Booking.com deposit. I’ve got an upcoming booking for a flat in the UK that was secured through booking.com. The property state that there is a security deposit that I need to pay prior to arrival and that they’ll send me a link to complete that. Obviously this has got me questioning this practice, especially since it’s well accepted that any transactions conducted …
Don’t trust Booking.com! (There may be scammers) Today I received an email that seemed like phishing all over. What made me give it the benefit of the doubt was that it came from the official booking (and the email appeared in the app). Censored link as it contain my personal information Again, my initial thought was that this was phishing, but it seemed weird that it came from the hotel th…
How’s that the same booking in booking.com is always more expensive from Germany? I’ve seen this over and over, last occurrence was checking a place in Vienna and the price I would get from booking.com was 1400 euros for 3 nights where as a friend of mine from Sweden would show him for 11000sek ( less than 1k euro ). Its a complete ripoff and it cant be just taxes, come on.. submitted by /u/kyiv_star
Left mediocre Booking.com review and now B&B owner chats me and tells me I am killing her :/ Just got back from a wonderful 9-day trip in Italy. We went to Umbria for a few days and to Sicily. I was pleasantly surprised by the economical prices of lodging where we traveled. For example, we stayed in a restored medieval building in a hill town steps from the town square with incredible views of the surrounding valley for $110 (Euros) a n…
Booking.com Account Hacked? Hey, I think my booking.com Account was Hacked. Yesterday in the night i got some Strange Mails that my E-Mail adress was changed from somewhere in Singapure. After that all my bookings were canceled and When i Open the app they are also canceled. Lastly my Genius Level was reset and all my account information are gone. What i don’t understand …
PSA – apparently booking.com was hacked, so if you received message about problem with your payment/card/etc., you can ignore it. Your reservation is most likely fine. I called to confirm if my reservation went through or not. It was fine. They informed me that booking.com was hacked. If you have uBlock Origin (exact name) extension, clicking on their link in the message should have been automatically blocked and said that the website is unavailable. Their fake Instagram w…
Is there some trick to booking longer rail routes in Europe? Do you usually need to buy multiple tickets? Hey guys, so I’m planning a ski trip to Zermatt this coming winter. I know that Geneva and Zurich would definitely be the more conventional options to flight into, however, the city I am in (Saint Louis) doesn’t have nonstop service to these places, and it’s been tricky to find decent flights. However, we do have direct flights to Frankfurt! I …
Issues with a hotel booked via booking.com Hi all, Booked a hotel and sent them a message about late check in as they asked on their page. I received no response, so sent more messages, sent messages on Facebook, and also tried to call them but couldn’t get through. Now my free refund has expired and I still can’t get in touch with them – should I just give up and book another hotel or g…
Should I avoid “private host/new to site” listing on Booking.com or book with them? So I’ve been traveling for a short while and in about a week will be heading over to Europe, starting with Paris. I’m on a bit of a budget but wanted to splurge a little on a private place for myself. Obviously because its paris, everything private is expensive, except for a couple of listings which are “new to Booking.com” and therefore have no…
What happened to Agoda/Booking.com? Both used to be my go-to booking sites, but now I’m hearing so many horror stories from accommodations and guests. Trustpilot reviews are not exactly reassuring either with both hovering around a terrible 1.3-1.5/5 score. What happened? submitted by /u/Murky_Onion3770
Booking.com host accusing me of causing damage and trying to scam me for 300 euro, Booking.com being useless. What to do? Hi there I was just in Naples and booked an apartment from a place with a 7.7 rating. Terrible instructions for self-check in meant it took me 30 minutes to get in the door and when I did I found the shower door completely shattered. They sent someone to clean up the glass and there were exactly two minutes between me telling the host I was in t…
Booking.com scam is still going around Somehow, scammers are able to access or impersonate hotels through booking.com and are able to send us messages through their official messaging service between you and the hotel. This means that you will get an email notification from booking.com’s official email address noreply@booking.com with all of your relevant reservation information incl…
Booking.com scam Received an email from a booked hotel requesting for a credit card verification. It came from the hotel through booking.com, so it seems the hotel’s account has been hacked. No spelling errors and the message was quite convincing. I received an email a couple of hours after the scam message with the attached screenshot. submitted by /u/My…
Should I give this place a bad review on booking.com or message the property privately? I booked a room on booking.com for one night for myself and my partner. We just needed somewhere to sleep for a few hours as our apartment move in date was pushed back a day. We booked a budget option in North Sydney for 117 AUS. The hosts messaged us with the usual check in instructions, stating that this was a room in a shared house with a com…
Tried booking a surprise trip for parents ran into the issue that the person that paid needs to be present..how to bypass or fix issue So I wanted to book a one week vacation for my parents to Mexico as a surprise trip and an all-inclusive hotel. When I went to pay for the hotel I was reading through the fine print and It had to the effect of the person paying will need to present their ID and credit card at the hotel. I called the hotel directly, and explained what I was tryin…
Booking.com message requesting card verification – scam? I booked and prepaid a hotel in Japan 3 months ago, and today I received a request through messaging on the website saying that they need to verify my credit card number. I asked for clarification through booking.com messaging since I’ve prepaid and this is the response that I got: “Dear guest, this is not a prepayment, it is a card verification…
Is Booking.com full of scam bookings My wife runs a self contained annexe at our home, as a holiday let. For the last couple of years she’s been having real issues with seemingly fake / very dubious bookings coming through on BdotC. She got so fed up with it (and their non existent customer service) that she froze her account. Last week it was opened back up, following discussions …
Fake accommodation listings on Booking.com So I have been using Booking.com for many years and have probably booked 100 places through them across the world without any problems. I am currently in SE Asia and have been noticing a lot of fake listings. It’s often hotels that have shut down, but someone has created a new listing for them or its a duplicate listing where the photos are stol…
MGM Resorts is facing ‘ongoing’ cyber incident that sent reservation and booking systems offline The casino and lodging operator said that its gaming operations were back online but gave no update on lodging or restaurant reservations.
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