I accidentally made a booking same hotel on Priceline and Orbitz , meant cancel both
Apr 11, 2017, 3:58 pm
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I accidentally made a booking same hotel on Priceline and Orbitz , meant cancel both
instead i forgot to cancel the booking on priceline, so the hotel charged me a one night penalty for a no show
any chance they will give this back to me
any chance they will give this back to me
Apr 12, 2017, 1:57 am
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So basically you still had 1 reservation but forgot to cancel it. Now you would like the hotel to refund the no-show charged. Well, many things are possible in life, and I guess you could contact the hotel pleading your case (but I don't really know what your arguments should be), but if you ask me it is as unlikely as snow in hell that the hotel will reverse the no-show charge - why should they?
I guess for you it is a lesson learned, right. Move on, get over it.
I guess for you it is a lesson learned, right. Move on, get over it.
Apr 12, 2017, 2:32 am
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May I add that your heading is misleading. It wasn't by accident that you made two reservation (on 2 separate websites) - the mistake was that you only cancelled one of the reservations (most likely you forgot that you had made 2 reservations, right?)
Apr 12, 2017, 12:30 pm
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yes, i know its a lesson learned, my mistake, i should have known better and i usually dont make dumb mistakes.
wondering if anyone had any luck pleading stupidity
Jun 2, 2017, 1:12 am
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What I do is call up the hotel for the 2nd reservation and ask them to move it to next week due to a change of plans if it falls during the time when the room cannot be cancelled and 1 night would be charged. Then I call back a few hours later and cancel the reservation for next week no questions asked.
Jun 4, 2017, 1:51 am
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This is completely different from the facts of the initial post. At least you remembered to call the hotel to cancel (but after the deadline for cancellation). The OP didn't make that call and was charged for no-show.
My experience is that it is not even necessary to do the cancellation in 2 steps (you suggest to postpone first and cancel later on). If you call the property explaining that you will not make it and ask for them to cancel your stay many/most hotels will do so even if you call after cancellation deadline.
My experience is that it is not even necessary to do the cancellation in 2 steps (you suggest to postpone first and cancel later on). If you call the property explaining that you will not make it and ask for them to cancel your stay many/most hotels will do so even if you call after cancellation deadline.