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I have been a client of Booking.com for very many years (genius level 2). I have been called by my wife this evening from Hotel Olympia, a Cromwell International hotel, managed by a Mr Gladwyn of telephone number [protected]) where she is spending to-night with her sister Mrs Rosemund Yee who made the booking from Canada, at my suggestion, for £88.

The room is disgusting: absolutely filthy, damaged, lacking basic facilities, surrounded by scaffolding. Reception knew of the state of the room (others had complained) but gave no warning nor offers any solution. Mrs Yee flew in from Canada this afternoon, very tired and has to leave at 5 in the morning.

If nothing is done for Mrs Yee it is doubtful whether I will remain a client of Booking.com

Dear Sir/Madame,

There is a joint booking for 2 rooms #[protected] at Sana Simbra Hotel Portugal under my sisters name Gitte Eckert. Oct.1-Oct 5. (and mine Mikael Hansen)

Due to a newly scheduled medical procedure I am forced to leave on October 4 and return to the USA.

Upon calling the hotel property they asked me to call Booking.com today, which I did.

I was informed that it would be impossible to change the one room to departure one day early and that if I had read fine print somewhere regarding splitting a joint reservation that it would be impossible to accomodate this request. At which point I was hung upon. Wonderful!

It is lovely to have policies but it must also be lovely to lose a customer forever.

I will make sure and let all colleagues, friends and family know the lack of any customer friendly help or accomodation by Booking.com. Never again!

Sincerely,

Mikael Broby Hansen

USA

[protected]

Someone took the information I used to book last year through booking.com to fraudulently book a room for this weekend!

I called the hotel and they are calling th police.

I WILL NEVER USE BOOKING.COM AGAIN THEY ARE DANGEROUS!

Hi,

Can someone please assist on the confirmation of my booking/reverse the amount I paid?

This Is Lucia Ibarra , booking my flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Bahrain

Date : September 8 , 2022 , one way.

Malaysia Airlines

Flight MH782

Flight time : 2h 10m

After paying , I was charged to my debit account (RAKBANK) but didn't receive any booking confirmation.

Can someone please assist on the confirmation of my booking/reverse the amount I paid.

Thank you,

Lucia Ibarra

[protected]@gmail.com

+[protected]

Hotel booked through Booking.com cancelled reservation just 20 minutes before check-in. This left myself and my family homeless for the night. The hotel advised that direct customers take priority over Booking.com, even though I booked 3 weeks prior.

I have raised complaints to Booking.com but they have ignored all requests to discuss.

They are spending a fortune on advertising to get new customers yet treating their current customers like dirt. I'm off to use direct bookings.

I booked a trip through Booking. One aspect was a three day rental car in San Francisco.

I paid for the car through Booking but not the insurance and fees. When I returned the car Dollar charged me for the car again plus insurance and fees. So Booking made an extra $333 off me. It has been over a month with no resolution. I will never use this company again. No customer service.

Please note I attached the booking confirmation with, all of the information attached which was provided by the Hotel in question that you require, we do not have any additional information if we did we could cancel it ourselves. This booking does not come up on my bookings when I log in and yet the Hotel insist that you are the only people that can cancel the booking.

Stop wasting my time with your standard replies and cancel the hotel.

Regards Ian Barton

Origine : Booking.com (6562)

Site de réservation : http://www.booking.com

Réf. Booking.com : [protected]

Date/Heure de réservation : 03 juil. 2022 - 19:53 (Paris) Réf. D-EDGE : 89RJ63

Tarif : Tarif OTA

Prestation : Chambre seule

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Cette réservation a été enregistrée par Booking.com. Toute réclamation du client doit être transmise à Booking.com.

Réservation

Arrivée : samedi 3 septembre 2022 Durée : 1 nuit Nom client : Barton Ian

Départ : dimanche 4 septembre 2022 Nb de personnes : 2 Email client : bian.[protected]@guest.booking.com

Récapitulatif Tarif OTA (OTABASIC) Total

1 Chambre Double Confort 3 sept.

101,00

101,00 €

Montant total du séjour 101,00 €

Montant de la garantie 0,00 €

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Client

Nom : Barton Ian Nb de personnes

Pays : Royaume Uni Adulte(s) : 2

Email : bian.[protected]@guest.booking.com

Enfant(s) de 2 à 12 ans : 0

Téléphone : +[protected] Enfant(s) de moins de 2 ans : 0

Commentaires :

