In Reply to: Onine bookings posted by kazndon on Saturday, 14. November 2009 at 20:44 Bali Time:
Personally I would book direct and print out all confirmation info, emails of correspondence between parties so all info is clear.
I research lots of sits to get the best accommodation deals, some direct websites of hotels apartments have rack rates and internet rates. By checking that agains booking agents you get a fair idea. I noticed the other day a booking agent had no rooms yet looking on the direct hotel website and reply email to my question they did have availability so there you go.
What type of place, when and where are you looking at? You may get great responses from the forum.