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Booking.com guarantee policy

I tried to book a hotel with booking.com for the price that I found on another web site ($126 vs.168).

After they looked up the information on line I was told that I had to book with them first. I did this.

I called back into Booking .com that I would have to book this hotel with hem at the higher price and then after the stay they would refund the money. I tried to explain that this was not acceptable as I would not know if the paperwork that I sent them is acceptable. They could possibly find a minor difference in the room booking requirements and hence not give me the refund.

The agent I spoke to, Zee, would not give me an idea or any other further information. I requested to speak with her supervisor. She asked why and I explained that their refund policy was not clear or acceptable.

She then disconnected me.

Obviously I will not use this company again as I did in the past and I advise others not to deal with them also.

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Booking.com web problems

Ref. [protected]

We choise bay breeze for location very close to oakland airport and quiet area near coliseum.
(On the web I see : 4, 8 km from oakland airport) the real distance is more than 8 miles... Quiet area near coliseum? Motel is in a very hugly street so dangerous especially in the evening. A lot of "strange people everywhere" the reception is protected by
Gun resistant glass! Now I can undertand the reason why!
We pass a very unsafe night with a lot of people walking up and down and sambody knok our door...
We aere traveling with 4 kids!
For this reasons and for real distance we do not delivery our 2 cars to reach the airport instead of take a taxi so we spend one day more reantal.


Ref. [protected] stay hotel waikiki

I reserved on feb 2th 2017
I choise this hotel for location, and nice new rooms
(White... With blue decorations, e nice orange armchair... I saw in web.

When I arrive the hotel looks very very different

Location was ok but the hotel was very very old. I ask to see the rooms before check in but they refuse to show us the rooms..
After a long journey we accept to check in.
The rooms was old as the reception.
The family room was with 1 queen bed + 1 sofa bed (120 cm) very hard to sleep for 2 persons.
I complain with the manager and she and the give to us un extra single bed (Free of charge)
But they change all the pictures on the web so we cannot
Complain for old room instead of new rooms.

Please would you mind check the pictures on your web on february.
The rates are interesting and I could accept the accommodation in old room wheather I know in advance!.in this case I buy something different.



Ref. [protected]
Grant hotel in very well located.
Very nice picture on the web in the reality is a very old hotel
Not very cleaned in fact there is a bad smell starting from the hall.
The breakfast included is
Automatic machine for coffee and tee
And just some croissant on the reception desk.
We had croissant just on the departure day.
So we ask for refund for real service and unitilized real continental breakfast wich is usually different.


[protected]
[protected]

Motels with a very small rooms and we found towels just for 3 persons.



Dear booking.com managers
In my opinion is very important to do a double check about the hotels on you web site.
I usually book my holidays on your web but I don't know in the future.

