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Booking.com i've been charged for a hotel I never booked nor used

I have been charged an exorbitant amount on my credit card for a hotel in Amsterdam.

$588.00 has been charged to my credit card for a hotel in Amsterdam on the 27 Dec.

On the 27 Dec I was in Sydney Australia.

I have never been to Amsterdam, nor will I visit any time soon.

It was a Go Mastercard credit card.

27 DEC 2017 HOTEL ON BOOKING.COM AMSTERDAM NLD, $588.00

Please rectify this as soon as possible

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Booking.com cancelled booking

On 18 December 2017 I booked for vacation at Mount Sheba a Forever Lodge 3-star hotel for the dates 19th to 21st December. The system generated wrong dates after making a payment of R4250. And subsequently tried to change to correct date and declined. i tried several times until i cancel the application. I need a refund, this was not my fault and its insane to pay such amount and claim there is no refund . Please arrange for repayment.

Confirmation number: [protected] PIN code: 2587 녆

Cancelled

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Update by DimakatsoM
Jan 26, 2018 3:09 am EST

Hi Dimakatso,

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment this situation caused. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us improve our services.

We’re happy to help you with your reservation, but first we’d need some additional information from you.

Please provide as many details as you can and send the email to customer.service@booking.com

• Confirmation number: [protected]
• PIN code: 2587
• Email address (used to make the reservation): @booking.com
• Accommodation name and location:Mount Sheba a Forever Lodge
• Check-in date and check-out date: 17/12/17 instead of 19/12/17 TO 19/12/17 instead of 21/12/17
• Issue or concern: REFUND

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Booking.com reservation not in the hotel's system

I booked for a total of 5 persons, from January 12-15 for a group (5 rooms). I received confirmation on the reservations, then an e-mail of the credit card update, informing the hotel is waiting on the 12th January for the guests arrival. Only to found out that our confirmation / bookings are not in Rose Rayhaan by Rotana (Dubai) hotel's system! The hotel updated their system with our booking just right there and there, able to accommodate only 2 guest and no longer available rooms for the 3 guests. The guests were exhausted and could have taken rest, instead were forced to find another hotel to accommodate them.
booking no.: [protected] and [protected]

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Booking.com false advertising

This is the third time Booking.com has completely lied in their ads about property they book. We were devastated when we arrived in a hideous room in Rio Maggiori Italy, with no electricity a dirty shared bathroom and bitten all night by bugs. We paid a higher than average rate for what was advertised as a room with a large balcony overlooking the ocean (which was also supposed to be "steps" to the beach) and instead were led for half-an-hour up a high hill into a tangle of bushes and dark overgrowth to find what I think was a storeroom. Second time we arrived in the middle of the night and were told that our dogs were not allowed to stay even though it was advertised as pet friendly by Booking.com. We spent hours going around looking for a room and finally found one a town away at 3:00 a..m This time they advertised a hotel in Fox Hills as Culver City even showing pictures of the center of town as if that is where it is located and naming all the places "nearby" . Not even close, its probably a 20 minute drive to Culver City. Further they advertised "parking available" but neglected to mention that it's $26 per night. Also it said the room came with breakfast but when they sent the confirmation it added that breakfast would cost $13.75 per person. What a scam!
I was actually unaware that I was even using them because I had logged onto Kyayk and didn't know that I was transferred to their site. I will be more careful in the future to avoid them and warn others to avoid them too. There are other travel booking sites that actually advertise accurately so you are not overcharged for shabby rooms in far away or dangerous areas when you think you are getting a nice room in a nice area with the amenities they say you're getting. They are a bunch of crooks. Beware.

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Booking.com hotel booking

I made a booking for Hotel with Booking.com. I arrived to Hotel Horizon Abuja Nigeria on December 17 to spend 3 nights. the reception said they had no record of my booking. i presented a copy of my reservation. They declined to accept and went on to charge me double the rate. Booking.com are impossible to communicate with and i was left with no hotel that first night. I was furious and would never again make any reservations with Booking.com

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Booking.com confirmed hotel room not available at arrival

I got my confirmation of booking via email on the 28.11.2017 15:59 from booking.com:

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1309.307.926

When I arrived at the hotel they told me that the hotel is fully booked and that they can't give me a hotel room. They also said that booking.com was giving by mistake to me this confirmation?
It was too late for me to find another hotel as all were booked so I was screwed this night.
I was more than angry about this and I will never again book through booking.com.

