Planning travel and seeing aggressive ads. How do people confirm a booking is real after paying through an official-looking site?
Summer travel: double-checking bookings without panic
3 thoughtful replies
I confirm with the airline or hotel via their official app using the record locator — not by calling numbers from an email alone.
If the price was wildly below normal, I slow down before paying. Too-good is a review trigger.
I keep confirmation PDFs offline and avoid re-clicking email buttons weeks later.