I have seen some positive comments about booking.com here - but have concerns after reading their contract.
1. It appears that they accept a booking - and that's it - your are "not allowed to cancel any reservation". No back and forth. No ability to vet your customers. So, what happens if someone had just reserved on another site - and the property is no longer available?
2. You cannot advertise a cheaper price on your own website. However, with their 15% markup, I would definitely want to advertise a cheaper price on my own site. There was a comment earlier on this site that such a commitment to not offer a lower price was not legal in France - however, it is part of the contract.
Thoughts?
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Very often the law of the country which is applicable to a written contract will be stated as a term of the contract. Usually, it is the very last clause. If the contract is silent on the matter, then there are certain rules of international law which can be applied.ronsat wrote:...There was a comment earlier on this site that such a commitment to not offer a lower price was not legal in France - however, it is part of the contract.
Thoughts?
If a 'restraint of trade' clause appears in a contract but the applicable jurisdiction does not allow it, then it won't be enforceable even though it is written there. That is the theory; in practice, Booking might take the law into their own hands and take down the advertisement for that reason. THEY WOULD BE IN BREACH OF CONTRACT, but sadly one never hears of these big OTA's being taken to task when they step out of line.
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My advert on bdotcom gives prices 15% more than ABB and other sites to cover the commission. Never had a problem with that. In fact I get more bookings from bdotcom than the others despite the higher price.
If you accidently get a double booking (happened to me) bdotcom ask you to find an alternative for the guest at a nearby place and at a similar cost.
If you accidently get a double booking (happened to me) bdotcom ask you to find an alternative for the guest at a nearby place and at a similar cost.
Honi soit qui peu y boit
Booking.com has a price match. https://www.booking.com/general.en-gb.h ... _guarantee.
So you need to have slightly different terms on the various sites otherwise the guest can claim a refund under these terms and presumably booking would look to recover this from you.
So you need to have slightly different terms on the various sites otherwise the guest can claim a refund under these terms and presumably booking would look to recover this from you.
A quick google search throws up this link and several morecasasantoestevo wrote:T&Cs for a listing in Booking can easily be changed to other sites.
What I do not understand in NT link is what is meant byWhat is booking.basic?If your current reservation is Booking.basic or if you are comparing with Booking.basic.
https://www.mirai.com/blog/booking-com- ... ing-basic/