Approximate time of arrival: between 18:00 and 19:00

Moyen de paiement

Carte de paiement client : Voir les informations sur la carte de paiement

Chambre(s)

Chambre Double Confort

Barton Ian

Barton Ian

Informations Booking.com

Chambre Double Confort - Standard Rate :

(Non smoking)

Le Petit-déjeuner coûte EUR 12 par personne et par nuit.Enfants et lits d'appoint: Tous les enfants sont les bienvenus. Un enfant de moins de 3 an(s) est facturé 7 EUR par nuit pour l'utilisation d'un lit bébé. Tous les enfants de moins de 1 ans séjournent à titre gracieux pour l'utilisation de la literie disponible. Aucun lit d'appoint ne peut être installé dans la chambre. Au maximum 2 personnes peuvent séjourner en chambre. Le nombre maximum de lit bébé en chambre est égal à 1. Prépaiement / Dépôt de garantie: Aucun prépaiement n'est requis. Conditions d'annulation: Le client pourra annuler gratuitement sa réservation jusqu'à 1 jour avant l'arrivée. Le client devra verser le montant de la première nuit s'il annule moins de 1 jour avant l'arrivée.

genius rate (85812) : no 2022-09-03

The guest searched for a room for:

adult: 2

The search data is for information purposes only and might not reflect the actual number of guests booked.

Preferred Language

English (United Kingdom)

Conditions d'annulation

Voir conditions d'annulation Booking.com

Please confirm that this booking has been cancelled as I have not had any response back from your customer services despite the fact that I have attached the booking confirmation from the hotel which details all of the information you requested.

This is the third time I have contacted your so called customers services

I have written you in your reviews and have not received any response for you!

We stayed in a super 8 wyndham August 3rd to the 4th. 2165 Solano St. Corning Ca. There was blood splayed on the wall and drops on the carpet! I hereditary wipes to clean up throw a towel on the spots. All we wanted was a good night sleep! He's was clean, So we could finish our trip!

The neighbors next door and all their friends and family were at the pool and a little loud but it was early. About 10 ish things started to get a little loud and yelling and arguing stared and went on till 3:30 AM. Soaking doors, cars coming and going. I tried to call the office but there were no numbers available in the room! I told the women in the office about it, told her I'm not mad at you but this is what happened, her reply was sorry. That's it! She was training a new person I presumed because she said people are to be quiet after 10PM. Oh and they are not to move tables and chairs out of the pool area..

I will be cloaking my account with Booking for come as this seems to be the pattern of this company! You need to check these places out before you 're omens them!

Complaint Against: Booking.com

Confirmation number: [protected]

Booking Pin Code: 6789

My Name: Maria Williams

My Address: 6 Burnett Avenue, Salford, M5 3HY, England, UK.

My Email: [protected]@gmail.com

My Phone Number: [protected]

Booking: Moore place one bed, London.

15th August 2022 to 17th August 2022

Dear Sir/Madam

I would like the complaint to be escalated to the highest level as soon as possible.

I booked the property from your website in advance of my trip to London to attend a concert with my partner and my two adult children. Soon after the booking I was approached via text and email by the owner to transfer £300 to his bank account. I expressed my concerns and aired my concerns via the customers services chat on booking.com. I was in communication via chat upto the day of the booking. The evening before I expressed my concerns that the booking did not seem legitimate and for booking.com to check it out or reassure me as I am disabled and travelling 200 miles from home to London. Meeting my family who were travelling to London from different parts of the UK. I was told the evening before by booking.com to travel to the property the next day. Which I did.

I was told to call booking.com if there was any problems accessing the property. Around 12 noon on the day of arrival I was getting abusive and threatening calls from the owner to transfer £300 I again contacted booking.com via chat and telephone. explaining the situation. I was assured that alternative accomodation would be found and the situation resolved. (During this period comments started to appear on booking.com that this property was in fact a scam and over the previous few days, customers had been scammed by the owner and the place didn't exist).

