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Hotels.com hotel liberty paris reservation, has, bed bugs, blood stains and poop on walls bedding and curtains.

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I stayed at hotel liberty in Paris and when I arrived in my room it seemed fine upon inspection I noticed their was blood on the curtains.
Poop stains on the bed, the towels had pubic hair on them. And the room was not as described. I stayed the night anyways as had nowhere else to go.
I woke up with bedbug bites all over my entire body . Over 30 bedbug bites.
The reception made me pay extra for changing rooms and when I had a friend over for coffee she stopped my friend rudly and called me and said it's against the law in France to have any visitors in hotels
Then she tried to call me and accused me of taking a poop in the sink
Of all things to accuse someone of what the hell is that?
I requested a refund and they denied me.
And I called hotel .com and they wouldn't help me
I want a refund this room destroyed my skin I have bites everywhere and probably have contracted scabies from this hotel.
Please fix this.
Worst customer service I have ever seen in a hotel and most dirty and gross hotel I've ever stayed in. I only use hotels.com for my reservations and they have no way to contact anyone for a refund.
This is terrible business practice.
The blonde lady at reception is also so rude and she should not be working in a customer service industry

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Hotels.com incorrect location

I made a booking for a hotel listed under the North Rim grand canyon. This location was actually in the South Rim grand canyon which is a 4 hour drive away. My reservation was not cancelled after contacting the hotel, Hotels.com customer service as well as the central booking office for the hotel. I am seeking full reimbursement for this booking based on misinformation given on the main (hotels.com) website home screen.

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Hotels.com failure to provide a refund

In August 2018 I booked a night at Estancia La Bamba de Areco in Argentina via Hotels.com for 28/3/19. I did so on the express understanding from the Hotels.com website that I could cancel free of charge up to a couple of days before the reserved date. On 18/3/19 my plans changed, and I contacted Hotels.com about a cancellation. I was assured, in writing, that I could cancel free of any charge, and would get a refund of 890 dollars.

No refund was paid. When I took this up with Hotels.com, they denied any responsibility, saying that they were simply a third party, and it was up to the hotel to decide if I would get a refund.

In numerous exchanges with them in the last few weeks, they have ignored the explicit assurances I was given at the time of booking and of cancellation.

I find their behaviour dishonest and would advise anyone not to use them

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Hotels.com customer service

This company is a disgrace and should be shut down. Customer service does not exist within those walls. They are nothing but disrespect, homophobic trash. The incompetence is knee deep. Almost all amenities missing . I'm so curious and it's beyond angry because 24 hours later I'm still in Antigone the resolution from the get-go and they cannot go through with it all I got is hung up on and nothing back

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Hotels.com failure to honour commitment to give a refund

In August 2018 I reserved a room for 1 night for 28/3/18 at a luxury estancia near Buenos Aires (La Bamba de Areco), on the explicit understanding from the Hotels.com website that cancellation would be free of charge up to a couple of days before the reserved date. My plans changed in March, and I contacted Hotels.com on 18/3/19 about a cancellation. I was given an explicit assurance from their "chatbot" that I would receive a full refund of US 890, and, on that understanding, I proceeded to cancel.

When I had received no refund 6 weeks later, I contacted Hotels.com. In a series of e-mail exchanges, they kept denying that cancellation would be free of any charge up to a couple of days before the reserved date, claiming instead that there would be a full charge, subject to the hotel's discretion, within 30 days of the reserved date. And they keep ignoring the fact that I had been assured by their website that I would receive a full refund.

I am sick to death of their continued lying, and ignoring what THEY had told me.

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Hotels.com [protected] confirmation

We were booked to stay at the Roxbury Suites hotel on May 15, 2018. We arrived at the hotel around 9 pm but it was closed. The entire town was in a black out due to a tornado. We could not even see the hotel from the road. We were still billed for this and want to be reimbursed. The confirmation code with hotels.com is [protected]

Thank you
Shannon
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Hotels.com hotel stay cancelled

On 23rd March 2019 I made a booking for a one night stay at a Quality Inn for 16th April 2019 through hotels.com. I cancelled it straight away (within minutes) and NEVER received a confirmation of this stay at the time that I usually receive. Before booking another hotel (through hotels.com) I went onto live chat and received confirmation that it had been cancelled. So i made another booking (at a Country Inn through hotels.com, reservation number [protected]) but was still charged $79 (on 17th April) for my 'cancelled' booking. I want the refund of $79 back. My email is [protected]@hotmail.com.

