Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Apr 25th 2006, 1:50 pm
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Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Oh my goodness what can we do???!!
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
Apr 25th 2006, 2:14 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
Oh my goodness what can we do???!!
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
Was it a lot of money, could they afford to "lose" it and just book somewhere else?
Apr 25th 2006, 2:16 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Did you pay by credit card if so contact them.
Apr 25th 2006, 2:27 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by Thydney
Did you pay by credit card if so contact them.
I think it's a lost cause...........
Apr 25th 2006, 2:48 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
My Father-in-Law paid for it 6 months ago and the money was taken then I believe.
I think it's a lost cause...........
I think it's a lost cause...........
Apr 25th 2006, 2:57 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by Thydney
not necessarily it's the old 'not fit for the purpose for which it was sold' if they take it in payment the can do a reclaim try you've nothing to lose
Apr 25th 2006, 2:57 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
Oh my goodness what can we do???!!
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
I posted a message on the Dubai site to try and get a bit more info on the place they are staying (from this saturday for 5 night on way back to UK), and got a PM from the (very helpful) Dubai Moderator that this place should be avoided at all costs.
I have tried to cancel it for them (Mother in Law is nearly 70) but they booked and paid for it 6 months ago through some Thailand based website
Said website won't cancel it or even upgrade them to another hotel and they would pay the difference.
Would the actual hotel in Dubai have received the money yet?
This is such a shame, I hate feeling so helpless. We've had a such a fabulous time with them and they have loved their first visit to Oz, I just don't want their last 5 nights to be in some dreadful place.
Any advice guys??
Apr 25th 2006, 4:11 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
How the bloody hell does someobody mistake a brother for a hotel? 
I even didn't know that prostitution was legal in Dubai.
I even didn't know that prostitution was legal in Dubai.
Apr 25th 2006, 5:50 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
How the bloody hell does someobody mistake a brother for a hotel?
I even didn't know that prostitution was legal in Dubai.
I even didn't know that prostitution was legal in Dubai.
Apr 25th 2006, 6:11 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
It's listed as a hotel but someone on the Middle East site said it's nothing better than a knocking shop
Ahem, me mate was telling me
it's toppers with Russian girls.Nothing wrong with a bit of the old eastern block community relations.
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Apr 25th 2006, 6:17 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Mrs J
If it were me, or should i say my inlaws, I'd contact the booking agent and cancel the accom, there may be a refund of some sort or they may have to accept they may well lose what they have paid but fight tooth and nail for it when they get back. Then try to change their flights so they fly all the way through without having to overnight.
You could always try sending your MIL off to the docs to get a cert saying that the doc recommends she gets straight home, then she can claim from her insurance.
Good luck with it, chances are it's not as bad as you imagine, but it is a horrible thought when you are sending older people there.
Lynn
If it were me, or should i say my inlaws, I'd contact the booking agent and cancel the accom, there may be a refund of some sort or they may have to accept they may well lose what they have paid but fight tooth and nail for it when they get back. Then try to change their flights so they fly all the way through without having to overnight.
You could always try sending your MIL off to the docs to get a cert saying that the doc recommends she gets straight home, then she can claim from her insurance.
Good luck with it, chances are it's not as bad as you imagine, but it is a horrible thought when you are sending older people there.
Lynn
Apr 25th 2006, 6:30 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by movetoperth
Mrs J
If it were me, or should i say my inlaws, I'd contact the booking agent and cancel the accom, there may be a refund of some sort or they may have to accept they may well lose what they have paid but fight tooth and nail for it when they get back. Then try to change their flights so they fly all the way through without having to overnight.
You could always try sending your MIL off to the docs to get a cert saying that the doc recommends she gets straight home, then she can claim from her insurance.
Good luck with it, chances are it's not as bad as you imagine, but it is a horrible thought when you are sending older people there.
Lynn
If it were me, or should i say my inlaws, I'd contact the booking agent and cancel the accom, there may be a refund of some sort or they may have to accept they may well lose what they have paid but fight tooth and nail for it when they get back. Then try to change their flights so they fly all the way through without having to overnight.
You could always try sending your MIL off to the docs to get a cert saying that the doc recommends she gets straight home, then she can claim from her insurance.
Good luck with it, chances are it's not as bad as you imagine, but it is a horrible thought when you are sending older people there.
Lynn
Apr 25th 2006, 6:56 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
My Father-in-Law paid for it 6 months ago and the money was taken then I believe.
I think it's a lost cause...........
I think it's a lost cause...........
Apr 25th 2006, 7:07 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Originally Posted by The Jones Family
It's listed as a hotel but someone on the Middle East site said it's nothing better than a knocking shop
Apr 25th 2006, 7:24 pm
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Re: Parents-in-Law have booked a hotel in Dubai which is really a brothel
Swallow the pill - write it off. Re-book in a different hotel. No use worrying over something that is now out of your control.
Or you could give one of us the hotel booking ...........
Or you could give one of us the hotel booking ...........
