“Even if it still seems early, right now is the time to look at offers and make your reservationsif you plan to welcome the holidays at the end of the year outside the home. So you will be able to choose between more suggestions and have peace of mind to study them in detail before you reserve the place of accommodation,” Gabriela Rumenova, the author of the “We, the users” platform, reminds the economic and business portal Economic.bg.
According to the words, more and more people are choosing for Christmas and New Year the guest houses. If we don’t make some prior checks, there is a serious risk of being defraudedespecially when booking through free online classifieds platforms. „When you have collected several offers, check each of the objects to make sure that it is categorized. Such a reference can be made free of charge and very quickly at The National Tourist Registerwhich is published on the official boarding school page of the Ministry of Tourism and is freely accessible”advises the expert.
Rumenova recommends more before booking and paymentsas well as after transferring the deposit to contact the houseare to make sure that the offer has been released from there and that it is about this exact accommodation, at the specified address and with the quoted bank account.
“Store with care all payment documentsissued in connection with the cash contributions made by you. The same applies to the written correspondence in connection with the confirmation of the reservation and all possible clarifications regarding it. You will need them if something goes wrong and you need to seek your rights through administrative or judicial procedures.”she points out. And advises the day before departure call the guest house againto make sure they are waiting for you. A on departure good to have all payment and reservation documents at handso that you can prove in the event of a dispute at the place of check-in or at a later stage in the course of providing the services.
A classic scam when offering guest houses
Fraudulent offers are usually on free classifieds sites or similar platforms, and the prices are attractive. Sometimes the photos are of an actual guest house with the same name as the phantom offer, which can be found for rent in specialized search engines, but at a significantly higher price. Other times, the images are taken from photo banks or from completely different accommodation sites.
In some cases, the exact address of the house is not specified and an arrangement is made that as the reservation date approaches, coordinates will be additionally sent or the owner will meet you somewhere on the way and take you to the place. In the end, it turns out that they are talking about phantom houses that do not exist anywhere under the sky, or about real guest houses, which, however, belong to a different owner.
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