SALT LAKE CITY – Cynthia St. Marie got hit with a surprise when she traveled to Everett, Washington last September and tried to check into a hotel. The desk clerk wanted a hundred-dollar deposit.
St. Marie said the booking site she used to pay for her reservation, Agoda, made no mention of a deposit.
“He said, ‘Well go out and call Agoda and see what they can do for you,’” she said the clerk told her. “So, I did.”…