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May 16, 2019 10:20 am EDT

I have spent about an hour on another live chat with 'customer service' who said "the system wont allow me to make the refund". The steroetypical "the computer says no" response. Shame on you hotels.com

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5:23 am EDT
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Hotels.com hotel reservation

5/12/2019 2:08am
My phone # [protected]
Tried booking a room with price match policy on agoda.com, spoke with norel, jack, andrew in sales each time the line got disconnected before transaction was complete, none call me back to follow up in reservation completion. I called back telling their staff on prey experience jude was rude & said they can not price match hung up on me. I call back talked to dee & raffi, raffi put me on silence because she think my frustration bothered her, she won't talk to me or help me or transfer the call to another's to help. I start making the call at 11:47pm until 2am on 5/12/2019. Over 2 hours of madness, why hotels.com hire unprofessional & untrained people & drive business away? My excitement of booking a vacation became anger, totally ruins the intent of giving hotels.com business.

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3:33 pm EDT
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Hotels.com welcome rewards

Hi, I am looking for any help with a resolution. My daughter is graduating high school and I have been saving up my rewards to cash in all at once. Not counting the pending nights, I have 87 welcome rewards.
In February, we were driving to California and I tried to log into my account and noticed I couldn't get in. Finally called hotels.com and they said my email had been changed. It was an email that was NOT mine, so they said, no worries your booking is fine, we will fix it. I did stay at the hotel without any issues. On my drive home, I called again and they said they would fix my email issue. I have called other times, but these are the ones I documented. 2/21, 2/25, 3/8 and finally on 3/14 I called and spoke to an agent casey that advised me to open a new account with a new email and then they would merge the two accounts. I did that while on the phone with her. She told me they would merge the accounts within 72 hours and I would have access to my rewards.
Called 3/25 spoke with Paul who transferred me to manager Basti. Said he sees the 3/14 documentation but it was never processed. assures me in 72 hours, it will be dealt with and complete.
3/25 call for 26 minutes, he called welcome rewards back office, says manually verifying each night and since there are 87 nights, it takes awhile, but rest assured, nights will not be lost.
Old account #[protected] [protected]@cox.net
new account #[protected] [protected]@gmail.com
4/4 spoke to Rose she said it all looks good, just taking awhile due to number of nights.
4/17 spoke to greg on gold team. Confirmed 87 nights to transfer, give it 72 hours
4/29 Angelo said its all documented and taken care of, give 72 hours
5/1 account was noted as complete but transfer issue
5/7 Floyd verified accounts, said merge was done, they should post in 48 hours
5/9/19 was on phone over 2 hours. Spoke to jenine said old account has been closed and no access to verify. 35 minute hold them transferred and dropped call, not return call as promised. Called again spoke to Nize, 27 minute hold transferred to Cathy (manager) 47 minute hold, transfer to Heart, she said its out of her control, send an email to consumer relations@hotels.com. I did that with no response.
Please help as this is horrible customer service for someone that has been loyal and either a silver or gold member for years. Please reach out and help me resolve this issue so I can book my long awaited family vacation.
[protected]@gmail.com or [protected]

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Hotels.com customer service

I spoke with a couple representatives tonight about a stay I previously had, staff was rude and had bugs in the room, would not reimburse me so I had an agent promise me 200usd credit towards my next booking, I been hung up on by supervisors and treat poorly! This is the worst i've ever in countered,
Would never book through hotels.com until my money is handled properly! Hotels.com needs to listen to phone calls and fire poor customer service agents

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May 10, 2019 3:42 pm EDT
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I agree, I am dealing with an issue myself. Did you get any response or resolution?

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4:56 am EDT

Hotels.com dishonesty about being able to cancel free of any charges

I booked 1 room in a luxury estancia, La Bamba de Areco, in August 2018 for 28/3/19, via Hotels.com. I did so on the explicit understanding from their website that cancellation upon to a couple of days before the reserved date would involve no charges/costs. My plans changed in March, and on 18/3/19 I cancelled the reservation. Before confirming the cancellation, I was expressly assured by the Hotels.com "chatbot" that I would receive reimbursement of US dollars 890. I have received no refund, and Hotels.com are now saying that any reimbursement is up to the hotel in question - expressly ignoring the assurances I received in August 2018 and on 18/2/19.

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Hotels.com price match guarantee policy

I had booked with hotels.com for my trip to Las Vegas (4/26/2019~4/28/2019) although I saw lower rate on Agoda.com because Hotels.com offered price match "guarantee" policy. However, when I submit my request to their customer service, it's being denied/rejected with excuses like "oh... the rate that's showing on Agonda.com does not include fees and taxes. Also your captured screen shot does not include cancellation policy." Fist of all, Hotels.com charged separate amount for taxes and fees. Mine was 134.48 on top of 251.28 per night per room. In addition, on the page where you submit your price guarantee request does NOT require you to capture cancellation policy.
(My captured screen shot does show room type, number of guests, check in & out dates).

https://www.hotels.com/customer_care/pillar/price_guarantee.html

However, when I spoke with 3 different CS managers, the responses were "You did not follow our policy and other customers are doing it the right way" It seems they are just trying to come up with excuses not to deliver what's being advertised on their website.

