They immediately took a $23 deposit, but it took 3 weeks to get a confirmation email.
After reading reviews of the motel, I decided to cancel. Following instructions from hotelnparking I tried to contact them first, but they did not answer their phone or respond to email.
So I cancelled through the motel, and got a cancellation number which I forwarded to hotelnparking. They never responded. According to their email I should have got my deposit refunded apart from a $10 processing fee.