Thanks for your reply
Paola

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1:56 pm EDT

Booking.com hotel venezia, prague, sokolska 39, 120 00, czech republic

Dear Sir or Madame,
I would like to make an official complaint about Hotel Venezia in Prague where I booked my stay through your website.
The booking was made on 18th August, booking number [removed], PIN [removed].
I booked an economy double room with bathroom as described on the website.
I arrived on the 23rd August and meant to stay for 1 night.
The room was of such a low standard that I couldn’t believe my eyes. The receptionist told me that they had some problems with the laundry and that somebody would come to make the beds at 5 o’clock. At least I could see what the duvets and pillows looked like. Dirty, stained, shabby, old just horrible. Same as the mattresses the filthy carpet, some old dirty sofa… When I later complained to the receptionist about it she replied that it will be ok, because there was no bedding yet but they would COVER it later when the laundry comes. So apparently it’s ok to have dirty bedding as long as its covered and you can’t see it. The best was still to come though. She told me to follow her to the bathroom in the corridor. This is not what I expected or what I agreed to. I was travelling with my 4-year-old son and I wasn't going to leave him in the room alone at night when I wanted to go to the bathroom or wake him up and take him with me, not mentioning the fact that I would be scared to leave the room even if I was on my own. The room was in a corridor that could be locked (it looked like a former apartment with a main door) but it was dark and filthy and there were other doors which I couldn’t know who had keys from or where they led. However, we went to see the bathroom and my jaw dropped! Never ever in my life have I seen anything like that in a hotel. Dirty shower with mould around the tiles and tub and the shower curtain must have been at least 10 years old judging by it’s brown colour and a 20 centimetre wide stripe of dirt at the bottom of it.
When I said that I wanted my room to be changed or my money back the receptionist suggested changing the shower curtain and said that as we were staying just one night they wouldn’t give us a better room. They don’ t give nice en suite rooms to people who stay only for a short period of time. Well it should be mentioned on their websites that they divide the customers into several groups according to how much money they bring into their business and the customers who stay only shortly are not even worthy getting a clean room.
For me it works a little differently. For the first time I might just come for a short trip and if I like the place I may come again for longer and even recommend the place. I wouldn't mind simple furnishing what I absolutely require though is cleanliness especially coming with a child.
The hotel took money out of my account even before my stay (on 21st August) and they refused to return my money as the booking was not refundable. Well, I see that this a way to protect the hotels if somebody makes a booking and doesn’t turn up but in this case we did check in and if the hotel met some basic standards and met what was written in the description of the room we would have stayed. How is it fair that I still have to pay even though the fault was on the side of the hotel by not having provided what was promised and expected? In my opinion the hotel failed to deliver and therefore I shouldn’t be charged. If booking a room is taken as a sort of a contract between the two parties and, if we look away from the cleanliness, and just take into consideration the fact that we didn't have a bathroom in the room, for me they broke the contract.
Apart from other things it was also difficult to speak with the receptionist as she didn't speak Czech very well.
I contacted one of your employees who was trying to help, he spoke with the manager but he wasn't bothered at all.
So I would like to know how you protect the customer in cases like this one. It caused me a lot of aggravation. We arrived in the afternoon and had to look quickly for a different place to stay which caused a lot of stress to both me and my little boy. Not mentioning the extra cost.
Please, tell me how to proceed in this matter and how to get my money back. It’ s not a fortune but I don’ t want to leave my money to somebody who doesn't deserve it!

I trust you will follow this through and I expect to get a positive outcome.

Thank you for your attention.

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4:07 pm EDT

Booking.com relocation notice by the hotel - improper conduct

Dear Madame/Sirs,
I want to draw you attention to an incident concerning my future reservation for April 2018 in Los Angeles. As I have stayed previously at the same apartment (Ginosi FiGaro), which I found adequate and very well located, I booked this place well in advance through booking.com for our next stay during an international congress. However, after a couple of months after booking I received the following email:

'We are contacting you regarding your reservation in 1361 S Flower St, Los Angeles 90015. We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances at the property, we need to relocate you to a one bedroom apartment at 634 S Bixel street, Los Angeles 90017.
The new property is approximately 2.5 kilometers from the original apartment... '

This is clearly improper. If there is change of an agreement, it is a case of negotiation, not one-way announcement. There is no mention of any price, compensation, or pricing, for that matter. Furthermore, if I am not mistaken, the originally booked apartment type seems to be right now available at the original place - and at a higher price, too.

This kind of conduct is bound to have consequences. First, naturally, the ill-treated customer will hardly ever even consider re-booking or recommending this accommodation again after such an event. Second, this may unnecessarily throw negative light on the mediator, booking.com, at the same time. Furthermore, if such an uncertainty after will become a more widespread practice, the customers will increasingly make double/triple etc. bookings to make sure that they will not end up in trouble or inferior positions during e.g. high season etc. which would cause unnecessary problems to accommodation providers.

I think booking.com should be aware of this sort of activity and correspondence.

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Booking.com complaint feedback on quy hung hotel, 20 dang thi nhu, district 1, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Dear Sir/Madam

Complaint Feedback on Quy Hung Hotel, 20 Dang Thi Nhu, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Check-in date: 26 August 2017 Check-out date: 29 August 2017

Confirmation Number:[protected]
Pin code: 2106

For your information, I went to check-in to stay at the hotel but was told that the room I have booked were ALREADY sold to another customer, i.e. there was no room available for me to stay at the hotel. Therefore, I have to find other place to stay.

Therefore, I hope Booking.com WILL NOT CHARGE ME with respect to the above booking.

Thank you very much

Best Regards

Mariam Ibrahim

Confirmation Number: [protected]
PIN code: 2106

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Booking.com wrote:

Confirmation Number: [protected]
PIN code: 2106
It’s almost time for your trip!
Are you ready for your upcoming trip in 10 days?