Thanks booking.com!

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Booking.com summit hotel dubai, uae

I booked from 10 to 30 january via booking. In summit hotel .
Confirmation number :[protected]

I had a free cancelation booking before 8 january and i found surprisingly the hotel charged me today 6th of january 249 dirhams? The conditions of the reservation was to pay at property and the credit card was to ensure that i will pay. Plus i was guaranteed a free cancelation.

I canceled the entire booking later on thinking something went wrong, and sent them an email asking for a refund. So they answered that they have the right to withdraw one night! This was never mentioned in the reservation, plus i wasnt asked before they use the credit card!
I find this totally unacceptable
I made another reservation as my visa has the info of the hotel
Kindly advice and i would like to have my money back
Best regards
Nirmeen el sayyad

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Booking.com shangri la, south coast, south africa

The advert for the accomodation was that booking could be made without any payment.However;as soon as the booking was made, the establishment kept bombarding me with e mails for payment. The deposit was paid and subsequently before l could book in on the 29th of December 2017, the balance was paid. I had to also pay for a cleaning service of R 250.00, which according to the website was a daily cleaning fee. When l subsequently asked about cleaning services, l was advised that the cleaning takes place after we book out. No cleaning detergents or implements were neither left for this purpose. I was also advised that a damages deposit of R 1000.00 was to be paid on booking in 29th December. When we arrived at the establishment, reception was not aware of our booking and after much fumbling the owner sent her maid to hand over the keys. I was under the impression that the deposit would be debited to my account, as many establishments do but the maid informed me that cash was needed. I informed her that l would go to the ATM and withdraw cash.l subsequently did withdraw the cash and sent the owner a message at 19.30 that l had been to the ATM amd have the damage deposit and someone could fetch it. However, by 12 H00 the following day no one had arrived for the deposit and we had to leave to a function. Earlier that morning l had opened to burglar guard gate only to find it falling off from the top end and the bottom was practically falling.l called my son who thought it better to leave the gate against the wall as it was very windy and the gate could have fallen over the balcony and caused much more serious damage. I immediately called the owner and informed her of this. She promised to send someone over to assess the gate and l assume that it was done after we had left on 30th December 2017. On the 31st prior to booking out, her maid again came to demand the deposit, which l paid.l was then informed that we are responsible for the repairs of the gate, which l denied as l was travelling with my two sons and niece and they had not ledt the apartment prior to me leaving on the 30th. The owner, Ms Mitasha Kanjee informed me that she would forward a quote and then remit the balance of my deposit after 3 to 4 days. She has to date failed to revert either with a quote or the balance of my deposit. She has since refused to take my calls nor has she answered my e mails. Booking dot com needs to verify credentials of people using their facility as it is clear Ms Kanjee does not operate from an ethical and professional manner. Kindly assist to get the courtesy of a response from her. Ms S.Pillay

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Booking.com booking number:[protected]

Dear resolver group,

I booked an apartment in Vienna Heart of Vienna "Opera House" Studio and for my surprise they charged me without my consent for additional 48€

I did all the screenshots while booking the apartment, and nowhere was any such fee mentioned.
I feel scammed!
I already wrote to the apartment owner about asking to refund my booking because their fee wasn't included during the booking procedure

I expect to have my booking cancelled with full refund and Booking app to prevent such scamming from happening again

The additional fee is not included in the important details, only the fee for smoking in the apartment 300€

Thank you
Best regards,
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Booking.com unclear website

Dear Sirs,

I proceeded to book a classic double room for 2 guests on the booking.com website yesterday, 3rd January 2018, before confirming the booking I was given a breakdown of the hotel details. I proceeded with the booking once I checked the details, and confirmed that I was happy with the non-refundable cancellation policy and we were to pay at the property.

