Just a note of caution in making bookings via the new Virgin Australia Holidays (Zuji) portal which has replaced Agoda.
Even if the hotel description says that the reservation is cancellable up to the day before - this is the hotel's conditions. Virgin Australia Holidays will (per the sites T&C) charge you $80 to cancel and will then keep the balance of any prepayment in credit which can only be used with them.
So in addition to having an almost unusable site; requiring all bookings to be prepaid and having no way to self-service your bookings; they are essentially non-refundable irrespective of what the individual hotels booking conditions are as listed on the site.
Yet another reason that this 'enhancement' is a complete backward step over Agoda.
In my view should be completely avoided. I'll find a hotel through Agoda that has decent point PointsMAX return - which presumably will mean that VA will miss out on any commission they are receiving through bookings made via Zuji. Unless your stay is set in concrete and you somehow find a cheaper rate via the VAH/Zuji site - I can't imagine the new portal being much use to any VA customer.
Even if the hotel description says that the reservation is cancellable up to the day before - this is the hotel's conditions. Virgin Australia Holidays will (per the sites T&C) charge you $80 to cancel and will then keep the balance of any prepayment in credit which can only be used with them.
So in addition to having an almost unusable site; requiring all bookings to be prepaid and having no way to self-service your bookings; they are essentially non-refundable irrespective of what the individual hotels booking conditions are as listed on the site.
Yet another reason that this 'enhancement' is a complete backward step over Agoda.
In my view should be completely avoided. I'll find a hotel through Agoda that has decent point PointsMAX return - which presumably will mean that VA will miss out on any commission they are receiving through bookings made via Zuji. Unless your stay is set in concrete and you somehow find a cheaper rate via the VAH/Zuji site - I can't imagine the new portal being much use to any VA customer.