A pre-paid hotel dilemma

[dessiato]

I didn't realise that there was a surge in people "desperately in need of a hotel room" in Amsterdam recently.

《Insert Christmas themed joke about Joseph and Mary needing a room.》

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

If lots of people did this, then smart businesses would start thinking about putting some sort of formal mechanism in place whereby the canceller receives a kickback if the hotel manages to re-/double-book the room.

When I started in travel the hotels claimed to only charge the no-show if they couldn't re-sell the room. Then they realised they could just get away with charging regardless and so now always do, unless there is a major reason such as weather stopping folk from travelling, and even then, as in this case they can still be fuckers.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

i heart New York:

 

[Spymaster]

i heart New York:

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Easy, eh?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Easy, eh?

Yeah, one quick email and $1700 saved