I went directly to a major hotel chain's official website (not Priceline, Expedia, etc) to check room rates. The rate listed is OBVIOUSLY a mistake and too low to be accurate. The rooms generally go for approx $55 per night, but it is listed for the timeframe that I want to stay for $5 per night.

If I booked the reservation at this price and got a confirmation showing the total would be like $35.00 per tax for the week, would they hotel HAVE to honor that when I arrived or would they turn around and charge me the correct price?

In your opinion, would you call the hotel and find out the actual price and tell them what the website quoted or would you go ahead and make the reservation and argue the point when you got to the hotel?

My common sense tells me I should just call before making the reservation to avoid any surprises. But my cheap side wants to try to get away with the bargain of all bargains. I'm not looking for ethical right vs. wrong answers. Just looking for opinions.

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