Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I stayed a few nights in a hotel abroad. I booked with booking but payment was to be handled at the property, and I gave them my card at check in and check out.
At check out they said the hotel was paid, gave me a receipt and I left. The receipt was about 25% more in their local currency than the shown price with booking confirmation (including all fees etc).
Now I have been home for 4 days, the charge disappeared and there is no secondary or pending charge. I wonder if it will come through at some point. If it is not the booking.com amount I will contest it with the hotel, but at this point I am wondering if they forgot to charge me, or if I can expect it to come through.
Looking through comments on Reddit, there are stories of people who never got charged for their stay! Has this ever happened to you?
Give it a few days. If not charged, consider it a gift!
I would not call offering payment.