FREE Cancellation for this reservation is available until August 19, exclusively. After that, you will be charged to cancel.
Manage booking
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Quy Hung Hotel
20 Dang Thi Nhu, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
+[protected]
Check-in Date: Check-out Date:
Sat, Aug 26, 2017 - from 14:00 Tue, Aug 29, 2017 - until 12:00

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Booking.com being charged by a hotel before staying at the hotel

Booking ref - [protected]
I have waited almost a week from a reply from a hotel via booking.com. All I have had is an automated response stating that they are waiting for an answer from the hotel. I deliver customer service training and you can really tell how good a company is at customer service when you have an issue. It is so difficult to find how to complain apart from using the message service via the booking you have made for which you only get an automated response. I have emailed customer.[protected]@booking.com but get an automated delivery failure response. So I have resorted to using this website.
I have been loyal to Booking.com for a few years now as I find their website easy to use and have always been happy with the choice of my hotels. However, I have booked a hotel in Spain for September - free cancellation and the hotel charged me £45 with charges from my bank, they then credited my account but I am now 33 pence out of pocket. 33 pence is not a lot of money but it is the principle. The hotel replied saying they were just checking that my card works so why didn't they just take £1? I am now apprehensive in using free cancellation in future as on booking.com it clearly states that your card details are just for securing the booking and that I won't be charged. Please see below my correspondence to date. I haven't received any customer service from booking.com and no-one personally has responded to my complaint. I am really disappointed.

Thank you for sending us your request.We are waiting for a response from Diana Park regarding your request, and will be in touch with you again when we hear from them.
Request: Hi there. Further to my message sent to you on Sunday 20 August, I have still not received a response. Please tell me how I can make a formal complaint as it is not clear on booking.com website. Again please refund my 33 pence which I should never have been charged in the first place. Thank you for sending us your request.Diana Park has been informed on your behalf. Please note that your request is not guaranteed until the accommodation has confirmed it. Request: Hi there I have booked your hotel with free cancellation through booking.com. I now have a problem as I had been charged by you, then credited but I am out of pocket by 33 pence. You replied to my message through booking.com to say you were just checking that my card worked and had not taken any money but you clearly have. If you just need to check why didn't you debit £1 not £45 and I have been charged my my bank. Please see below. 15 Aug 17 NON-STG PURCH FEE DEB 0.50 Click enter to display the details of the transaction 15 Aug 17 NON-STG TRANS FEE DEB 1.36 Click enter to display the details of the transaction 15 Aug 17 OH HOTELS DIANA PA DEB 45.60 and this is what was credited back to my account minus 33 pence. 14 Aug 17 NON-STG PURCH FEE COR 0.50 Click enter to display the details of the transaction 14 Aug 17 NON-STG TRANS FEE COR 1.35 Click enter to display the details of the transaction 14 Aug 17 OH HOTELS DIANA PA COR 45.28 You have charged me 33 pence. Of course it is the principle and not the money for why I want this money refunded to my account as soon as possible. You should never have taken the money from my account in the first place which of course has incurred charges. I would like an answer as to why this has happened as on your website it is clearly stated that 'don't worry we only need your card to secure your reservation, you won't be charge'. Well this clearly hasn't happened in this case. I don't understand why the hotel had to check that my card worked. This is extremely worrying and I am apprehensive about using free cancellation in future. Please return my 33 pence as soon as possible and once you have done so, please delete my card details from your system so you don't use my card again. I look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes Yasmin

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5:21 am EDT

Booking.com worried about using debit card to book.

Having seen the avert on booking.com we made a reservation at the Amsterdam Hostel Saphati. We booked for our son to stay for three nights using a debit card. Although it stated that you have to pay in full when you get there, it didn't state that they don't except full payment by debit card and that he had to pay cash. It also stated on the advert that breakfast was "continental". When going to have break his breakfast, all my son could see was bread! We know it was a Hostel and is a good thing to have for the younger persons. But, in the end we found this advert by booking, com very misleading.

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Aug 25, 2017 5:23 am EDT

Having seen the avert on booking.com we made a reservation at the Amsterdam Hostel Saphati. We booked for our son to stay for three nights using a debit card. Although it stated that you have to pay in full when you get there, it didn't state that they don't except full payment by debit card and that he had to pay cash. It also stated on the advert that breakfast was "continental". When going to have break his breakfast, all my son could see was bread! We know it was a Hostel and is a good thing to have for the younger persons. But, in the end we found this advert by booking, com very misleading.

