Don't know if TravelBuzz is the right place for this - moderators please feel to move!

I tried to use Tripadvisor yesterday to find and book some hotel accommodation for a forthcoming trip.

I am registered with Tripadvisor, as a UK user, but happen to be in Germany at the moment.

Everything was normal when I was looking at hotel reviews, and up to the point when I chose a hotel and put in my dates. But when I clicked on the "show prices" link Tripadvisor insisted on taking me to German booking sites, and there seemed to be no way of changing this behaviour.

It seems their system looks at IP addresses, and lets IP addresses override the user's settings (just as well I wasn't trying to use Tripadvisor in China!). Of course while an IP address might provide some clue as to the user's location it's by no means definite - Google used to send me to google.de when I was using T-mobile hotspots in the UK (they've fixed this now).

I've contacted Tripadvisor, and had a response from someone who did not seem to have the foggiest idea of what I was on about.

Have others encountered this? Is there a work-round? (Don't say "Learn German". I do speak German, but don't want to pay for my hotel bookings in a foreign currency and pay double conversion charges)