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Old Jul 22, 2017, 8:35 am
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ermen
 
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I didn't bother with AirBnB after I found out they force charge DCC (thanks FT).

I absolutely HATE merchants that sneak a DCC fee in (paypal) and others that FORCE a DCC (AirBnB). Most unethical, predatory and unscrupulous business practice... that basically preys on people's financial ignorance.

Good thing the property I was looking for was listed on another site (homeaway.hk by expedia) and I booked there for cheaper and without a stupid DCC fee.

That's what I will encourage people to do - vote with their wallet...

And the thing is, I was going to book through Airbnb (didn't know anyone else) until I found out about their DCC practices... and that made me realise there were alternatives ^^

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