Red Carpet Inn Oskaloosa

I booked a reservation at this hotel for the night of august at a rate of $38.50/night using Hotwire on June 3,I received a confirmation number from Hotwire The hotel then cancelled the reservation a few days laterAfter several phone calls I was able to talk to the hotel owner who blamed an employee error and refused to honor the priceI explained that I had a reservation and a confirmation number and he told me he would honor the priceWhen we arrived in Iowa I attempted to call the hotel several times to confirm that the room was available but I was unable to get an answer, just the answering machineWhen we arrived at the hotel there was no vacancy, the desk clerk didn't know we had been promised a room by the owner and blamed ExpediaI informed him that we used Hotwire and he again blamed "the Internet" for overbooking roomsI fail to understand how a hotel can overbook rooms on the internet or how I could be promised a room by the owner then not have a room when