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Booking.com dog friendly but extra charge for dogs not advertised

I booked to stay at The Macdonald Chain, Swan Hotel in Grasmere, The Lake Disrtrict, UK for July 25 2017 and booked a non-refundable night which included my dog. Nowhere in the advertising did it say that I would be paying a £15 extra charge. I was then sent an email about a surcharge for the dog which I at first missed and paid for my stay however on the same day I caught the email about the dog and contacted the hotel directly saying I wanted to cancel as it was too much extra money. The Hotel sent an unhelpful email saying it was non-refundable and to contact Booking.com even though they had requested details of my card during our communication. However as I had set off on my hiking trip I did not receive the email, I was doing the Coast to Coast walk across England and internet signal was not always possible. On my return I discovered I had been charged £95.90 when I did not stay at the hotel and had clearly told hotel management that I would not be staying because of the dog-surcharge. I admit I missed the email about this but it was so confusing as I was receiving communication from Booking.com and The Swan Hotel and yet when I tried to sort out the issue the Hotel simply passed me on .
I have copies of all the emails received from both parties.

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Booking.com our resevation

My Boyfriend booked a hotel in Prince George we had planed on arriving around 11 however we arrived at 1130 only to find out that the hotel room had been given away to people who wanted to stay more than one night. We then tried to find another hotel but there wasn't any so we had to sleep in our car.
august 17th 2017
just for it to be known that I had to sleep in the car
Name Barry Wardstrom

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Booking.com hotel taken payment twice

Hotel taken payment twice, I have sent bank statements, it's been 3 weeks now and I'm still waiting to be reimbursed. I've contacted booking.com nearly every day... I'm still waiting in a credit card link... it's really stressing me out and when I spoke to them today it could still take up to 10 days before I receive my reimbursement . Which will incur me further charges from my cc company ... that I can't afford. Please help.

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11:21 am EDT

Booking.com charge a reservation which never booked, bad customer service

I used booking.com to book all my hotels for recently travel from Aug 5 to Aug 13. Once I got home, I found there is an unknown charge-a hotel in my credit card statement on Aug 12. I called hotel, they said this was the room charge, I told them I never booked their hotel and never stayed there. They said they got a booking which under my name. They suggested to contact booking.com. It is very hard to find the right email address on the website, never mention there is no phone number. So I sent them an email on Aug 15, waited, never got reply. I sent them another email on Aug 21, again there is no reply. What kind of customer service in this company?

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Booking.com poor and inconsiderate service of booking.com

I and my wife travelled to Japan from 5 to 11 August 2017. Before our departure, we reserved the hotel “Tengu Onsen Asama Sanso” in Karuizawa for the night of 10 August 2017. It was booked under my wife’s name “Yumi Matsumoto”.

During our trip in Japan, there was a typhoon and 2 days before 10 August 2017 (i.e. 7 August 2017), we had called booking.com that as we were in Northern Japan at that time and we foresee that we might having difficulty in reaching the hotel on 10 August 2017 due to the weather and traffic conditions.

However, the reply from the staff of booking.com was that “the typhoon will be over and you can’t cancel the booking, etc.” I told them that it would be dangerous for us to drive there in view of the situation as well as who could be sure about the progress of a typhoon but the message I received was it’s none of booking.com’s business.

At the same time, I was told by the hotel that it didn’t allow us to cancel the booking. I needed to go there as I’ve already made the booking no matter what the situation was. I felt very unhappy at that time and indeed, I tried to go there on 10 August 2017 but still, because of the rainy and windy weather, I could not make it.

I and my wife been using booking.com for a long time and I guess you can check it from the previous transactions. I indeed felt much disappointed at your staff’s attitude as well as the indifferent manner of booking.com in considering my situation. Whether you are going to refund or not is not a matter because I will publicize what I had experienced with booking.com to all the travel blogs, web sites, etc. to let all people knows how caring your company is.

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Booking.com charging for reservation already cancelled

I've reserved through Booking.com an appartement in 7eptember - Chueca Apartments, in Madrid, with check-in on 2017-08-04 and check-out on 2017-08-06 (reservation nr. [protected]). It was a non-refundable reservation. We chose the place because the announcement in Booking.com said "pets accepted". However, it was a mistake because they didn't accepted pets. 7eptember - Chueca Apartments contacted us and told us that they wouldn't charge for the cancellation. But they've charged the whole amount: €320.
We have proofs, namely emails, of all that is hereby exposed.

