Yeeeeehaaaaaaa!! The cash has arrived in my bank account! But BDC still needs to sort out their relationships with their associates and stop treating "partners" like serfs.
My allegiance has now switched to AirBnB, who, with all of their warts, still appreciate their Hosts
I will be withdrawing my property from BDC once my Summer bookings are fulfilled, leaving it with AirBnB. They reward good Hosts, BDC just kick them in the b**ls
Noted that their "maintenance on financial systems" didn't prevent them from sending out June's invoices on 3 July, two days into the maintenance period, and demanding payment by 16th July!
Maybe so, but I don't think anybody needs telling that certain other agents deal with their "partners" a lot more fairly in many ways than BDC and BDC's actions are more likely to drive hosts to other platforms anyway.
Just shows that somebody, somewhere is reading this forum even though they are too scared or too jobsworth to join in the discussion. Checking the guidelines for posting, I think they would quote the one below:
"Self-promotion: don’t promote other online travel platforms to drive users away from our platform, either due to a conflict of interest or to promote your own business."
but they are in error. You are merely telling us what action you are taking and since your guests are unlikely to be reading this forum you cannot be accused, here in any event, of telling them to go elsewhere.
We’re writing to inform you that we're performing maintenance to our finance system on 1 - 11 July 2023, as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the products and services we provide you. During this period some of our financial services will be impacted.
Here’s what will change during the maintenance period:
Payout for reservation check-outs from 28 June onwards will be processed by 24 July 2023 in one consolidated payment. Regular payout schedule is expected to resume by 27 July 2023.
If your property is closed due to previously unpaid invoices, please provide proof of payment to reopen, as we’re not able to automatically verify the receipt of payment during the maintenance period.
Processing of commission payments, invoices, refunds, and credit notes from Booking.com might be delayed during the months of July and August.
Please note that the above mentioned dates are an indication. We will inform you in case of any changes, and apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you need our help, you can send us a message via your extranet inbox or call us 24/7 on the dedicated phone number you’ll find there.
Yeeeeehaaaaaaa!! The cash has arrived in my bank account! But BDC still needs to sort out their relationships with their associates and stop treating "partners" like serfs.
My allegiance has now switched to AirBnB, who, with all of their warts, still appreciate their Hosts
Yes. Says my payouts up to yesterday's checkout are being processed, but I won't hold my breath till I see the cash in the bank!
I will be withdrawing my property from BDC once my Summer bookings are fulfilled, leaving it with AirBnB. They reward good Hosts, BDC just kick them in the b**ls
Noted that their "maintenance on financial systems" didn't prevent them from sending out June's invoices on 3 July, two days into the maintenance period, and demanding payment by 16th July!
Maybe so, but I don't think anybody needs telling that certain other agents deal with their "partners" a lot more fairly in many ways than BDC and BDC's actions are more likely to drive hosts to other platforms anyway.
Just shows that somebody, somewhere is reading this forum even though they are too scared or too jobsworth to join in the discussion. Checking the guidelines for posting, I think they would quote the one below:
"Self-promotion: don’t promote other online travel platforms to drive users away from our platform, either due to a conflict of interest or to promote your own business."
but they are in error. You are merely telling us what action you are taking and since your guests are unlikely to be reading this forum you cannot be accused, here in any event, of telling them to go elsewhere.
Might have been more acceptable if they had shown us the carrot, rather than the stick:
"as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the products and services we provide you" Yay! Great!
"Payout for reservation check-outs from 28 June onwards will be processed by 24 July 2023 in one consolidated payment." Some "enhancement". Not.
Like what enhancements are going to be provided (while we are scratching round for money to pay our bills)
Dear Partner,
We’re writing to inform you that we're performing maintenance to our finance system on 1 - 11 July 2023, as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the products and services we provide you. During this period some of our financial services will be impacted.
Here’s what will change during the maintenance period:
Please note that the above mentioned dates are an indication. We will inform you in case of any changes, and apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you need our help, you can send us a message via your extranet inbox or call us 24/7 on the dedicated phone number you’ll find there.
Kind regards,
Your Booking.com team