From dictionary.com:
- Appropriate to a purpose.
The weekend of the 6th, as noted in an earlier post, our family took a trip to look at colleges for my son. After touring the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, we wound up our vacation with a brief stay in Branson.
We had reserved a room via Expedia for the Comfort Inn and Suites there in Branson. Expedia had charged our card and we thought we were all set. We arrived late Friday night on what turned out to be one of the busiest weekends for Branson (tax-free shopping and last summer fling) and found out that the hotel had already notified Expedia that they were all full up and we didn’t have a room. I called Expedia who finally refunded my money. No other attempt was offered to "make right" on the problem. When prompted, they thought perhaps they could check around for other rooms.
Now I must admit that the fine print on the "confirmation" letter I printed out from Expedia’s page says that the reservations are not guaranteed, but isn’t that why I made reservations in the first place? To guarantee that I have a room?
Expedient? I think not.