Summary:

1. 7eptember canceled the reservation. We have print screen from our Booking app with the phrase "Annulée par l'établissement" that means canceled by the host;

2. The announce in Booking was wrong: it said that they accept pets, but they don't. 7eptember's collaborator Ms. Ana recognized it was a mistake and told us that they wouldn't charge any reservation fees (we have the emails exchanged with 7eptember through Booking);

3. Hence, legally 7eptember can't charge for a service they don't provide. It's like reserving a 5* hotel and then find out it was 4*. Either by mistake or deliberate intention to deceive the client, the hotel wouldn't be able to demand any payment. This example applies to 7eptember. They can't charge for something they don't provide;

4. 7eptember mislead us twice: with Booking announcement saying they accept pets and when they've assured us, in writing, that they wouldn't charge us anything;

5. As an example: in the same day we've booked through Booking the Hotel Catalonia Goya, in Madrid. When we arrived they told us that they couldn't accept 2 pets. It was a non refundable reservation. Nonetheless, they didn't charged us;

6. On 03 August 2017 17:29 we've canceled the reservation by email;

7. On 03 August 2017 17:47 Booking acknowledges our cancellation by email;

8. What happened after this is a erroneous procedure by 7eptember and/or Booking. We've canceled, so neither of them should insist on forcing us to uncancel the reservation. That's hard selling without ethics, surely not allowed by Booking standards nor Spanish laws/regulations;

9. On the same day we've told 7eptember by email "We won't be able to arrive today to Madrid. We'll arrive tomorrow. I'll
tell you the time when I have a prevision" because Ms Ana kindly told us, in a previous phone call, that maybe she could suggest another place for us to stay;

10. On the same phone call we've told 7eptember that we were travelling by car, hence unable to constantly pick up the phone or check mails. We were at ease because we've already canceled directly with 7eptember and with Booking.

11. We've already presented a complaint to Booking but they say that 7eptember charged us according to their policy, hence we are not entitled to the refund of the reservation.

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Aug 23, 2017 7:17 pm EDT

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Booking.com room in a hotel

I booked a room using booking.com for Turim Iberia Hotel (Lisbon) for a couple of days in April 2017. When arriving at the hotel I noticed the room was quite different than the photos but I didn't check the hotel on booking.com while I was there to analyse the photos and description. The room was much smaller, was missing few amenities, but we didn't have the time to investigate while we were there. Few days after I got back home, I visited booking.com's website and I saw that all room types (at different price levels) were using the same set of photos. I contacted the hotel and they acknowledge that they used the photos of a superior room for all room types.

I contacted booking.com's Customer Service complaining about the fact that the photos for the Turim Iberia Hotel (Lisbon) are misleading, as they use the same set of photos of a superior room for all room types. I asked for a refund based on the UK's Sale & Supply of Goods Act and the EU's Consumer Law. The law states that the accommodation service providers can't make any false or misleading representations about what they're offering. This means the room should match any representations made about it when I booked. Neither the text nor pictures used to represent the accommodation should mislead or deceive me with regard to the amenities available.

My room was significantly different to what I booked, so I see it as a major failure. Booking.com acknowledged the issue, said that they cannot refund me, I should be refunded by the hotel, but they did not help in any way to obtain me a refund. I have called and emailed booking.com a numerous times, but the help they provided was abysmal. After 4 months discussing the complaint with them I still haven't managed to get a refund.

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Booking.com hotel staff stole my belongings

I booked a room here for the 18-20 of August. The staff were pretty nice except Wei ma a manager who treated me horrible. They over charged me when I checked in, the second day I noticed my car had been hit by someone in the parking lot overnight, which they have no cameras so they couldn't help with that, then while I was at the pool with my kids one of the housekeepers went into my room and took a bag I left on my bed with a few gifts for my sisters husband! The hotel management said they probably made a mistake and put it in the trash, I had to spend my time filling out police reports and going to the department store to get receipts to prove I wasn't lying about it all instead of enjoying my vacation! Wei ma was extremely rude and argumentative and basically treated me like I was lying and trying to get a discount. I would never go here again or recommend it to anyone else. The management told me they would overnight me a check for the stolen items and assured me it would be at my house by tuesday. Well today is tuesday and it never came. Now the same manager who told me it would be sent to me is telling me it will take another week IF it is approved by corporate! This is totally unacceptable. I paid for 2 nights in room 429 and one night in 431. My belongings were STOLEN by the housekeepers. I spent my entire stay at the hotel arguing with the manager WEI MA and filling out police reports for the theft! I want the check sent for the items stolen and I DO NOT think I should have to pay for ANY of the nights I spent at this hotel! The Westin is supposed to be classy, relaxing and a place to get away from low class things like THEFT by employees! The Management wouldnt even give the police or me the name of the housekeeper! Does the Westin condone theft from the guests who pay a good amount of money to stay there? I would expect that from some roadside motel but not anything with the Marriott name. PLEASE call me at [protected] OR email me at [protected]@gmail.com

