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UK Hotel Cancellation - Hotels.com

Kombarris
Kombarris Posts: 3 Newbie
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edited 19 May 2025 at 3:40PM in Coronavirus Board
Hi!

I have an expensive hotel room booked for two nights this Sunday in Edinburgh, which was booked via hotels.com. Based on the government's advice of avoiding unnecessary travel and that the schools, museums, and art galleries in Edinburgh are closed, for the last few days I've tried around 15 times to contact hotels.com in order to rearrange my travel for a future date. Each time I'm told that there is a long wait and after somewhere between 20-30 mins I get cut off! I've also tried to contact them via chat, but each time I get the message that no agents are available.

Does  anyone know what my rights are if I can't contact hotels.com before Sunday? I've spoken with the hotel and they said they would be willing to rebook me but they can only do this via hotels.com since the original hotel booking was non changable . I've also spoken with Amex but they said they could only raise a despute but they didn't seem very positive.

Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated :)

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