One night stay - hotel is asking for wire transfer
Nov 7, 2016, 4:04 pm
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To your side note: I find it pretty normal that a hotel does not accept payment without any signature or authorisation over the phone. It always frightens me in the US that a credit card number over the phone is sufficient to post a charge to my account. This is an invitation to CC fraud.
Nov 7, 2016, 11:02 pm
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Nov 8, 2016, 3:24 am
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There is not doubt that you acted at least negligent and I personally would not feel comfortable to argue that I forget to pay my hotel bills, may it be purposely or not.
If the hotel hat lost your reservation, this would be rightfully a big deal for everybody here. You forgetting to pay is with all due respect the same big deal. So do not complain about the hotel but get organised.
Nov 8, 2016, 7:04 am
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Nov 8, 2016, 12:54 pm
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The fact is that you skipped out on a valid hotel bill and now are complaining about a legitimate local business practice, e.g., requiring a wire transfer or in-person credit card transaction.
It comes down to either inconveniencing a colleague or spending some money.
If it is your suggestion that people who make more than EUR 90 / hour are less likely to commit frauds than those who make less, I would suggest that you have a poor sample.
Nov 8, 2016, 6:04 pm
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As I see here, some people have reading comprehension problems.
Have have rule not arguing with religions people and those with IQ of less than 50. Good luck.
Have have rule not arguing with religions people and those with IQ of less than 50. Good luck.
Nov 9, 2016, 1:11 am
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I made a reservation via expedia at one hotel in Walldorf, Germany for just one night. It was 90 euro.
I left the hotel next morning thinking that money will be deducted by Expedia. Apparently not the case - I had to pay at the counter. Now I am back, hotel contacted me and they want to send me payment via wire because they do not take payments over phone via credit cards.
I left the hotel next morning thinking that money will be deducted by Expedia. Apparently not the case - I had to pay at the counter. Now I am back, hotel contacted me and they want to send me payment via wire because they do not take payments over phone via credit cards.
So you left without checking out or enquiring about settling your bill. It really amounts to skipping out on payment. The hotel had to chase you (I agree doing so via FB is a bit bizarre), but if they had your employer's name on file it would not have surprised me at all if they had made contact there.
Nov 9, 2016, 7:32 am
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Nov 9, 2016, 7:56 am
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Another option is XE (for future reference). i've used it for years to xfer funds between US/Netherlands/Germany/France (though not lately). In fact, I once used it to pay a German hotel after a very similar situation. http://www.xe.com/xemoneytransfer/
Nov 9, 2016, 8:04 am
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They were used all over Europe, but Eurocheques began to die out from the late 1990s onwards. I think they completely ceased in 2001 or 2002, so a good 15 years ago. Cheques are still used in the UK (unfortunately) but mostly for quaint things like contribution to the class teacher gift present or by old people paying their heating bill. Everything else is direct debit or straight bank transfer.
Nov 9, 2016, 3:28 pm
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Nov 9, 2016, 5:07 pm
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They were used all over Europe, but Eurocheques began to die out from the late 1990s onwards. I think they completely ceased in 2001 or 2002, so a good 15 years ago. Cheques are still used in the UK (unfortunately) but mostly for quaint things like contribution to the class teacher gift present or by old people paying their heating bill. Everything else is direct debit or straight bank transfer.
Nov 12, 2016, 4:46 pm
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Would you be able to provide an example by chance?
Having spent a good amount of time living in Germany, I'm only aware of cheques being used for select int'l transfers (e.g. an American/Canadian sending a cheque to a German resident who in turn deposits the cheque into his account). I've honestly never come across a cheque being used to make payments within Germany (or to be more precise: not within the last 10+ years).
Having spent a good amount of time living in Germany, I'm only aware of cheques being used for select int'l transfers (e.g. an American/Canadian sending a cheque to a German resident who in turn deposits the cheque into his account). I've honestly never come across a cheque being used to make payments within Germany (or to be more precise: not within the last 10+ years).
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Nov 12, 2016, 4:51 pm
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Of course, as a side effect, most co-branded credit cards in Germany have become pretty much useless.
Nov 13, 2016, 1:15 am
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Would you be able to provide an example by chance?
Having spent a good amount of time living in Germany, I'm only aware of cheques being used for select int'l transfers (e.g. an American/Canadian sending a cheque to a German resident who in turn deposits the cheque into his account). I've honestly never come across a cheque being used to make payments within Germany (or to be more precise: not within the last 10+ years).
Having spent a good amount of time living in Germany, I'm only aware of cheques being used for select int'l transfers (e.g. an American/Canadian sending a cheque to a German resident who in turn deposits the cheque into his account). I've honestly never come across a cheque being used to make payments within Germany (or to be more precise: not within the last 10+ years).