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Booking.com unauthorized card charges

11th August, 2017 - date of booking

I had booked an apartment in Madrid through bookings.com with free cancellation and no-prepayment required because I was unsure about my trip and had just reserved it. This apartment had immediately deducted my amount, a Big big amount and even charged me extra. I had cancelled it immediately thinking it was a scam hotel. I have trying to get my refund ever since then, calling up the hotel and booking.com daily. Talking to different agents everyday. Though, customer service seems helpful I don't know if they are actually doing anything to get my refund back. Booking.com said they will directly refund the amount but they change their words everyday. I am truly fed up this service and never booking through them again. They are responsible for who they list on the website, if this hotel has cheated me and taken away my money, they are liable to pay me my refund.

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Booking.com inconvenience and hotel cancellation amount not received

hello,
City Apartments Bochum (1289.839.422)

City Apartments Bochum
Address: Wittener Str. 87, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Phone: +[protected]
GPS coordinates: N 051° 28.600, E 07° 13.984
PRICE-€ 240

If you don't show up or if you cancel applicable taxes may still be charged by the property.

1 apartment
7 % VAT
€ 10 City tax per stay
€ 15 Cleaning fee per stay is excluded.
Price with all charges included: € 255
Please note that the final price shown includes taxes set by local
governments or fees set by the properties themselves.
CHECK‐IN-30-JULY-2017. Sunday, 15:00 ‐ 20:00

CHECK‐OUT-4-AUGUST-2017, Friday, 08:00 ‐ 12:00

ROOMS-1 /NIGHTS, 5

I am a student, came here to attend the summer school at ruhr university, Bochum, Germany. I do not have much time to collect data. I do not have much money to spend unnecessarily.
Because last year at sep-2016, I went at Italy (Padua), so it created great faith on me for booking.com, but this time, it has lost completely. Its upto you, how you can create faith in me.

Please send your representative at City Apartment Hotel, you will get the reality, which I shown in my mail.
I can not explain, how I suffered from It. due to this booking, too much trouble has been created for me along with my brother, who came with me.

Due to this I had to change my further travel plan of Bus and train, which I already booked, which I have planned, I have received the loss.

and I also received heavy loss of more than 25, 000 Rs. I do not have words to say, how I managed here.

I consulted my uncle, who is lawyer, and he is continuously encouraging me to take legal action against Booking.com. BUT I still have faith on Booking.com, so I am still waiting some positive response from your side, as soon as possible.

The problem which I suffered can not be cured, But you can refund my Loss of money:

1) My Booking.com of amount of 240 Euro (18109 Rs)
2) Amount of my Loss of near about (300 Euros) 20, 000 Rs.

Please refund my money at-least of my City apartment booking first, as soon as possible, as I have to deposit in my credit card, from where I took the loan, so that I can not get penalty on it, Then after your Investigation, refund my loss amount.

seeking positive response, I still have faith on booking.com, so please maintain it, so that in future, I will use it and can also refer to other persons also.

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Update by ROMIL Rawat
Aug 21, 2017 5:22 am EDT

Hello,

City Apartments Bochum (1289.839.422)

City Apartments Bochum
Address: Wittener Str. 87, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Phone: +[protected]
GPS coordinates: N 051° 28.600, E 07° 13.984
PRICE-€ 240

If you don't show up or if you cancel applicable taxes may still be charged by the property.

1 apartment
7 % VAT
€ 10 City tax per stay
€ 15 Cleaning fee per stay is excluded.
Price with all charges included: € 255
Please note that the final price shown includes taxes set by local
governments or fees set by the properties themselves.
CHECK‐IN-30-JULY-2017. Sunday, 15:00 ‐ 20:00

CHECK‐OUT-4-AUGUST-2017, Friday, 08:00 ‐ 12:00

ROOMS-1 /NIGHTS, 5
i have booked the apartment for attending the Summer school Ruhr University Bochum.