Over the next 7 hours I spent hours on the phone to booking.com. The chat to customer services was no longer accessible. There was a heatwave in London and I explained I was disabled and stranded. Promised call backs of numerous people from booking.com, some materialised some didn't. After several hours in searing heat, we were offered a very sub standard alternative accommodation with dreadful reviews and 1 room instead of 2 and not disability friendly. Miles from the location. I was told that I could have a refund that would take 7-10 days and pay the new accommodation myself and claim the up to a maximum of £60 per party back after the booking, which could also be lengthy. I explained I did not have the funds and that the accommodation was not suitable or like for like! I was then offered alternative accommodation in a 33 bed hostel!

This saga went for 8 hours until around 8pm in the evening. Every person promising time after time they would help. I was getting heat stroke and extremely tired and poorly. I had no alternative but to book and pay for accommodation myself as I was 200 miles from home. The last call I was on was terminated and no call backs promised throughout the day did not happen.

I would like all telephone recording transcripts and all chat transcripts sent to me. I have screenshots of all conversations and phonecalls to and from booking.com. Subsequent emails have not been replied to.

I am seeking first and foremost a full apology and explanation. A full refund for the alternative accommodation. I am seeking compensation for the treatment myself and my family received. The whole trip was ruined. Booking.com need to take responsibility for this scam. You knew about it and allowed it to continue. Encouraging me to travel to the property and the promise that if there were any problems I could call you and you would sort it out.

Eight hours later of stress, anxiety and worry and the situation was never resolved. I am going to take this to the highest level.

I want to know which governing body you are regulated by. I want a full response including all telephone recordings.

I am disgusted by the situation.

I look forward to your response.

I have compiled the evidence screenshots of messages and telephone calls which I am sure you do have to.

I will not allow this to happen to other people and am determined that you are held accountable.

Regards

Maria Williams

August, 19, 2022 - called to have my booking canceled due to booking .com declining the card yet receiving confirmation of stay at lodge.

I am prompted to enter my confirmation number and do so and then am prompted to enter a pin . I enter my pin. And afterward the telephone answering machine/ robotic voice is stuck on a “loop” …saying “please enter your PIN number” over and over again. It does this about 25 times before I try hitting 0 or 1 or holding down any button to try to be put through to a human with no luck. The recording is broken and a support specialist cannot be reached for help.

Photo (screenshot) below showing how many times I was prompted to enter my pin before giving up.

I had booked seven hotels 4 rooms for one night each for a cycling trip. At 5pm the day before departure I received emails saying I had cancelled all the bookings...I hadn't. I had updated guest names on all this reservations at around 3pm.

Booking,com did nothing even charged me a cancellation fee for rooms I didn't cancel. They said that the hotel had charged me whcih is not true the payment was taken by booking,com this is confirmed by the credit card company.

I have had to rebook all the rooms, some of which were no longer available.

None existent customer service, a call centre in India who promised to help but did nothing.

