I was scammed via booking.com

My niece was telling me she’d never stay in a rental apartment/“AirBnB” instead of a hotel. With the latter, if anything is wrong with the room, you just go to reception and (usually) they’ll bend over backwards to fix it for you.

But if an AirBnB goes wrong, well, you could be waiting…that’s the trade off.



A bit like living in a cheap house with a big green in rural Ireland… if a storm knocks out the power, well, you could be waiting… that’s the trade off.
 
Xelfyou said:
I got asked for €20 for a late check at 9pm in apartment.
It wasn't set out in the terms of the booking!!!
Click to expand...
That's hardly a scam though. Late check-in fees are common and only have to be listed where that option is selectable at booking.
 
BookDotScam said:
But if an AirBnB goes wrong, well, you could be waiting…that’s the trade off.
Click to expand...

Or worse! There have been reports of bait-and-switch scams using AirBNB (though it's by no means an AirBNB only thing) where the apartment provider makes contact on the day of travel to let you know that there's been a problem with the lovely apartment you booked (flooded or fire damaged) and they can either refund you or accommodate in a "similar" apartment. If you agree, then they have it recorded in the AirBNB conversation that you're agreeing to it. Of course the replacement apartment is 20km out of town and in a fleapit. It's another variant of the advance fee fraud.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top