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should i be annoyed at booking.com,the b and b owners ,or just myself !?
whizzkid_3
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We were looking for a reasonably priced b and b in perthshire and couldn't find much around £50 so we booked one at £58 through booking.com .
We arrived at the b and b and noticed they were advertising the price as £50 per room so questioned it and was told that they charged £8 extra for non direct bookings because that is the amount charged to them by booking.com for listing their b and b
Am i wrong to be miffed about this or should i just be annoyed at myself for not trying to book directly ?
thanks in advance
We arrived at the b and b and noticed they were advertising the price as £50 per room so questioned it and was told that they charged £8 extra for non direct bookings because that is the amount charged to them by booking.com for listing their b and b
Am i wrong to be miffed about this or should i just be annoyed at myself for not trying to book directly ?
thanks in advance
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Well it must work both ways, I recently booked a b&b family suite for 4 nights (peak season) and on the b&b's own website the price is £552 whilst on Booking.com it was only £500 so I went for that. Have since confirmed on phone with b&b so its not a mistake.
Do they have an own website with prices on? perhaps they had dropped the prices anyway and were looking for an excuse not to refund you. Which would annoy me.European for 3 weeks in August, the rest of the year only British and proud.0 -
they don't have their own website unfortunately .i was thinking they were being a bit cheeky charging me for their booking.com fee0
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When I sell on ebay, my ebay fees go onto the sale price.
When I sell direct, the price doesn't include ebay fees.
You were happy to pay for a £58 room via booking.com - had you rung the B+B and enquired about the price, you'd have paid £50. Retailer fees are often added onto the price - debit card v credit card, online booking v telephone booking being 2 egs I can think of.
I'd call it a good business decision myself.Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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bylromarha wrote: »When I sell on ebay, my ebay fees go onto the sale price.
When I sell direct, the price doesn't include ebay fees.
You were happy to pay for a £58 room via booking.com - had you rung the B+B and enquired about the price, you'd have paid £50. Retailer fees are often added onto the price - debit card v credit card, online booking v telephone booking being 2 egs I can think of.
I'd call it a good business decision myself.
Fees to others means less money for you. I am contactable and my website is on my ebay listing if anyone wants to chance their luck (and i like that because i do it always) If i am selling on ebay a weeks holiday for £380 i am happy to take £350 from the guest cheque/cash even direct paypal. People book far in advance anyway so have no protection from ebay/paypal and cannot leave a neg feedback either. Not that they ever want to. I have had people wanting to pay me direct to save me fees too without wanting any reduction. (they are happy with the price):cool: hard as nails on the internet . wimp in the real world :cool:0 -
fair enough . i just didn't think this was common practice0
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fair enough . i just didn't think this was common practice
Very common - big businesses do it frequently. Zavvi outlet on ebay often more expensive than same item on zavvi.com.
Downside for the B+B you stayed in is that they legally have to display the rack rate, so the price comparison which you never did is put right in front of you!Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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Lesson learned - just notch it up to experience, and for £8, if you always take a minute or two to price-compare for the rest of your life, that's one of the best-value workshops you'll ever go to in your life. Don't trouble yourself over it, or that would be the real loss you'd suffer.Reason for edit? Can spell, can't type!0
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