WILL NEVER USE AGAIN APPALLING

2705.415.157

My partner, John, booked for us to stay at Neon 160 in Swansea for 2 nights from 9 - 11th August. We had problems locating the building as there were no signs indicating that the accommodation was called Neon 160. It took us half an hour to locate it and once we did we then had problems parking. The facilities for parking were appalling especially as the street was one way and had to keep driving round until we found a spot outside the building. We were both shocked and surprised to find that the building had student accommodation on it but no Neon 160. My partner used a number for the front door which he thought was the entrance code but he was told by a man who kindly let us in that it was incorrect. On entering the building we were perplexed as to where to go from the door. Again, there were no signs or any indication of where to go and we overheard 2 people who arrived after us who were also confused as to where to go and what to do. After looking upstairs and through a door on the left, there were no signs as to what was behind the door. We both decided to exit the building and John contacted the proprietor who sent him the correct details. She said Booking.com should have sent the details by email but John had not received them. She consequently text him the details. We went in the property again and progressed onto struggle and get the key out of the key-safe in an area that was poorly lit. We opened the door to the room and we both stood in more shock at the extremely basic facilities available in the room. The room was fairly clean and had towels folded on the bed but we couldn't believe the dirt on the window with a view of a roof outside with a dirty cup and a tampon in view. What we both saw is not what we viewed on the website. We expected brightly coloured rooms, with a view of the city and what looked like a rug on the floor and a tea/coffee maker (as described on the site). It looked like a whitewashed spare room scantily decorated with a dirty view of a dirtier roof and a church. John text the proprietor again when we were outside and he asked for a refund as couldn't stay there especially because he had a dog; she refused to do this. The room was really warm and had no air-conditioning so it would have been really uncomfortable for us all to sleep there especially for John's assistant dog. Her manner was abrupt and not helpful in any way that day so we decided to return home which took 3 hours as couldn't find alternative suitable accommodation. John contacted her again a day later and she told John that he complained about faulty tap which we didn't and she still refused to offer a refund on the basis of a dirty window and a faulty tap. She told him we were given an 'Apartment 'to stay in with the facilities as mentioned on the site including a projector and a wardrobe. Firstly, an Apartment is a 'self-contained' place to live with all the facilities and we were given a room with a bed, table and a dustbin. The wardrobe was non-existent and supposedly came in the form of a makeshift clothes rail. There was no coffee/maker as promised but there was a little bedside table and a desk and chair with nothing on them. We, along with others who had arrived at the building after us, were also bewildered as to where the rooms were. Our room was in a dark L shaped corridor with no signs on the door to indicate where the kitchen and toilet were; we had to open the doors to find out which room was where. Overall, the owners attitude left us feeling cold and let down. She painted a picture of a room in a building that was ill designed and signposted. I felt physically sick that we were led astray by this woman or owner as what was dangled in front of us by the website was not what was delivered. To add insult to injury, there were no disabled facilities especially as my partner is partially blind and struggles to walk. The surrounding area was definitely not conducive to someone who is disabled so it was the worst possible choice of place to stay yet he was unaware of this when he booked. It seems there are many discrepancies in the advertising of this hotel so feel disgruntled about the services provided by Booking.com as wonder if these hotels are checked out by Booking.com to verify the description as given by the owner if that's how it works. We had a bad experience before in a Travelodge and the staff were very understanding about our experience and gave us a free night in another lodge. We would like to have your understanding towards what we have been through and take action to support that we were treated as though we weren't worth anything to her but the money that was paid. We were disgusted by her mercenary attitude and attempted to justify her actions with unsubstantiated statements. I was in tears and very angry about not having anywhere to stay so decided to drive home to Berkshire which took 3 hours.

(I have photos but unable to upload them now due to bad internet connection. I can provide them if needed)

I booked a property (2 bed apt) and it was confirmed.

I also booked at the same time a studio property nearby (different property, different owner) for my daughter - as there were not 2 apts in the first building.

This was done about 10 days before travelling.

I then got a message about 3 days later from the first property to tell me they had 'moved' my booking to another property.

NO details were provided as to an address or what type of property it was. And I was NOT asked if I approved. Just told - with a bare minimum of details

As I needed to be near my daughter's property I needed to know where this new place was. We were in a pretty big city. I needed to be within reasonable walking distance and in a place easy to find.

So I had to ask for further details.

Some were provided - but only a name of the property and post code - no road name - no details of the property - no stating whether it would be the same price - basically not much to go on.

I had to spend time find it on gmaps, only to find it was about 20 mins walk via complicated roads. So no use to me.

I wanted to get Booking.com to put some pressure on the owner for pushing me out of my confirmed apt.

To my amazement there appears to be NO way of contacting Booking.com directly. The so-called 'help-centre' just answers standard questions.

So I cancelled everything and did the trip via Airbnb.

My complaint to Booking.com is "is it company policy to allow owners to just switch (in effect cancel) confirmed accommodation without the owner getting prior consent from the customer?" "And why is there no way of getting efficient easy communication with Booking.com via email or telephone" - which I presume is a specific company policy.

I had had problems with Booking.com in Indonesia a few years back and stopped using them for a couple of years. I had hoped they might have improved - especially in western Europe.

But now it's just clear that I should just avoid them at all costs forever if I want the comfort of believing my bookings are certain. I don't want to have to re-arrange things a few days before arriving when I've paid for a confirmed booking. Who does?

Wrongly made booking for hotel under your reference2215985579

So I will like to cancel the room

I did not got any email. For booking confirmation but I have got phone fromlemontree hotel from port blair

Kindly cancel the room

Booked and paid for one bedroom apt. With terrace/balcony with garden views towels/ bed linen, refrigerator received a studio, one room for bedroom, kitchen, table and chairs no terrace/balcony no outdoor area no garden views, over looking car park no bed linen supplied and towels a disgrace surgical plasters holding the handle on the door confirmation number

[protected]

[protected]@hotmail.com

The instructions to verify property listed on booking.com requires a PhD. The instructions takes you into a never ending loop of nothingness. They require a call that can take three months, or to mail a letter to the property. MAIL A LETTER? IN 2022? WHO DOES THAT? Also mailing a letter to an international destination takes forever, especially the mail in certain countries have been delayed because of covid. They have instructions to upload a video showing street signs going into the villa but Antigua does not have street signs on every street. To top it off, there is no place to upload this video. I spent six hours searching using the instructions and still there is no way to find a way to upload this video. I will be removing my listing from this site immediately! I called and the agent said she dont now how to verify the property.