My desirable resolution would be a refund on rate difference.
- Hotels.com: $251.28
- Agoda.com: $209.00
- 2 rooms for 2 night - I should get a refund of $169.12

This is beyond acceptable customer service on hotels.com, and I'm really disappointed by how their "managers" handled this situation.

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Hotels.com refund not received / unethical behaviour

I had booked two different hotels for the same dates (from 11.03 to 13.03) using the Hotels.com platform .

I canceled one of the bookings shortly after, by realizing the mistake. Then I saw that the refund was only partial. It was refunded 26, 86€ out of 134, 29€.

I am a frequent customer of the hotel "Seibel" and usually book through Hotels.com. I suggested that either they should provide the full refund or use these nights as credit for another time, since I regularly stay at the same hotel.

The hotel "Seibel" had confirmed that they did not receive any money from Hotels.com. On the other side, Hotels.com says that they cannot provide the rest of the refund because they cannot reach "Seibel" hotel, although Seibel hotel already contacted and informed them!

It seems that Hotels.com is trying to avoid the refund and being unethical. It has been already almost 2 months that I am trying to get this amount back, without success.

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Hotels.com rewards program

Not accommodating with rewards program. Unaware of the expiration date and due to health crisis my rewards expired. When I tried to redeem it was 2 months past expiration date and the supposedly had "nothing we can do about that". Poor service. There is something they can do...but they chose not to. I understand having policies surrounding rewards; however, there should be some consideration for the loyal customers...but no.

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Hotels.com cancelling partial reservations

On Feb. 15th, 2019 I booked 2 rooms. 2 Kings for 2 nights at the La Quinat in Tyler Texas. Email confirmation #[protected]. On April 10th, 2019 I revised the reservations. Changed one king to 2 queens (same date and same number of nights). Also got an email showing the same confirmation #, along with the changes I requested.
The day of arrival (Arpil 19th) I was informed that part of my reservation was cancelled. I now only had one room reserved through Hotels.com. My request of change was never made. My traveling was changed from 3 adults, to 3 adults and 2 children. Now I have no reservation for my children. I called Hotels.com, which was a complete night mare. At 1st I was informed that Hotels.com would find me another location for the other part of my family. I chose this location because I am not from the area and it was close to the venue of the wedding I was going to attend. To place part of my family in another location was a ludicrous idea. Quiet appalling if you ask me. We traveled in one vehicle, and to ask me to split us up is pure stupidity. I talked to the hotel manager and he showed me a room with a king and a pull out couch that could accommodate my children. While on the phone, I informed Hotels.com that they have something else to accommodate me. For the next hour, I was told over and over again that this location did not have 2 queens and they would find me another location. I told customer service over and over, that I was not going to another location, that I wanted to take what they had to offer. Poor, poor customer service. Four times I was put on hold for over an hour so that the hotel could be called to see what they could do for me. All along the manger at the hotel and I were telling the customer service the same thing. At this point, over an hour on the phone is unacceptable service to resolve this matter. I requested more than once that the room they cancelled and never rebooked be paid for by Hotels.com. I was only given the difference of $80. I couldn't even check in because of all the drama and back and forth, I was pressed for time and had to be at a rehearsal that had close to no cell reception. I could not check in until 8:30 pm when I got back to the area. Time was taken away from me. My children had to see how much stress I was under, they could not understand. And as a result, I wasn't even given inadequate compensation. This has been a terrible experience, and I travel a lot. I booked this 2 months out, and to only given $80 off a bill that was over $400 is not enough. Bottom line, someone did not do their job correctly. I feel as though I should not have to pay for the room that was cancelled and not rebooked on your end.
I am available for further questions.
Nataly Desouzaneto
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May 12, 2019 1:02 pm EDT

Was given a "blanket" response at first. Requested it be re read, was told there is no resolution. Have made complaint with BBB, Consumer affairs, next step, small claims court.