Upon receiving the confirmation email, I scrolled down to ensure all details were correct. At this point I noticed that the confirmation email stated 'single use'. I have evidence that the confirmation page on the website does not state 'single use'.

I contacted booking.com immediately to advise them. I spoke to a very helpful gentle, Joshua. Joshua contacted the hotel whilst I was on hold, however, the reservation department was closed until this morning. Joshua told me to call back in the morning, so that is what I did. I spoke to a very unhelpful lady called Megan Pay. She advised me that the hotel are prepared to add an extra guest to the room but at an additional cost of €160.00. I am not prepared to pay this as the website is very unclear.

I am also unable to cancel as the cancellation fee is the full amount. I also found on the website that I can book directly with the hotel for cheaper, however, I would have to pay upfront. That is not possible at this time.

I really need a response as soon as possible before I pass this matter on to my Solicitor to deal with.

Please see attached evidence that the confirmation on booking.com did not state 'single use' whilst I was booking.

I look forward to hearing from you as a matter of urgency.

Kind regards,

Mollie Ellerman
On behalf of Anthony Ellerman

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Booking.com booking cancellation number [protected]

Confirmation number: [protected]
Pin code: 4613
Your booking has been successfully cancelled for free
Dear stephanie la,
We can confirm that your reservation at huahin beach luxury condominium has been cancelled. you don't need to take further action, but if you have any queries for the property, their contact details are: +[protected].
Huahin beach luxury condominium
Khao tao, thailand cancelled
Phone: +[protected]
Email property
Check-in monday 1 january 2018
Check-out thursday 4 january 2018
Terms of cancellation cost
Huahin beach luxury condominium has agreed to waive the cancellation fee on this occasion. you will not be charged for this cancellation.
Total cancellation cost: thb 13000 thb 0

The hotel has not refunded me in full even though I have received confirmation above.

Please help refund me asap because I want to close this out asap

Its not fair to customers to have to chase their refunds.

No one at customer. [protected]@booking.com is helping me about this refund and I am extremely disappointed because I have used your website many times.

I will contact better business bureau to resolve this if you are unable to assist thanks.

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Booking.com cancellation assistance

I am trying to cancel a reservation and the hotel (riff hotel chelsea ny) is trying to charge me $200.00, the cancellation is well within 24hrs, can booking.com assist me in this? the cancellation was made due to the hotel being so dirty and the health risk to my four young kids.
Confirmation number: [protected]
Pin code: 2078
Riff hotel chelsea ny [protected]

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Booking.com ramada

I am sending you a complaint from me regarding the Ramada Encore Ribalta hotel not refund me a sum despite although there is a free cancellation on the grounds and they said to me that i should inform your esteemed company.
More over that the rooms are not identical to the international standards and the rooms very tightness
then I referring the balcony they said that it is on the top floor when i go there I did not even find a chair to sit on it
So the name of this hotel was exploited by them and its not classification five stars and the quality of the food presented is not varied and they said it for show only
As a result of all these circumstances
I requested for cancellation the reservation.

Confirmation Number: [protected]
Please raise this complaint with your officials

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Dec 30, 2017 4:10 pm EST

I am sending you a complaint from me about the Ramada Hotel does not refund me an amount despite the existence of a free cancellation on the grounds that you must inform your esteemed company in addition to the non - conformity of the standards in addition to the tightness of the rooms and not identical to the pictures on the site of booking when asked where the porch and said In the upper floor and did not find even a chair to sit on it was exploited the name of this hotel, although it is known internationally and its classification is five stars and the quality of food presented is not varied and there are no varieties and when I arrived on the fruit runway told me it is for show only And the result of all these circumstances so I asked for the cancellation of the reservation and insisted on it and went please raise this complaint to your officials cancellation no [protected] and
My confirmation
Confirmation Number: [protected]

