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Hotel Rip off!

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  • 28-11-2007 2:17pm
    #1
    maddog
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭


    I booked a hotel in Dublin4 ( Grand Canal Hotel) this morning for 109.99 on the 25/5/08 and 20 minutes later I had to book another room in the same hotel for some friends and they had increased the price to 229.00 in the space of 20 minutes because they heard that the was a concert on in the RDS that night.

    Bloody RIP OFF!!:mad:

    Is that allowed?
    Regards,
    Brendan


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    #2
    rkeane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭rkeane


    yep, they can do anything they like I'm afraid. You should have booked it online, I generally do mine on Ireland's Best Hotels.


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    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,245 ✭✭✭drdre


    maddog wrote: »
    I booked a hotel in Dublin4 ( Grand Canal Hotel) this morning for 109.99 on the 25/5/08 and 20 minutes later I had to book another room in the same hotel for some friends and they had increased the price to 209.00 in the space of 20 minutes because they heard that the was a concert on in the RDS that night.

    Bloody RIP OFF!!:mad:

    Is that allowed?
    Regards,
    Brendan
    Yep it is allowed.Just ring them up and ask them they might give you another room for the same price.Just say you have a booking already


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    maddog
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭maddog


    That's the thing, I had gone back and asked for another room for 2 guests under the same booking 20 minutes later.

    An extra 111.00 Euro's in 20 minutes!


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    Sizzler
    Registered Users Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    Don't stay there then !

    Try here and see what they say , its literally 50 steps away from the one you booked.

    http://www.schoolhousehotel.com/


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    prendy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭prendy


    ya the old supply and demand im afraid....unlucky!


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    #7
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    www.d4hotels.com stay in Jury's for €155.

    You should be able to cancel with no fee.

    edit:actually the fee is minimal for cancelling. €3.50 per room. Do it! (Book Jurys first)


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Well did you do it?


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    lasno
    Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭lasno


    I just tried on a hotel booking engine and that hotel is available to book at
    €105.68 including breakfast and all taxes included


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    maddog
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭maddog


    I had already one room booked there ..... so I wasn't paying that price of 229 for another room for my friends so I booked them into another hotel for the grand price of 109.


    I was just pissed that they could up the price that much so fast, granted there price may have gone down now but maybe it's because nobody was willing to pay 229.

    Regards,
    Maddog.

    Cheers for your comments.


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