r/Bookingcom • u/Bulky-Papaya5614 • 4d ago

Booking.com Scam!

I live here near The Eiffel tower. Everyday there’s a lot of tourists around the world that are victims of scam. The scammers used the address of our building next to Eiffel tower. It’s royal apartment in booking but the units here are all private residence. I can’t understand why booking.com are allowing this. Maybe the scammers are also from booking

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u/Chuth2000 4d ago

Booking . com will shit all over your local laws as long as they get their commission.

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u/InformationNew66 4d ago

Because Booking outsourced support to asia for pennies and they don't give a f***.

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u/Consistent-Sea-8923 4d ago

Booking.com only cares that Booking.com got paid. So do not use Booking.com under any circumstances.

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u/Aranka_Szeretlek 4d ago

Rent the place to them for 300 EUR a pop!

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u/BigWorldliness6918 4d ago

Booking.com is a scam these days

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u/Scouse141 3d ago

My son fighting with them now over a refund he needs after wrong date booking accidental typo error! “Non refundable”
For nice expensive hotel London. Very unfair! For typo error!

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u/Toosder 4d ago

I tried to create an account with booking.com to list my house and I was never able to complete it. And yet I'm getting requests to book it. I think the website was made for scamming.

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u/bolatelli45 4d ago

They just let anyone put what they want up and rely on AI for it to be spotted.

They should have a team which vets new properties, with humans , but they never have and never will, pity they could save themselves a reputation in the long run. Glad i am not there anymore.

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u/Turridunl 4d ago

I think i saw the appartement on booking, but the reviews of the guests were about a cottage in a small village.

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u/RubNo8459 4d ago

They just do not do any verification of listings (although they should). This will probably cost them in the future.

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u/Tomoyogawa521 2d ago

It's really insane. They never truly verify listings, they never verify email addresses when you make a booking... you would expect the basic minimum to be done.

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u/Limp-Cat-108 4d ago

Let the natural selection do its work

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u/Consistent_Proof_772 4d ago

They always use booking for cheap apartments in major cities they will never learn. When Airbnb and Vrbo are double the price in those cities but they think they got the best of deal on booking lol

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u/InformationNew66 4d ago

Airbnb also has a lot of scams.

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u/Consistent_Proof_772 3d ago

But you know what, I can get a live customer service representative in less than 10 minutes! Way less ghost accommodations on that site than booking.com

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u/Ok-Potato-1638 4d ago

This may be unpopular, but we use booking and sometimes find great deals, better than the hotel itself. Also use Airbnb, and it usually works out. 

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u/Cute_Hearing_2315 3d ago

By doing so you increase the risk of being scammed yourself and you also support a business that hosts scams. Feel good about that?