Overbooked on-site hotels?

[Jet]

I'm making last-minute plans for a 4-night stay at HRH in April, and Universal Vacations is telling me all on-site hotels are booked for my travel dates. However, Expedia, Quikbook, etc. say rooms are available. Should I be concerned about using one of these sites to book my room? I'm worried we'll arrive and be told that the hotel is overbooked. Any experience with this?

Thanks!

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

This MAY explain it. Expedia et al reserves/buys a block of rooms for X date. If you call Universal directly, they cannot sell you a room in the block for X date because they do not know what Expedia has done with those rooms. Expedia has until a certain date to release rooms from the block back to Universal so Universal can sell them.

 

[damo]

Even the reservationist at Loews will tell you to try one of the agencies.