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dsm128
dsm128 Posts: 4 Newbie
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edited 19 May at 3:47PM in Coronavirus Board
We booked a holiday with Secret Escapes which they cancelled and offered us a credit note. We contacted them to say we were not happy with the credit note and wanted out cash back. They sent us a non-amendable cancellation e-mail and we waited for a refund which never came, We contacted them again and they said  that in line with the rest of the industry they were not paying out at the moment. I know you advise theatening to ask for a chargeback on our credit card, but the problem is that we paid through Paypal. What should our next step be?

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  • Sun-Is-Fun
    Sun-Is-Fun Posts: 246 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Raise a claim through paypal, albeit their decision outcomes seem inconsistent. Some people on here have won their cases, others not. You might as well give it a try.
  • onesixfive
    onesixfive Posts: 507 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 5 June 2020 at 9:44AM
    I paid for airport parking charges via paypal & received an immediate refund
  • Life__Goes__On
    Life__Goes__On Posts: 2,746 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    dsm128 said:
    We booked a holiday with Secret Escapes which they cancelled and offered us a credit note. We contacted them to say we were not happy with the credit note and wanted out cash back. They sent us a non-amendable cancellation e-mail and we waited for a refund which never came, We contacted them again and they said  that in line with the rest of the industry they were not paying out at the moment. I know you advise theatening to ask for a chargeback on our credit card, but the problem is that we paid through Paypal. What should our next step be?
    What date did you pay for the holiday?
    New User name as MSE gave me a number in my old one.
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