1/5 Mulugeta W. A. 1 year ago on Google
Worst
customer
service!
Double
payment
for
a
single
guest
during
checking-in
and
from
online
booking
(visa).
But,
not
willing
to
refund
after
admitting
the
issue.
They
blocked
my
phone
calls
and
not
responding
to
emails
as
well.
Extremely
poor
customer
service.
Not
recommend
it
at
all!
(Edited
post:
I
have
added
below
details
of
the
issue
for
further
elucidation,
the
Hostel
indeed
has
NOT
settled
the
issue
incorrectly!)
I
tried
to
book
a
reservation
for
a
guest
in
their
own
website.
Unfortunately,
the
reservation
attempt
failed
when
I
tried
to
make
the
pre-payment
(small
amount)
to
secure
the
reservation.
Then,
I
succeeded
to
make
the
reservation
via
third-party
website
and
paid
the
pre-payment.
However,
when
the
guest
arrived
at
the
hostel
providing
a
printed
copy
of
the
prepaid
booking
confirmation
and
the
receptionist
told
him
that
she
could
not
find
the
reservation
but
only
the
other
reservation
(with
failed
pre-payment
attempt
via
their
own
website).
Then
the
guest
paid
in
cash
full
for
all
the
nights.
Here
is
the
problem,
the
hostel
still
proceeded
to
charge
from
my
Visa
card
for
the
unused
reservation
made
via
third-party
website
(the
one
they
said
they
could
not
find
during
reception).
Moreover,
according
to
the
booking
policy
from
the
Hostel
Helvetia
website,
bookings
are
only
confirmed
after
prepayment.
However,
the
unsuccessful
reservation
with
unpaid
pre-booking
via
their
website
was
still
wrongfully
used
for
check-in,
causing
the
situation
of
double
payment
for
the
same
guest.
Moreover,
they
are
supposed
to
keep
the
first
night
fee
in
case
of
"No
Show",
yet
they
kept
the
payment
for
all
nights
(clearly
mention
in
the
online
booking).
What's
more
disappointing
is
even
though
they
have
clearly
understood
the
issue,
they
still
refused
to
refund
without
justification
to
correct
their
mistake.
I
gave
the
lowest
scores
for
all
the
ratings,
owing
to
the
unacceptable
conduct
of
the
hostel.
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