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Apr 22, 2019 3:57 pm EDT

No resolution yet

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5:50 pm EDT

Hotels.com failed to provide refund within provides timeline

We booked the wrong room. Had it canceled and was told the refund was processed within ten minutes. We were told by both the hotel and hotels.com it would be refunded within 7 buisness days. It's now been 8 we contacted hotels.com to find out that they never processed it and said we weren't eligible for a refund. They cleared that up and told us we would have to wait another 7 possibly 14 buisness days. We asked them to expedite the process because they never intended on refunding us which is shady and we asked to speak to our persons superior. She refused to give us anything except the general customer relations email and wouldn't let us speak to upper management. Her name Maria Carmela, after asking again to talk to her superiors ended our chat abruptly. Don't trust hotels.com or their customer service.

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Hotels.com hotels.com

I made a booking using your web page for 6 nights at the Berkshire hotel in London. my confirmation no is [protected] for R38 799.39. You can imagine my dismay when i went onto the hotel sight to find I could have booked directly through the hotel for R32 000 and have a better room and that it included breakfast. I have emailed before and asked for a response. Please reply Carren Emary

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Hotels.com refusal of refund

2 days ago, I called the toll free number for hotels.com to speak with a customer service agent "Jessica" after leaving a hotel I reserved for 5 nights in the Los Angels, CA area. I checked out due to the on-site hotel having construction and due to the noise I couldn't sleep. I went on 2 nights with only 8 hours of sleep. Horrible experience and reserved another hotel for 2 more days. Once I arrived to that new hotel, I found out they too had onsite construction and called to cancel my reservation and requested a refund. The agent then refused to book me on another hotel then once I spoke to her manager they confirmed they will refund me the money with no additional charges. I said, "good bye" and hung up the phone, 2 days later I haven't received any email confirmation and call just now to find out why and confirm that the refund was still active, I ended up talking to the same horrible agent (now with a crummy attitude) and she said they we're un able to complete the refund due to me hanging up. I explained to her in the English language once a customer calls for a complaint and they confirm the problem is done and the customer says "goodbye", it means the call is done. She then continued to insist I hung up with no notice and explained again, "I said Goodbye" which meant we were done with the call. Its been two days now, with 6 confirmations saying they will refund my money which I just now received a email conformation that they are processing my refund. This call center has people that are hard to understand, Can't make out what they area saying due to a broken language and they come with horrible attitudes like teenage kids who chuckle at you, interrupt and say, "yeah, go ahead and make the complaint, do what you want". Horrible service, do not call these guys if youre upset because you will get nowhere with them, even after they confirm a refund on the phone over 5 times and you hang up saying goodbye. The staff there should not have a job in customer service

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horrible experience in Italy. we were travelling as a family of 4 and booked a b&b in Palermo for 20th june. when arrived to this place called YUDINA B&B in Palermo, the owner looked at the confirmation and refused to give us room as we only paid £24 as shown on hotels.com website. He demanded extra £50 . contacted customer service numerous times and spoke to most unprofessional people. Its very hard to understand them as they are speaking in broken English and very rude on the phone. there was no help/advice from hotels.com at that point. After wasting 2 hours, I ended up paying extra £50 to this B&B to save time and frustration with the family. I was using hotels.com from last 2 years, but now after this experience decided to use booking.com instead.

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I scheduled an overnight stay in oxford ohio at hampton suites. I got there at 11 pm and was told there was no room reserved, yet hotels.com still had us as not having canceled. We had to waste an hour trying to find an alternative hotel. We are now staying in a disgusting hotel that cost even more than the hampton suites. All we were offered was a $75 voucher. I am most unhappy and plan to leave scathing reviews everywhere. There are cum stains on the couch in this room. Totally disgusting!

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Hotels.com Double booking/ refusal to refund

Hello
I was messaging one of your agents last night but have lost record of case number and name of agent.

I am very unhappy with the service I received at this hotel.

I booked a room at Campanile Laon on your app, but somehow booked it twice. The hotel is refusing to refund. Your agent told me he would help with this, but today the hotel tells me they cannot refund

Please help
Andy

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Mar 03, 2022 12:10 am EST
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I opened the headers and bodies of each email of communication.

After reading through the headers especially, they displayed information which made me realise I was scammed. That same night I received an email from them. The contents of email is below with my reply…

I refuse to answer any of your calls, I am forwarding all the information Re emails bodies and headers to be investigated.

You have not attempted to call me prior to you cancelling my booking as stated in your email, the booking was cancelled at your end, I have all the documentation.

Warmest Regards,

Tracey H

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On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 12:29 am, International Processing wrote:

Dear Paul

Thank you for contacting (Transaction Processing/Revenue Protection). We are currently investigating your inquiry. Please provide us with a telephone number and a recommended time to contact you.

Sincerely,

Hotels.com Transaction Processing

• The next morning ALL of the money was returned into the bank.

• USE AN EMAIL PROVIDER WHO PROVIDES THE HEADER AND BODIE FOR YOUR EMAILS.

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