Hi Hanmer Backpackers from mybed and breakfast in beautiful sunny Loch Ness - Good to read your post and it seems to be the correct interpretation as that of the UK Law translations and that is what I and some others are using in reply to the invoices we are receiving and not paying. The wording is very legal in UK but lawyers will understand it or You would need to get someone in the legal profession if you wanted it re-worded.
I also agree that the alternatives I am offering to my non refundable pre-booked guests is more than sufficient.
You might be interested in the following post from someone yesterday (16hours ago) that B.Com have gone to Netherlands government where they employ 5.5k staff all with annual average earnings of 47k each for a staff grant fund (covid 19) to pay their wages. Ofcourse the governments are going to give payouts for this but this company with the billions of profit they have announced in the past should be funding this by not paying dividends etc to themselves and as they are saving this money should be paying for the refunds themselves and absorbing that themselves. The article in the Dutch News is very interesting
They have also been fined 6 million euro by the Hungarian government (dont have the link but if you google both together you can read the official article.)
Also their practices during Covid 19 are now being investigate by UKgovernment/association bodies
If you are in NZ you should be campaigning around your colleagues/competitors (all in the same situation as yourself) to lodge their discontent on this site but better still to get your government/tourist/hotel associations etc. involved
In addition google cobooking.com and sign up your support it costs nothing and takes a minute you don't have to be a user just support the action
Some of this content will probably be edited by I am based in Scotland and you can get in touch through my website kilmichaelhouse.
As you can read througout these posts there is a common thread of dissatisfication about how B.com has conducted themselves at the outset of covid-19 and highlights that they have absolutely no regard for the accommodation providers without whom they will not exist but we will and so will holidaymakers. However, nothing lasts forever - look at the airlines who have sadly failed in all of this - B.Com may think they are indomitable but as we have all found out in a very short space of time no one is indispensible - their principles/modles are no longer agreeable to us - We put them where they are - up to us to change that - look at that site
Hi Karoo Sun - thats good - nothing ventured nothing gained and this costs nogthing at this stage. They are a good outfit and I have been with them a few years and very happy with them.
Hi Hanmer Backpackers from mybed and breakfast in beautiful sunny Loch Ness - Good to read your post and it seems to be the correct interpretation as that of the UK Law translations and that is what I and some others are using in reply to the invoices we are receiving and not paying. The wording is very legal in UK but lawyers will understand it or You would need to get someone in the legal profession if you wanted it re-worded.
I also agree that the alternatives I am offering to my non refundable pre-booked guests is more than sufficient.
You might be interested in the following post from someone yesterday (16hours ago) that B.Com have gone to Netherlands government where they employ 5.5k staff all with annual average earnings of 47k each for a staff grant fund (covid 19) to pay their wages. Ofcourse the governments are going to give payouts for this but this company with the billions of profit they have announced in the past should be funding this by not paying dividends etc to themselves and as they are saving this money should be paying for the refunds themselves and absorbing that themselves. The article in the Dutch News is very interesting
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/04/booking-com-applies-for-help-to-pay-salaries-is-grateful-for-support/
They have also been fined 6 million euro by the Hungarian government (dont have the link but if you google both together you can read the official article.)
Also their practices during Covid 19 are now being investigate by UKgovernment/association bodies
If you are in NZ you should be campaigning around your colleagues/competitors (all in the same situation as yourself) to lodge their discontent on this site but better still to get your government/tourist/hotel associations etc. involved
In addition google cobooking.com and sign up your support it costs nothing and takes a minute you don't have to be a user just support the action
Some of this content will probably be edited by I am based in Scotland and you can get in touch through my website kilmichaelhouse.
As you can read througout these posts there is a common thread of dissatisfication about how B.com has conducted themselves at the outset of covid-19 and highlights that they have absolutely no regard for the accommodation providers without whom they will not exist but we will and so will holidaymakers. However, nothing lasts forever - look at the airlines who have sadly failed in all of this - B.Com may think they are indomitable but as we have all found out in a very short space of time no one is indispensible - their principles/modles are no longer agreeable to us - We put them where they are - up to us to change that - look at that site
good luck
Charlottekilmichaelhouse
Hi who are you? and many of us are aware of the above so what is your point?
Look forward to a reply
Hi Karoo Sun - thats good - nothing ventured nothing gained and this costs nogthing at this stage. They are a good outfit and I have been with them a few years and very happy with them.
Charlotte KilmichaelHouseLochNess
'insecurity' a terrible lack of something!
Hi all it is still worth a look ***
Hi jcwren1966 great - good to know - anyone you know - draw their attention to it
Charlotte kilmichaelhouse
just look at previous postings ***
hi all just look at previous postings ***