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How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Re: How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Post by gjs278 »

rosybox wrote: post #20

Just FYI, if you're lying to get out of paying for something, or to get reimbursed on false pretenses that is called fraud and is illegal. It's also wrong to do, it is an action taken in bad faith.

shut up. it won’t affect anyone but the scamming hotel.

Re: How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Post by 55555 »

rosybox wrote: post #20

Just FYI, if you're lying to get out of paying for something, or to get reimbursed on false pretenses that is called fraud and is illegal. It's also wrong to do, it is an action taken in bad faith.

Thanks Dad. I had never heard about lying before and didn't know it was wrong or that fraud was illegal.

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Post by ttul »

A friend just called up and said, “I feel totally fine, but I have to let you know I am from Kirkland and I live about half a mile from the care home with the COVID-19 outbreak. I am completely happy to come to the hotel and hang out with your guests in the bar, or you could cancel my reservation and I’ll stay home.”

They refunded him in full.

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Post by nsxwolf »

ttul wrote: post #24

A friend just called up and said, “I feel totally fine, but I have to let you know I am from Kirkland and I live about half a mile from the care home with the COVID-19 outbreak. I am completely happy to come to the hotel and hang out with your guests in the bar, or you could cancel my reservation and I’ll stay home.” They refunded him in full.

I'd worry about getting slapped with a bioterrorism charge.

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

Kind of related, but our daycare just shutdown for more than a month and asked us to keep paying monthly tuition. It makes sense, the daycare workers still need to live, but it feels kind of weird in that we have to have this burden on our own since a lot of us are affected also.

Re: How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Post by brailsafe »

rosybox wrote: post #20

Just FYI, if you're lying to get out of paying for something, or to get reimbursed on false pretenses that is called fraud and is illegal. It's also wrong to do, it is an action taken in bad faith.

Thank you so much for this information. I'll be sure to do whatever I can to continue bleeding money on pointless expenses after I get laid off instead of doing what I can to get by.

Re: How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Post by nexuist »

rosybox wrote: post #20

Just FYI, if you're lying to get out of paying for something, or to get reimbursed on false pretenses that is called fraud and is illegal. It's also wrong to do, it is an action taken in bad faith.

> it is an action taken in bad faith

So is a hotel denying you a refund during an epidemic. There is an obvious power differential here between Joe Blow and some billion dollar hotel chain. You need the money for basic survival far more than they need it to pad their quarterly earnings.

Re: How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel

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Post by wahern »

kmarlow wrote: post #23

It is a bit surprising that the hotel would not reimburse given the global state of affairs.

In a couple of months hotels are going to be going bankrupt left and right. Many hotels are owned by franchisees. The difference between losing your business and scraping by might be dictated by how well you minimize your losses right now. Goodwill won't be worth squat when you're out of business.
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