We checked in to Magna house flat 9 on the 31st of July 2022. Upon our arrival we noticed the beddings in the bedroom was in poor condition and the flat was very humid and hot. We contacted the management of Magna house via phone as there was no reception on site. It was difficult to get hold of someone to cater for our needs, we eventually got through on phone and explained that the beddings were in very poor co diction, towels appeared unwashed and there was only one fan which was heavily dirty. We were told a replacement bedding will only be sent to us the next day, and a spare fan will be sourced for. At this point the temperature of the apartment was about 34 degrees. We tried to let some air by opening the windows but there was hardly any improvement. On the 1st of August 2022, we opened the cupboards and tried to use the plates in the property, we found some were broken around the edges, the kettle was in a very dirty state and not descaled. We resolved to making teas with a pot instead. Our kids were playing in the bedroom when suddenly we door was shut without notice and knobs were locked. The kids inside the bedroom were age 2 and 3. It was the most terrifying ordeal for us as parents. We could not enter into the room to get them out. There was no keys for the bedroom. The kids realised they were trapped inside the room and was getting more and more scared, so distressed and screaming loudly. We tried to call stay-let managements on the contact number given severally at least more than 7 times and no one answered. We then sent a message via booking.com. We were scared ok the kids suffocating in the room which had no air, no water, there was no way to get them out as the doors were solid and a double lock system. We are filled with fear while offering the kids reassurance through the locked door and calling the police for help as we could not get through to any admin in magna house. We continued to encourage the kids to turn the door nob like they did before. The police could not help either, contacts was been sort for locksmith, I was still trying to reach stay let management via phone. Suddenly the 3 years old turned the lock once and again and opened the door. This was a nightmare. The house was so tensed because of the incidence. I left my gold ring with 3 diamond stones in the apartment and worn a plain band. There was no safety drawers or safe in the apartment. We went out, and on our way stay let called and told me someone has been sent to the apartment. The person is literally 2 mins away, we advised we were out and the kids were able to unlocked the door. I asked about the keys to the bedroom and was told the bedrooms have no keys! This was shocking, that an apartment room would have locks without key. We were not informed of this before hand. Upon our return for the day I immediately noticed my wedding ring with 3 stones was missing. I was heartbroken, I tried to ring staylet and again no response. I had to email via booking.com and was confused to receive a reply telling me to “leave the property as soon as possible”. There was no indication of how the matters will be investigated, the response were abrupt. The has been a devastating experience.

4 weeks till our stay in Verona Italy open up my website to see they changed hotels on us. When we made our reservations 3 months in advance it showed pictures of the old town where we are to be. Booking.Com very trickey. Also plus we always make reservations with free cancellations, it was changed too and free breakfast. I have traveled many times to Europe and the USA never had a problem. Retired handicap only wanted to celebrate our 50th. Beware

Please be informed that I had a confirmed booking with Air port view Apartment but when I arrived to the location I found the contact phone is closed and no one there then someone came from different building to till me that he is managing the place and someone else had booked this apartment through different App and no place for me.

This is the worst service I had ever seen, I am sure that Booking.com will not accept this service to be provided through your platform

Booking confirmation no. [protected]

Pin code 5709

Good Evening my name is Brian Mudge Booking reference Confirmation [protected] Pin 4727.

My email address b.[protected]@hotmail.com

I booked a one night stay at the Cathedral Hotel in Salisbury for the 10th August 2022 for 2 guests for the sum of £99.00 which was taken from my bank account on the 6th August 2022.

On my arrival at the Cathedral Hotel Salisbury i find to my shock the the Hotel is closed and no longer trading. Having spoke to local public passing by outside the hotel i was informed that the Cathedral Hotel has been closed for the last two (2) weeks.

Could i please have a full explanation into my ruined evening and a full refund of monies paid to your company