Re: Travel Company Hastle

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:05:28 GMT, Philå <iclgateway@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:40:43 GMT, Mike_B <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Philå" <iclgateway@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I had a great holiday in Florida early this year, now 7 months later the
hotel I stayed in have charged me hundreds of pounds...

Thinking it was fraud, I called the credit card company, they say as I
gave them the details of my card, I am to phone them first as it maybe
some error, if not, get back to the credit card company.

I called the hotel, and they say they have still not been paid by the
tour
operator and after trying to get payment, they had no option 7 months
later to charge my card, the manager also states they have charged
everyone's cards as they have not received payment for anyone.

Hotels usually argue that on check-in, the customer gave credit card
details and agreed to the hotel charging any unpaid costs to the card
after departure. This is quite routine for hotels.

Its a tricky one. If the credit card company will do the charge back
then the problem is resolved. If not, it would be easier to deal
with/sue the tour operator in this country than to try to get money back
from the Florida hotel.

How common is it for hotels to require presentation of a credit card
when the holiday is booked through a tour operator?

I've booked into several hotels (in Europe) and only been required to
hand over a paper 'voucher'.

Could a hotel really refuse to accommodate you if you refused to hand
over a card (or you didn't have one with you)?

I suppose you have to have a card???. In the US even though you have a
package holiday, they still charge a state room tax, and a few other little
bits...



Why should you pay any State room tax on a package holiday.What are
the leetle beets ?

.

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