PIN code: 1170

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Booking.com identity theft

On 26DEC2017 (us eastern) saw a charge from booking.com for a hotel in Europe. I proceeded to call my bank and report fraud and cancel the card. My fiance, who's card number was stolen then called bookings customer care. They said they would see about canceling it and call back. They took her name and number, along with her email to send the original conformation email. That email was in italian. The next day, we called and was told that they never contacted the hotel but would now and would call us back. Today, 28DEC2017 (EST), we called again. This time she was told that the hotel won't cancel and if they do, we owe the cancellation fee, plus a 200 dollar fee to bookings. She got off the phone and I called. I spoke to Hercules, who told me the email, name and phone number are hers now, so it's not fraud any more. He also informed me that they remote accessed my "IP address" and it will match.

So now it's not only identity theft and fraud, but your company is profiting from the fraud. This is unacceptable. I have already filed with the European better business bureau. And to have your company be complicit in frauding anyone is reprehensible.

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Booking.com against hotel shree radhe sadan

Sir, i booked a room 3 days ago as planned to reach here(Dwarka).
When i reached dwarka. I went to hotel they told me that booking.com guys could do anything it doesn't mean that we will give you room. And they talk in many disrespectful manner and due to these we took hotel in other room it cost us much more than oir budget..

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Booking.com hotel sai aashish and bhavani

They didn't give us proper service. They said that they will.drop us from bus stand as we r new in maharashtra so we were tention free.but when we reach in bus stand and call to them then they didn't pick call we call them atleast 30 to 40 times .we were waiting in sunlight but thanks to Oyo app. They help us .We will put this complain in consumer forum.

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Booking.com cancellation policy

December 19, 2017-logged on to Booking.com to cancel my reservation with the Heritage Hotel in NYC and I was able to, but not without paying a $125 cancellation fee. I never received the email confirmation and the booking process said free cancellation with no penalty.
Spoke with Amy at the Heritage Hotel in New York City, they would not waive the cancellation penalty. Booking.com was no help either. I'm sure the Heritage Hotel will have no trouble filling the room, they'll get my $125 and their current internet rate at almost double the price.
I would like the Heritage to refund the penalty since I canceled within 48 hours and never received the confirmation email.

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Booking.com charging me with an invalid credit card

I never believed in reservation throw the Internet, but this is the way it works these days.
I made a reservation throw Booking.com by end of Sep, 2017 for the new year eve in Dubai at Hyatt regency hotel for 10 days, at that time the price was 3300$ for 2 rooms 3 adults 2 child, at the 2nd of Dec, I got an email from booking.com telling me that (you credit card is invalid) update or add new one, so I provide them with new credit card, 3rd of Dec, I get an email (credit card update successfully), at 8th of Dec, got an email from Hyatt regency says that my reservation was cancelled because of an invalid credit card, at this time the hotels prices were very high double or treble, and I had to make another reservation at another hotel because I was already bought the airplane tickets, and I pied for the new reservation 6000 $, at 10th of Dec, I got a massage from my bank with the first credit card says that I was charged 3000$ and I don't know way!
Allow me to say this... either booking.com cannot control their serves or the hotel did not like the price I take from them or from booking.com and they want to change it, and how did they charged me with 3000$ and they send me an email that I had invalid credit card.

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Booking.com I made booking for tower regency studio suite through booking.com. on 15 and 16 dec

Booking.com sent me an e-mail to state bookings confirmed. Unfortunately when I arrived on 15th, the studio suit thatbI booked was not available. I called Booking.com and they said that is not their problem. According to them it is between the hotel and customer. Is that true? Booking.com gets a fee for and does not take responsibility of the matter. I think it is very irresponsible of them. My advice is DO NOT TRUST booking.com.

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Booking.com the room provided does not include most of the facilities provided at the time of booking

This hotel has one room with promised facilities but they provide it to other people and customers are provided with basic room once we arrived. When we checked in little late we do not have much options to change the hotel. I booked this hotel for two nights 17 and 18 Dec 2017. Thisara ECO Rest & Safari Yala 3km pole sella kataragama road kataragama . I'll be closely following up your actions against this complaint. My email is [protected]@yahoo.com
Thank you.

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