I reached at Bochum on 29/July, just to find its location and see the apartment,

But when i reached near it, I found.

1) There were no name mentioned in my apartment, It felt great difficulty for me to find it.
2) When i entered in the apartment it was deeply and badly smelling, even difficult for me to breadth for the second.i just came outside.
3) When i inquired about the apartment by local peoples, they suggested me that, it is not safe for you to stay here, but i still tried to find some positive feedback about the apartment, again i found very negative feedback, As i came here with my Brother, it really scared me.
4) So, i decided to take another hotel and i took IBIS Styles hotel.which was very cheap, as i do not had any other option. AND cancelled the Booking at City Apartment.

It created to much problem and inconvenience for me and also there was safety issues.

It also provided me great Loss of money, here i paid 80 Euros per Night, which was nearly 15, 000 rs more than the previous one.

I am requesting for complete refund of my booking account with the Loss, i received.

As i am the regular customer of Booking.com, i always suggests positive feedback to my colleagues and friends about booking.com.

So, For keeping my faith continue, please refund my all amount as soon as possible.unless in future, i will not use booking.com neither i will recommend it to anyone, because of problem and loss i received.

NOTE: You can check the City apartment and its conditions, so that you can create faith on me.

My credit card amount was also deducted.

so, its my humble request, Provide me back my complete booking amount and the Loss of 15, 000 rs, which i received.

Please do it as soon as possible.

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Booking.com room for a 3 year old child and 1 year in a different location than family

When I book through booking.com, we requested for a family room of 3 adults and 1 children. But the booking.com has instructed the hotel to give us two separate rooms which we never expected.

The booking we made actually for 2 adults and 2 children's of the ages 3-year-old and 1 year and 10-month-old infant. We made this as 3 Adults and 1 infant child because we want it as a full family room. When we enter the information on Booking.com we choose 1 room with 3 adults and 1 child and entered the information requested.

While we selected the hotel room, they showed us the family room facilities with all facilities and amenities of a family room and when we checked-in to the hotel (Best Western Amsterdam Airport Hotel) they give us two separate rooms which are not even connected both in different places.

When we receive the confirmation we also tried to cancel but the Booking.com is not responding or their local contact numbers are not even reachable.

Booking.com and its service has cheated us and looted our money. The service they provided is a fraud service and its totally against the reputation and common man's rights

Even when we check with the hotel, Booking.com tried to say local law and policies but giving separate room for a family who comes along with kids we believe it's overriding the one's rights and law.

Whenever we tried to contact booking.com we never get any response, either through email or their un reachable phone support. They have fraud support number which will never answer by a customer support team and we used to try to spend more than 10 minutes every time and we called 3-4 times.

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Booking.com overbooking and unhelpful customer service

I never do this but I had to warn others about Booking.com!
They booked me a room after a few days the hotel called me and said Booking.com had made a mistake and overbooked they hotel I had no room. I called the customer service they said they would find me something and send an email in 13mins (odd I know but why I remembered it) no email. I called again (you get put on a hold cycle of over 5 mins) Spoke to customer service explained everything they said they would send an email with a new hotel, they did but it was over 55 miles away! I called a again and they sent an email in the let's say poor part of town in a 1 star hotel for twice the price. I called again and they said well too bad we can't help you I asked to speak to a manager they said no. I finally did speak to manager who ripped into me asking what I expected and when I asked for a contact above her she refused and hung up. The Hotel called me again and told me that Booking.com had overbooked 30 people for same night!

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Booking.com deduction to my card, instead of reverting back my refund they deducted me

Attention: mr.gillian tans- ceo
booking.com b.v.
herengracht 597
1017 ce amsterdam
netherlands

Re: follow up, credit card fraud, no return of my refund, the
booking was officially cancelled, they deducted twice, even after
the cancellation, this is not a good business ethics.

Dear mr. tans,

I have been sending series of emails but still no action taken, there are calls confirming the twice deductions but still no result please again ...

The said property claimed that they revert back the deduction but what happened instead of reverting back they deducted me the 2nd time around, the second deduction was july 07, 2017.

I would like to follow up again my deduction in my card with a cancelled booking please refer to the details below,

Please give attention to the details:
Pin no. 8571
Reservation no. [protected]
Accomodation name: hotel de l' europe belleville
Location: paris, france
Check in date: july 17, 2017
Check out date: july 24, 2017
Status : cancelled

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