoda rewards program. All you have to do is make your first booking and you're automatically enrolled. It's really that simple.

Agoda also has an excellent 24/7 customer support by live online chat and telephone. I've used there online chat most of the time and I have to say it comes in really handy whenever I have to extend my hotel stay. I get instant confirmation whenever there is a room available so i never have to wait.

Matter of fact Agoda never makes you wait for a hotel reservation ever.

Most of their competitors make you wait half a day up to a full day until you know whether or not a particular hotel has rooms available.

Agoda has instant confirmation so if there are rooms available you'll find out instantly.

So if you're looking for a reliable company for booking a hotel check out Agoda.com. I highly recommend them.