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Originally posted by darmack darmack wrote:

2 places have cancelled on me for Paris. Had to pay a bit more and got something on booking.com. I'm fearing that Bordeaux and Lille might do the same. But I've booked them back in December or January so I'm thinking they would have already done it by now.


A place on Hostelbookers cancelled on me in Amsterdam. Luckily I was able to get sorted elsewhere but the prices had shot through the roof since booking it last December.


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2 places have cancelled on me for Paris. Had to pay a bit more and got something on booking.com. I'm fearing that Bordeaux and Lille might do the same. But I've booked them back in December or January so I'm thinking they would have already done it by now.
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Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Reading on the Northern Ireland forum that some of their fans are having their bookings cancelled.  Presumably the owners have managed to rent for better money.  Anyone on here caught?

I'm still annoyed over being scammed in Brazil.


Nah, not yet anyway.

If either of them do, they'll be getting a nice brick through their window when I get there tho.
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Reading on the Northern Ireland forum that some of their fans are having their bookings cancelled.  Presumably the owners have managed to rent for better money.  Anyone on here caught?

I'm still annoyed over being scammed in Brazil.
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Keep an eye out for accounts that are just recently set up and that have multiple houses with prices too good to be true.
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No your right.....the point im making is you need to be careful. Alot if places are booked out and will give rise to more be People being desperate for accommodation and taking chances
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Skipper that is completely different to Airbnb .You don't pay anything to the owner up front nor give them a deposit.
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one of the scams I see are places for rent in say Italy/Spain etc when you contact them to rent they will say they are the owner and are abroad at the moment in another country but they have a leasing company to handle the property and give you a number for them usually in another country again....this leasing company (fake) need a deposit of 1k€ and to save administration fees etc it's best to use western union etc and you guessed it you just sent money to some scammer

They even have websites set up for these fake leasing agents

Here is a FAKE one based on a real Irish company
http://www.ceppip.com/services.html (safe to open just don't contact them note the address is in Ireland but they are all UK details elseware)

Here is the real Irish estate agent they copied: http://www.castles.ie (again note the address)


IF IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS........GET A SECOND OPINION OR LOOK INTO THE PROPERTY .....AIRBNB has ratings use them like you use eBay ratings
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I have booked air bnb for both of the bordeaux and lille games I am staying in bordeaux for 5 nights and got that for around 467 euro full apartment for the 3 of us and then for lille we have an apartment in the city centre for 2 nights for around 200 euro I would hope that none of these scam stories are true
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

[QUOTE=Salzburglilly] Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
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Persecution complex much? You had a rant at people for trying to save money. Everyone is allowed a different opinion (even if yours is a load of sh*t). Statements like anyone using AirBnB deserves to be ripped off and my personal favourite "Crusties trying to make or save a few bob should cop on and think of the food they are taking out of the mouths of hotel owners and their staff......just so they can save a few Euro.
" aren't going to endear you to anyone. It seems you're the one intolerant of anyone doing anything differently.

So where have you booked and what ave you paid?
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

[QUOTE=Salzburglilly] Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:


jaysus!...although they are head and shoulders better than hotels.con where its a nightmare trying to get a deposit back from a 'free cancellation' hotel booking. I've been emailing back and forth for the past two months trying to get €520 back. at least with booking.con it took one phone call and money was back on my card in 24 hours.

As far as I know booking.con doesn't generally take deposits on free cancellation bookings.  In fact as far as I know they never take any money direct from the customer.  You pay the hotel in full and booking.con sends the hotel an invoice for it's commission.  This way you, the customer, never find out that booking.con is ripping you off by taking up to 35% of what you pay.
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[QUOTE=Salzburglilly] Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
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DAY 5......of the witch hunt and abuse for having a ddifferent opinion and outlook to tthe great and good of YBIG. Nice. Great bunch of lads altogether.

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Originally posted by Just saying like Just saying like wrote:

I use sites like AIRBNB and VRBO regularly and generally find them very
satisfactory.  I also use booking.com for hotel bookings and I was
shocked to learn recently just how manipulative and anti competitive
that site is.  Apparently the prominence of a hotel's listing on
booking.con is determined by the rate of commission the hotel pays to
them.  When signing up the hotel decides how much commission to pay
starting at a minimum 15% and going up to 35% and the higher they go the
more prominently their hotel is displayed.  Hotels are precluded from
selling direct to the public at prices below the booking.con rates and
booking.con regularly make test calls to hotels to see if they are
breaking the rules.  So next time you pay €100 to a booking.con hotel be
aware that the hotel may only be getting 65% of what you are paying.  
jaysus!...although they are head and shoulders better than hotels.con where its a nightmare trying to get a deposit back from a 'free cancellation' hotel booking. I've been emailing back and forth for the past two months trying to get €520 back. at least with booking.con it took one phone call and money was back on my card in 24 hours.

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Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
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I use sites like AIRBNB and VRBO regularly and generally find them very satisfactory.  I also use booking.com for hotel bookings and I was shocked to learn recently just how manipulative and anti competitive that site is.  Apparently the prominence of a hotel's listing on booking.con is determined by the rate of commission the hotel pays to them.  When signing up the hotel decides how much commission to pay starting at a minimum 15% and going up to 35% and the higher they go the more prominently their hotel is displayed.  Hotels are precluded from selling direct to the public at prices below the booking.con rates and booking.con regularly make test calls to hotels to see if they are breaking the rules.  So next time you pay €100 to a booking.con hotel be aware that the hotel may only be getting 65% of what you are paying.  
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